I am an experienced Video Editor and Producer with over a decade in digital content creation, specialising in documentaries, short films, and branded content. I’m proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve, with strong storytelling and editorial instincts. I directed and edited the multi-award-winning feature documentary Alien on Stage, which premiered at SXSW and screened at over 60 festivals. I excel at managing full production workflows from concept to delivery, collaborating with high-profile clients across platforms and delivering compelling content under tight deadlines. I am comfortable self-shooting, handling multi-camera shoots, and leading teams of editors and assistants, while maintaining budgets and schedules.

Danielle Kummer

I am an experienced Video Editor and Producer with over a decade in digital content creation, specialising in documentaries, short films, and branded content. I’m proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve, with strong storytelling and editorial instincts. I directed and edited the multi-award-winning feature documentary Alien on Stage, which premiered at SXSW and screened at over 60 festivals. I excel at managing full production workflows from concept to delivery, collaborating with high-profile clients across platforms and delivering compelling content under tight deadlines. I am comfortable self-shooting, handling multi-camera shoots, and leading teams of editors and assistants, while maintaining budgets and schedules.

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I am an experienced Video Editor and Producer with over a decade in digital content creation, specialising in documentaries, short films, and branded content. I’m proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve, with strong storytelling and editorial instincts. I directed and edited the multi-award-winning feature documentary Alien on Stage, which premiered at SXSW and screened at over 60 festivals.

I excel at managing full production workflows from concept to delivery, collaborating with high-profile clients across platforms and delivering compelling content under tight deadlines. I am comfortable self-shooting, handling multi-camera shoots, and leading teams of editors and assistants, while maintaining budgets and schedules.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Video Editor/Producer at NHS, The Recovery College
November 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Created video content for the 10 Year Anniversary Celebration of the Recovery College; filmed anniversary event and conducted contributor interviews; edited content for social media and YouTube.
Video Editor at Jamie Oliver: Social Content
November 1, 2023 - July 1, 2024
Edited social-first video content for Jamie Oliver’s platforms with over 10 million followers, including recipe videos, cut downs, reels and promos.
Video Editor at Momentum: Various, Social Content
March 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022
Edited video content for AMEX VR conference centre renderings and Samsung Neo 8K TV showcase; produced after-movie; Saatchi Gallery press launch.
Producer/Video Editor at Birth a New Story: Feature Doc
December 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022
Documentary development, researching and sourcing contributors; securing access with birth workers and health professionals; filming intimate conversations and editing a fundraiser film that raised £35,000 on Kickstarter.
Video Editor at That Lot: Various, Social Content
November 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021
HSBC: Created video assets for fraud prevention campaign; edited content to brief; produced social media content for Prime Video's 9 Perfect Strangers; integrated graphics and audio to create engaging audience content.
Director/Editor at Alien on Stage (Feature Documentary)
October 1, 2019 - December 1, 2024
Produced and directed a multi-award-winning feature documentary from development to completion, including access, budgeting, and multi-camera shoots; led crowdfunding and festival campaigns, with SXSW world premiere and 60 festivals and 7 awards. Currently streaming on Amazon & Apple TV+ with 95% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Video Editor at UBS Investment Bank
September 1, 2018 - December 1, 2019
Edited highly confidential material, video content for client subscription packages; managed the in-house studio with green screen; collaborated with senior analysts to support research material; produced social media and website content; handled high-volume, time-sensitive subjects.
Producer/Video Editor at The Dam, Random Acts short film, Channel 4
November 1, 2017 - March 1, 2018
Multi-medium project featuring hip-hop dancers, tapestry art-work and poetry; managed scheduling and budgets; assisted with casting and sourcing crew; edited this lyrical short film, screened at film festivals and Channel 4’s Random Acts.
Freelance Video Editor at English National Ballet (ENB)
November 1, 2017 - June 1, 2022
Edited social-first video content; cinema show trailers and social content for shows including Akram Khan’s Giselle, Swan Lake & The Nutcracker, 70th Gala Show & World Ballet Day, BalletActive; managed large volumes of footage to meet tight deadlines.
Filmmaker/Editor at Tough & Rumble
July 1, 2015 - September 1, 2017
Produced engaging short docs while visiting Mexico, Guatemala and the United States; supported causes in education, Indigenous communities, permaculture and eco-living; projects included after-school eco-garden, microfinancing, New Orleans; intentional community in Guatemala.
Freelance Director, Producer & Video Editor at Various
April 1, 2015 - September 1, 2019
Self-shooting, producing and editing promos, corporate videos and short docs; sourced clients; managed budgets; collaborated with brands including The Old Vic, Linklease, HSBC, TFL, Harley Davidson, Grants Whiskey, UAL.
Video Editor at National Theatre
March 1, 2014 - February 1, 2018
Edited social-first digital content, cinema trailers for NT Live productions; social content, including interviews and trailers, full shows for archive, and audience vox pops; multi-camera edits, audio mixing and colour grading.
Video Editor at Stagestruck Events Company
February 1, 2014 - May 1, 2015
Created short form promos and video content for and after large-scale events; clients included Skoda, M&S, Barclays.

Education

BA Film Theory and Practice at University of Cape Town, South Africa
January 10, 2001 - August 18, 2005
BA Hons Film Theory & Practice (2:1) at University of Cape Town, South Africa
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2005
Short Courses: Premiere Pro for Final Cut Pro Editors; An Introduction to After Effects; Avid Media Composer Fundamentals; DaVinci Resolve for Video Editors at Soho Editors
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Healthcare