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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.…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

Video Editor, Videographer, Post-Production, +6

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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.…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.

Skills

AI Collection (Audio)

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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