DUNCAN SINCLAIR FILM/VIDEO EDITOR www.duncansinclair.net [email protected] (310) 612 3862 PROFILE Decades of professional experience in documentaries, feature film, scripted drama, reality programming, live global satellite broadcasts, music and dance. Productions have been screened nationally, broadcast globally, and sold on home video. Dramatic sensibility and musicality are a specialty. Experienced in AVID, Premiere Pro, FCP7, 35mm and 16mm film. Eligible for union productions. EXPERIENCE 2020 - 2021 • American’s Hidden Stories - little known corners of history for the Smithsonian Channel and Lone Wolf Media. • Mysteries Decoded Season 2 - Lead Editor of more paranormal investigations for The CW and Morningstar Entertainment. • Hindenburg: The New Evidence - Lead Editor for PBS Nova and NatGeo, Lone Wolf Media and Morningstar Entertainment. • Fu-Go: Bombs In Our Backyard. History of and new investigation into Japanese WW2 incendiary balloon attacks on the US mainland. For Discovery and All3Media. 2018 - 2019 • Wild West Chronicles - Some polishing on this western drama series for INSP Network and Morningstar Entertainment. • Mysteries Decoded - Lead Editor of the paranormal investigation series for The CW and Morningstar Entertainment. • Accident, Suicide or Murder - true crime series for Oxygen Network and Dorsey Pictures. • Roswell: Mysteries Decoded - new evidence in the Roswell UFO mystery. For CW and Morningstar Ent. • Love and Listings - real estate themed docusoap for VH1 and Entertainment One. • Monster Encounters (formerly Finding Beasts) for the Travel Channel and Ping Pong Productions. Casey Anderson continues his search for supersized wild animals. • Missing Time - true crime series for Investigation Discovery and Karga Seven Pictures. • Chasing Justice - sizzle video for a true crime series for Oxygen and Morningstar Entertainment. • Hard to Kill - Tim Kennedy explores dangerous jobs. For Discovery and Karga Seven Pictures. • Hunting Hitler Season 3 - for the History Channel and Karga Seven Pictures. 2013 - 2017 • Buried - following the trail of the Knights Templar, for the History Channel and Karga Seven Pictures. • The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer for the History Channel and Karga Seven Pictures. New investigation into the identity of the 1960s-70s serial killer. • Finding Beasts pilot for the Travel Channel and Ping Pong Productions. • Amelia Earhart - The Lost Evidence for the History Channel and Morningstar Entertainment. A team of investigators explore new theories of Earhart’s mysterious disappearance. Lead Editor. • Monster In My Family Season 2 - crimes of murder viewed through the prism of relatives of the killer and victims. Lead Editor for Lifetime Network and Morningstar Entertainment. • The Unexplained - Unsolved mysteries series for the History Channel and Go Go Luckey Productions. • Playboy Next Issue - Internet video pilot for Trium/INE Entertainment and Playboy Magazine. • Limelight - co-edited nightclub hijinks sizzle video for VH1 and Go Go Luckey Productions. • Chuck D Sizzle Video - hip hop history for the History Channel and Go Go Luckey Productions. • The Old West Trading Post - pawn shop reality show pilot for INSP TV and Morningstar Entertainment. • Sizzle videos for Trium/INE Entertainment. • Fear: Buried Alive - packages for a live show for A&E and Go Go Luckey Productions. • The Jacksons: Next Generation - 3T docu-reality series for Lifetime and Go Go Luckey Productions. • American Exorcist Sizzle - for Screaming Flea Productions, Seattle. • Monster In My Family - eye-opening documentary series about the relatives of serial killers and their victims, who have their own cross to bear. For Lifetime Network and Morningstar Entertainment. • Hangar 1 - for the History Channel and Go Go Luckey Productions. Season 2 of UFO mysteries. • Codes & Conspiracies: American Nazis - for American Heroes Channel and Flight 33 Productions. • When Turkeys Attack - Thanksgiving comedy special for Discovery Studios. • The Ark - Hawaiian commune docu-reality for the National Geographic Channel and Relativity TV. • Church Secrets and Legends - history series for the Travel Channel and Morningstar Entertainment. • Big History - even history-er series for the History Channel and Flight 33 Productions. • Fast & Furious 6 - Blu-ray documentaries for New Wave Entertainment. • Secrets of the Earth & Tornado 360 - documentaries for The Weather Channel and Flight 33 Productions. • Lead Editor, Ultimate Soldier Challenge - military competition series for the History Channel & Morningstar Entertainment. 