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Documentary producer, director and editor, 25 years, with credits for National Geographic, the BBC, Discovery, Smithsonian and ZDF. I edit as well as produce: I cut and wrote a two-part modern-history series for Nat Geo, built another two hours out of 16,000 unlabelled clips, and have run edits from rushes to delivery in Resolve and Premiere, grading in Resolve and mixing in Fairlight. Alongside broadcast I make films for organisations explaining something complicated to people who don't yet care: an unbuilt district in Doha for Msheireb Properties, charity work in Sudan and Albania for Qatar Charity, corporate films for Shell, heritage and arts shorts through my company Curly Lizard. Small jobs are one person, big ones a full crew, and the cost follows the scale. Two Gold Tellys 2026, Silver Remi, Silver Muse. London; English, German and French.…Documentary producer, director and editor, 25 years, with credits for National Geographic, the BBC, Discovery, Smithsonian and ZDF. I edit as well as produce: I cut and wrote a two-part modern-history series for Nat Geo, built another two hours out of 16,000 unlabelled clips, and have run edits from rushes to delivery in Resolve and Premiere, grading in Resolve and mixing in Fairlight. Alongside broadcast I make films for organisations explaining something complicated to people who don't yet care: an unbuilt district in Doha for Msheireb Properties, charity work in Sudan and Albania for Qatar Charity, corporate films for Shell, heritage and arts shorts through my company Curly Lizard. Small jobs are one person, big ones a full crew, and the cost follows the scale. Two Gold Tellys 2026, Silver Remi, Silver Muse. London; English, German and French.

Jonathan Schütz

Film Director, Film Producer, Video Editor, +2

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Documentary producer, director and editor, 25 years, with credits for National Geographic, the BBC, Discovery, Smithsonian and ZDF. I edit as well as produce: I cut and wrote a two-part modern-history series for Nat Geo, built another two hours out of 16,000 unlabelled clips, and have run edits from rushes to delivery in Resolve and Premiere, grading in Resolve and mixing in Fairlight. Alongside broadcast I make films for organisations explaining something complicated to people who don't yet care: an unbuilt district in Doha for Msheireb Properties, charity work in Sudan and Albania for Qatar Charity, corporate films for Shell, heritage and arts shorts through my company Curly Lizard. Small jobs are one person, big ones a full crew, and the cost follows the scale. Two Gold Tellys 2026, Silver Remi, Silver Muse. London; English, German and French.…Documentary producer, director and editor, 25 years, with credits for National Geographic, the BBC, Discovery, Smithsonian and ZDF. I edit as well as produce: I cut and wrote a two-part modern-history series for Nat Geo, built another two hours out of 16,000 unlabelled clips, and have run edits from rushes to delivery in Resolve and Premiere, grading in Resolve and mixing in Fairlight. Alongside broadcast I make films for organisations explaining something complicated to people who don't yet care: an unbuilt district in Doha for Msheireb Properties, charity work in Sudan and Albania for Qatar Charity, corporate films for Shell, heritage and arts shorts through my company Curly Lizard. Small jobs are one person, big ones a full crew, and the cost follows the scale. Two Gold Tellys 2026, Silver Remi, Silver Muse. London; English, German and French.

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Documentary producer, director and editor, 25 years, with credits for National Geographic, the BBC, Discovery, Smithsonian and ZDF. I edit as well as produce: I cut and wrote a two-part modern-history series for Nat Geo, built another two hours out of 16,000 unlabelled clips, and have run edits from rushes to delivery in Resolve and Premiere, grading in Resolve and mixing in Fairlight. Alongside broadcast I make films for organisations explaining something complicated to people who don’t yet care: an unbuilt district in Doha for Msheireb Properties, charity work in Sudan and Albania for Qatar Charity, corporate films for Shell, heritage and arts shorts through my company Curly Lizard. Small jobs are one person, big ones a full crew, and the cost follows the scale. Two Gold Tellys 2026, Silver Remi, Silver Muse. London; English, German and French.

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Work Experience

Series Producer and Director at Qatar Charity

January 1, 2018 - June 1, 2018

Directed twelve short films on charity work in Sudan and Albania, shooting in difficult locations and cutting to a fixed format and delivery schedule.

Head of TV and Executive Producer at BBC Media Action

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018

Ran two ten-part series for Cambodian broadcasters CTN and MyTV, mixing drama, factual entertainment and public information. Also prepared a co-production with Indonesian broadcasters and supervised a series pilot shot with a Burmese crew in remote northwest Burma.

Series Producer and Director at Msheireb Properties, Doha

January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2013

Three years of films about an urban regeneration scheme that did not yet exist: promotional shorts and a one-hour documentary on the rebuilding of downtown Doha, made largely from CGI, architectural intent and construction site access.

Series Producer and Executive Producer at CNA (Channel NewsAsia)

January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2016

Ran landmark factual series for Singapore's international broadcaster. City ReDesign was four hours with Prof. Jason Pomeroy and the channel's largest ever CGI spend; I wrote every script and directed all presenter elements. Also delivered Singapore Revealed and Treasure Hunt, two six-part series running concurrently with eight directors and eight editors.

Founder and Executive Producer at Curly Lizard Films

January 1, 2007 - Present

My own production company, taking commissions and co-productions directly. Work through Curly Lizard includes writing Aerial America for Smithsonian Channel, producing and cutting Changemakers: Asia for Discovery, and corporate and brand films for Shell and E&O. Sub-brand Gecko makes short films for arts, heritage and charity organisations.

Producer, Director and Editor at National Geographic

January 1, 2007 - Present

Documentaries and series from Asia for international broadcast. I have directed, edit-produced, scripted and story-consulted across the strand. Titles include Laoshan, where I cut two hours of television out of 16,000 unlabelled Chinese clips, 100 Year Journey, Inside: The Emperor's Treasure (Silver Muse) and three Megastructures films.