TRAINING

In 1978 I joined an editing company in the UK as an assistant film editor. Through them I worked at many of the UK’s television companies including Granada Television, Thames Television, BBC Cardiff and BBC Glasgow on a wide variety of material. I also edited news at the BBC in Belfast and at Ulster TV during the height of the troubles there. Later, I worked as a dubbing editor on noted UK drama series: “Minder”.

In 1981 I joined commercials production company: Orchid as their assistant film editor. In 1982 I was promoted to editor. For three years I edited (on 35mm film) commercials for TV.

In 1984 I left Orchid and became a freelance film and video editor. I worked through an agency who sent me on contract to TV companies around the country.

In the late eighties - when most editing switched to video systems - I learned to run (linear) tape-based on-line systems such as Sony 9000, Paltex and Convergence. When non-linear computer systems came in, I trained as an AVID editor. Today I am fully trained on the various AVID systems and Final Cut Pro.

TODAY, although I work often in my role as a director and /or cinematographer, I still continue to edit, often on my own films.

NOTABLE EDITING CREDITS INCLUDE:

World Cyber Games 2004 - opening and closing ceremony videos.
2 x 4 minutes. On-line FCP.

Vines and Wines 2003 - fund raising video for Northern Sonoma Health Authority
(also Cinematographer). 7 minutes. On-line FCP.

“Boat Folk” - documentary shot in 2000 in San Francisco and the UK about families living on boats (also co-director and cinematographer). FCP.

“Concept 95” - documentary about a big truck(!).
Anamorphic 35mm. Dolby surround sound.

“Every Little Helps” - documentary for Tesco (a retail company). 16mm. (Also cinematographer).

Jon Felix NOMINATED for both BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
at the IVCA awards, London.

“Doorways” - (ongoing) feature project. 35mm, digital. (Also director).

“Fishy” - short feature. Super 35mm (FCP off-line). (Also cinematographer / associate producer). CO-CREDIT

“A Gift For Sarah” - TV drama. 16mm.

“Coronation Street” - Film Editor (16mm) in the 1980’s; one of the most popular UK soaps.

I have directed many corporate productions over the years, and often edited them too. Clients I have worked for include: Black and Decker, Kimberley Clarke, BUPA, British Petroleum, British Gas, Ford, Taylor Woodrow, British Airways, Reuters, Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Ernst and Young and London Transport.

Series’ film editor for the BBC and video editor for Channel 4, on shows including: “Songs of Praise”, “Brass Tacks”, Oxford Road Show”, “The Media Show”, “A House Full of Plants”, “A Question of Sport”, and many one-off documentaries.

........ and hundreds of TV commercials.