2010 - 2012 • Warrior POV Fallujah - documentary for the Military Channel and Flight 33 Productions, eventually selected as the premiere episode of the series. • The Truth About Sex - humorous science investigation for Playboy TV and College Tuition Productions. • Triggers Season 1, for the Military Channel and Morningstar Entertainment. • Ultimate Soldier Challenge pilot for the History Channel and Morningstar Entertainment. • The Man with the 200 lb Tumor - Vietnam medical documentary for TLC Network & Morningstar Ent. • Hell on the Highway - tow truck docu-reality for National Geographic & Morningstar Entertainment. • Deadliest Warrior Season 3, for Spike TV and 44 Blue Productions. • I Spy - pilot for an espionage history series for Discovery Science and Karga 7 Pictures. • Lynching Charlie Lynch - feature documentary by Rick Ray (Ten Questions for the Dalai Lama) about the conflicting Californian and federal medical marijuana laws, and one man caught in the middle. • Bad Universe - weird and fun science for the Discovery Channel and Morningstar Entertainment. • Additional editing on Into the Shark Bite, for the Discovery Channel and Creative Differences. • Deadliest Warrior Season 2, for Spike TV and Morningstar Entertainment. 2007 - 2009 • Sizzle reel for poker champion docu-reality show, 6th Street, for Parlay Entertainment. • Secret Worlds - ancient mysteries series for the Travel Channel and Morningstar Entertainment. • Heroic Heart - feature length biography documentary for Hollister Films. • Deadliest Warrior Season 1, for Spike TV and Morningstar Entertainment. • Editor of several Stargate Atlantis web documentaries for MGM. • Cutting the Lines - one hour documentary on an extraordinary community of 100 people who live, work, play and travel together on a lifelong journey of self-discovery. • The Kiss - feature film written and directed by Scott Madden. Awarded Best Horror Movie at the West Hollywood International Film Festival. • Editor and occasional DP for various Lucasfilm documentaries, including some work for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. • Edited about thirty webdocs and a TV spot for Building Green - PBS series on green building techniques. Oct 2002 – July 2007 • Senior editor in the Documentary Department of Lucasfilm Ltd. Lucasfilm credits include Within a Minute – the feature length documentary on the Revenge of the Sith DVD (chief editor & camera), Return of Darth Vader – Episode III Sneak Preview on the Star Wars Trilogy DVD bonus disc (editor & lighting cameraman). Editor and lighting cameraman for most of the Revenge of the Sith webdocs (included on the DVD) and The Journey – a fan favorite. • Created demo reels for Philip Kaufman, Walter Murch and Terry Zwigoff for a City Arts and Lectures event at the Herbst Theater. • Many other documentaries and promotional pieces for Lucasfilm Ltd, including a popular Indiana Jones montage and a VES reel for Dennis Muren. 1990 – August 2002 • Editor, director, assistant director, technical director, video engineer and camera operator globally for the SYDA Foundation – an international organization promoting yoga and meditation. • Editor of eight stage dramatizations of the lives of Indian saints, performed live by children on multiple stages. Editing and some judicious effects transformed the plays into dramatic and impactful family videos. EARLIER CREDITS INCLUDE… • The Portrait of Wendy’s Father, directed by Nicholas Parsons (Dead Heart). Australian Film Institute nomination for Best Short Fiction Film. • Mahayatra, directed by Luis Mandoki (Angel Eyes, Trapped). A 160-minute documentary spanning five countries in the Americas and Europe, combining a variety of narrative styles. • Films and videos featuring the Sydney Dance Company. • A one-hour special on the power of contemplation and other shorter pieces by director Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, Gravity). • BA in Film & Television at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School, 1987. Editing Major. • Writer/director/editor of the short fiction film Erminia’s Opening Night and Other Stories, 1986. Certificate of Merit from the Chicago International Film Festival. • Young Filmmaker of the Year at the Western Australian Young Filmmakers Festival, 1982. .