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I am an Assistant Editor and Film Editor with an MFA in Film Editing from the National Film and Television School, specialising in fiction, documentary and animation. I have a proven ability to craft compelling narratives through strong pacing, structure, emotional storytelling and performance-led editing. I am confident across the full offline editorial pipeline including ingest, syncing, media management, assembly, versioning, and delivery through to picture lock. I am experienced in managing large volumes of footage in structured, fast-paced post-production environments and in post-production workflows across award-winning short films, including ingest, media management, syncing, assembly, and final delivery. I am proficient in Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, with a strong ability to support post-production teams under tight deadlines. My work has screened and won awards at international film festivals, including Manchester Film Festival (Best Student Film winner 2026).…I am an Assistant Editor and Film Editor with an MFA in Film Editing from the National Film and Television School, specialising in fiction, documentary and animation. I have a proven ability to craft compelling narratives through strong pacing, structure, emotional storytelling and performance-led editing. I am confident across the full offline editorial pipeline including ingest, syncing, media management, assembly, versioning, and delivery through to picture lock. I am experienced in managing large volumes of footage in structured, fast-paced post-production environments and in post-production workflows across award-winning short films, including ingest, media management, syncing, assembly, and final delivery. I am proficient in Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, with a strong ability to support post-production teams under tight deadlines. My work has screened and won awards at international film festivals, including Manchester Film Festival (Best Student Film winner 2026).

Ronak Kotian

Video Editor, Assistant Editor, Post-Production, +1

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I am an Assistant Editor and Film Editor with an MFA in Film Editing from the National Film and Television School, specialising in fiction, documentary and animation. I have a proven ability to craft compelling narratives through strong pacing, structure, emotional storytelling and performance-led editing. I am confident across the full offline editorial pipeline including ingest, syncing, media management, assembly, versioning, and delivery through to picture lock. I am experienced in managing large volumes of footage in structured, fast-paced post-production environments and in post-production workflows across award-winning short films, including ingest, media management, syncing, assembly, and final delivery. I am proficient in Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, with a strong ability to support post-production teams under tight deadlines. My work has screened and won awards at international film festivals, including Manchester Film Festival (Best Student Film winner 2026).…I am an Assistant Editor and Film Editor with an MFA in Film Editing from the National Film and Television School, specialising in fiction, documentary and animation. I have a proven ability to craft compelling narratives through strong pacing, structure, emotional storytelling and performance-led editing. I am confident across the full offline editorial pipeline including ingest, syncing, media management, assembly, versioning, and delivery through to picture lock. I am experienced in managing large volumes of footage in structured, fast-paced post-production environments and in post-production workflows across award-winning short films, including ingest, media management, syncing, assembly, and final delivery. I am proficient in Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, with a strong ability to support post-production teams under tight deadlines. My work has screened and won awards at international film festivals, including Manchester Film Festival (Best Student Film winner 2026).

Available to hire

I am an Assistant Editor and Film Editor with an MFA in Film Editing from the National Film and Television School, specialising in fiction, documentary and animation. I have a proven ability to craft compelling narratives through strong pacing, structure, emotional storytelling and performance-led editing. I am confident across the full offline editorial pipeline including ingest, syncing, media management, assembly, versioning, and delivery through to picture lock. I am experienced in managing large volumes of footage in structured, fast-paced post-production environments and in post-production workflows across award-winning short films, including ingest, media management, syncing, assembly, and final delivery. I am proficient in Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, with a strong ability to support post-production teams under tight deadlines.

My work has screened and won awards at international film festivals, including Manchester Film Festival (Best Student Film winner 2026).

Skills

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere Pro

Avid Media Composer

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Experience Level

Adobe After Effects

Expert

Adobe Premiere Pro

Expert

Avid Media Composer

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Film Editor at National Film and Television School (NFTS)

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026

Led editorial development from assembly to final picture lock on Earth (Fiction Short, 17 mins); collaborated with the director on iterative narrative refinement; managed full media workflow and project organization; delivered festival-ready masters. Managed editorial workflow across Bwgan (Animation Short, 8 mins) and contributed to We Used to Be Fun (Fiction Short, 26 mins); synced 20+ hours of unscripted footage for In the Name of Mother (Documentary Short, 28 mins) and edited Love Nuts (Documentary Short, 20 mins), focusing on pacing, narrative clarity and version control.

Editor at London Film Academy Projects

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023

Edited multiple projects across editing, directing, cinematography and sound. Key credits: Editor – The Numb Stranger; Writer/Director – Two Friends; Sound Mixer/Editor – All Wild Things; DoP – Rollercoasters; 1st AD – The Life Unlived, Bucket’s List.