I'm Alex Quinn, a filmmaker and editor based in Liverpool, UK. I specialize in directing, editing, and cinematography for music videos, documentaries, and short films, with a knack for balancing creative ambition with practical production realities. I love collaborating with directors to shape strong narratives, manage tight schedules, and deliver punchy visuals through a mix of modern and vintage techniques. My experience spans from live-concert shoots to on-location documentaries, always focused on clear storytelling and bold, engaging pacing.…

Alex Quinn

I'm Alex Quinn, a filmmaker and editor based in Liverpool, UK. I specialize in directing, editing, and cinematography for music videos, documentaries, and short films, with a knack for balancing creative ambition with practical production realities. I love collaborating with directors to shape strong narratives, manage tight schedules, and deliver punchy visuals through a mix of modern and vintage techniques. My experience spans from live-concert shoots to on-location documentaries, always focused on clear storytelling and bold, engaging pacing.…

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I’m Alex Quinn, a filmmaker and editor based in Liverpool, UK. I specialize in directing, editing, and cinematography for music videos, documentaries, and short films, with a knack for balancing creative ambition with practical production realities.

I love collaborating with directors to shape strong narratives, manage tight schedules, and deliver punchy visuals through a mix of modern and vintage techniques. My experience spans from live-concert shoots to on-location documentaries, always focused on clear storytelling and bold, engaging pacing.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Graphic Designer at Freelance
January 1, 2016 - Present
Proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator, specialising in typography and retro design. Worked with clients including Words By Women Awards, Tip Tray Theatre, Igloof Haus, and Steinarsson.
Sales Associate at H&M
December 31, 2023 - July 15, 2025
Achieved personal sales targets and maintained up-to-date product knowledge to effectively evaluate customer needs. Collaborated with a large team to devise solutions that exceeded sales goals.
Video Editor at Freelance
January 1, 2022 - Present
Proficient in DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro, intermediate with After Effects. Worked with clients including Springpod, Toxteth TV, Sentric Music Publishing, LCA Productions, William Coase, Skjelsbaek, Atlas Botanic, and New Now.
Video Editing Associate / Motion Graphics Associate at Springpod
December 31, 2025 - July 15, 2025
Collaborated with UK universities and employers to develop visually compelling, interactive educational programmes accessed by over 500,000 young people. Edited long-form, episodic multi-camera content and sourced relevant stock footage, images, music, and SFX. Later joined the motion graphics team to help create bespoke animations and promotional content for educational and work experience pathways. Was made redundant in 2025 but continues freelance work for the company.
Editor, DOP at Uncalled For Entertainment (Within The Lion’s Den)
June 1, 2025 - Present
Creatively interpreted script to realize thematic clarity, condensed shooting, and balanced talent availability; organized production schedules, shotlists and call sheets; assisted director with ideation, fundraising, and script rewrites.
Director, Editor at Put Penny Down (Don’t Call It Ghost Town)
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Directed a short documentary about Liverpool, interviewing and shooting footage with modern and vintage equipment to diversify the film’s visual language.
Director, Editor at No Cash Value Productions (Filmmaking)
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Directed and cut a minute-long short film with energetic pacing and striking sound design to engage audiences.
Director, Editor at No Cash Value Productions (The Last Supper)
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Shot a short concert documentary with minimal prep and cut live footage and backstage interviews to portray the artist’s branding.
Co-director, Editor at LIPA (Four Stops)
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Helped plan, prep and complete multiple shoot days across six weeks; edited footage to provide a skeleton cut for the creative team.
Editor at LIPA (Toxteth Cowboy)
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Helped ideate and deliver this short film; collaborated with an animal sanctuary and implemented editing to emulate western genre with matte work and masking for duplicates.
Footage Logger, Runner at Rose Ladies Series (Sky Sports)
April 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Labeled and logged footage; assisted camera ops with location suggestions to ensure smooth post-production.

Education

BA First (Hons) at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2023
BA (Hons) at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Retail
    paper Four Stops

    An ambitious feature-length anthology, Four Stops was a collaboration between myself and three other filmmakers at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. We wrote and directed one segment of the film each, with crossovers between each section, characters and events bumping into one another, sometimes literally.