I'm Anthea Ede Smith, a post-production professional with a career spanning editing, directing, and post-supervising across documentary, lifestyle, and architecture series. I’ve collaborated on programs for Maori Television, TVNZ, and Maoriplus, guiding projects from field shoots through color, audio post, and online delivery, ensuring the final product meets network standards and tells a compelling story. Currently I write descriptive scripts and provide voiceover work for non-sighted audiences. I’m known for strong storytelling, hands-on leadership in post, and an eye for detail across sound, visuals, and pacing.

Anthea Ede Smith

I'm Anthea Ede Smith, a post-production professional with a career spanning editing, directing, and post-supervising across documentary, lifestyle, and architecture series. I’ve collaborated on programs for Maori Television, TVNZ, and Maoriplus, guiding projects from field shoots through color, audio post, and online delivery, ensuring the final product meets network standards and tells a compelling story. Currently I write descriptive scripts and provide voiceover work for non-sighted audiences. I’m known for strong storytelling, hands-on leadership in post, and an eye for detail across sound, visuals, and pacing.

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I’m Anthea Ede Smith, a post-production professional with a career spanning editing, directing, and post-supervising across documentary, lifestyle, and architecture series. I’ve collaborated on programs for Maori Television, TVNZ, and Maoriplus, guiding projects from field shoots through color, audio post, and online delivery, ensuring the final product meets network standards and tells a compelling story.

Currently I write descriptive scripts and provide voiceover work for non-sighted audiences. I’m known for strong storytelling, hands-on leadership in post, and an eye for detail across sound, visuals, and pacing.

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Work Experience

Post Production Supervisor/ Editor - The Drawing Board S2 at Faultline Films
December 31, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Followed edited episodes through audio post, suggested sound quality improvements, attended colour grades with the colourist, directed the Online Editor to ensure air readiness, and verified all titles, graphics and subtitles. Also edited two episodes.
Field Director/Post Director/Editor - Kid’s Don’t Come With A Manual S2 at Faultline Films
December 31, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Directed some field episodes and oversaw post production directing, ensuring each episode told the family stories within the series format and followed through sound, colour, and online.
Field Director/Post Director/Editor - Law over Lore at Faultline Films
January 1, 2024 - October 30, 2025
Documentary about Dome Valley; in production for three years and awaiting final court decisions to be completed.
Post Director/Post Supervisor - 1.5 Degrees at Faultline Films
December 31, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Post production directing for a docu-series about rangatahi fighting climate change; oversaw the final mix, colour grade, and online, plus social media material.
Editor - First Responders S2 at Screentime
December 31, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Edited obs-doc series.
Post Director/Editor - Eat Well For Less S4 at Screentime
December 31, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Directed and edited episodes, ensuring a strong arc and balanced entertainment with learning outcomes; produced promos.
Field Director/Post Director/Editor - Lap of Luxury S3 at Screentime
December 31, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Directed field segments and oversaw post production, ensuring alignment to the series format; managed sound, colour, and online.
Post Director/Editor - Kids Don’t Come With A Manual S2 at Faultline Films
December 31, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Post production directing and editing for a parenting show with social media and web extras.
Post Director - 10/7 Aotearoa at Screentime
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Post directing for reality-style stories.
Story Producer/Post Director at Pango
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Get The Name Right; wrote and directed story-driven post-production for the series.
Lead Editor - Eat Well for Less S3 at Screentime
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Lead editing for a lifestyle series, maintaining format and audience engagement.
Editor - Heartbreak Island at Imagination
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Editor for a reality/docu-style show.
Lead Editor - Young Explorers at Greenstone
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Lead editing for a children's web series for Hei Hei.
Tutor/Lecturer at Unitec
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Lecturer Year 2 & 3 Editing; Screen Arts Degree Course.
Editor - Lap of Luxury S2 at Screentime
December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Editing for a lifestyle doc series.
Editor - Sunday at TVNZ
December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Editor for Sunday Current Affairs stories.
Video Content Producer for TVNZ News/ Craft Editor 7 Sharp at TVNZ News/7 Sharp
December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Video content production and editing for TVNZ News and 7 Sharp.
Editor - First Responders S2 at Screentime
December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Edited observational documentary series.
Editor - I Am, S2 at Screentime
December 31, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Edited documentary episode.
Editor - Lap of Luxury at Screentime
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Edited lifestyle docs series.
Editor - First Responders at Screentime
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Edited observational documentary series.
Editor - Cold Case S2 at Screentime
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Edited documentary series.
Field Director/Web Branded Story at Enviroschools
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Field directing and branded online storytelling.
Editor - About Bloody Time! at Loading Docs
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Edited short documentary.
Lead Editor - Mohoa with the McCleods at Maori Television
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Lead editing for a light-hearted online series.
Lead Editor - The S Word at Greenstone
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Lead editing for a documentary on slavery in NZ.
Lead Editor - Fire Fire, The Outliers at Maori Television / RNZ
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Lead editing for a docu-series profiling youth.
Lead Editor - Artefact S2 at Greenstone
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Lead editing for a documentary series about Taonga.
Lead Editor - Young Ocean Explorers at Greenstone
December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Lead editing for ocean education documentary series and web content.
Field Director/Post Director/Editor - Polyfest at Maori Television
December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Directing and editing VT items featuring schools at Polyfest.
Editor - Uno Loco at Uno Loco (Agency)
December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Editing for corporate and web projects.
Editor - Black Sand at TVNZ
December 31, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Editing for Sunday programme and related material.
Editor - The Block at Warner Brothers
December 31, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Editing for a competitive reality format.
Editor - Slice of Paradise at Mediaworks
December 31, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Editing for a lifestyle property show.

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