James D.
Creative Editor @The Forest
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WORK HISTORY
Creative Editor @The Forest
Hertfordshire, GB
In 2025 I rebranded as ‘The Forest’ - branching into production as well as more complex post production2014 - 24, I worked from a 16th century stables converted into a cosy edit suite, ‘The Wooden Post House’, offline / online editing 100s of projects - with combinations of heavy motion graphics, light VFX, audio design / mixing, colour correcting / grading, and supervising workflow / digital delivery: Edit credits across BBC, ITN, C4 and Prime programmes; and indie feature films with 5 reviews in Empire Magazine and The Times Pilots and sizzles for AlaskaTV, Future Studios, Magnum Media, Soho Studio Entertainment, Mark Wahlberg\'s Unrealistic Ideas, and a dozen other indies. Most were commissioned, with some going on to be syndicated Creative Agencies include Casual Films, Irresistible Studios, ITV Creative, Kennington Studios, Neverland, Prophet, Royal Bright Media, Siegel+Gale, and VMLY & R (which inspired the series Mad Men): for whom I cut ads, virals, and internals announcing major change, for banks, three Royal families, many more global influencers (including assistant editing a TikToker’s first long form, reaching #2 trending on YouTube), and past and present listed and Forbes Global companies.Some ads I cut, actually aired during TV shows I helped design Plus 21 short films screened in over 400 festivals globally, and Warner Bros. Holborn - with two directors going on to write/direct multimillion pound features; a handful of music videos; podcasts; showreels for rising-talent-turned-household-names-and-West-End-stars; direct to business (including BMW, The National Theatre, the NHS), charity (including Bloody Good Period, The TV Foundation, Haemnet), and the Lord Lieutenancy Projects taken to De Lane Lea, Lucky Cat Post, Molinare, and TVCSoho Grateful for 10+ year relationships with local and international producers as I continue to deliver for their commercial and corporate clients. Attended many a beautiful wedding
EDUCATION
Seevic College
A Level, Economics / History / Maths / Film Studies
The Deanes School
GCSE, 5A* 6A
University of Hertfordshire
BA Film and TV Production
New York Film Academy
Filmmaking Summer School, LA Campus
ABOUT JAMES D.
A repeatedly relied upon creative editor, post-production skillset safety-net, and…
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