DAMIAN LEASK
film editor
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Profile
A highly respected and accomplished documentary Film Editor, Damian edits with a strong visual flair and has great storytelling and editorial skills. He enjoys seeking out a narrative and bringing it to life in fresh and relevant ways.
With over 30 years experience in broadcast television, he has edited many high profile and award winning programmes across many genres including History, Arts, Factual and Current Affairs.
He is happy to work on Avid and Final Cut Pro.
Selected Credits
The Grave
Prod. Allie Wharf Studio 9 Films / ITV 1x66’
Buckingham Palace with Alexander Armstrong
Prod. Sam Elvin Voltage TV / Channel 5 1x60’
Disco Inferno
Prod. Catherine Abbott BBC Studios / BBC 1x60’
Countdown to Abdication
Dir. Marion Milne BBC Studios 1x60’
Britain’s Favourite Rock Songs
Prod. Verity Newman Viacom / Channel 5 1x60’
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen
Dir. Edmund Moriarty BBC Studios / BBC 1x60’
The Bad Skin Clinic
Prod. Alice Barnett Full Fat TV / Discovery 1x60’
Ukraine - A City Under Siege
Prod. Allie Wharf Studio 9 Films / Al Jazeera 1x30’
Who Do You Think You Are? - Ralf Little
Dir. Kemi Majekodunmi Wall to Wall / BBC 1 1x60’
Edward VIII - Britain’s Traitor King
Dir. Marion Milne Yeti / Channel 4 1x60’
Royal Bastards - Rise of the Tudors
Prod. Alice Smith 72 Films / Sky History 1x60’
Queen - A Rock History
Prod. Verity Newman Viacom / Channel 5 2x120’
Myanmar
Prod. Tom Sheahan Studio 9 Films / Al Jazeera 1x30’
The Boleyns - A Scandalous Family
Prod. Mary Cranitch BBC Studios / BBC 2 3x60’
The Queen & Us
Dir. Alexander Leith BBC Studios / BBC 1x60’
Cost Of Cobalt
Prod. Fiona Lloyd-Davies Studio 9 Films /
Al Jazeera 1x30’
Hitler - Countdown to War
Prod. Sam Elvin Voltage TV / Channel 5 1x60’
Who Do You Think You Are? - David Walliams
Dir. Robin Dashwood Wall to Wall / BBC 1 1x60’
Age Of The Image
Dir. Alexander Leith BBC Studios / BBC 2 2x60’
Al Ula
Prod. Jacqui Farnham Vice / Vice 1x30’
Race For The Whitehouse
Prod. Simon Jacobs Raw TV / CNN 1x60’
New Elizabethans with Andrew Marr
Dir. Alexander Leith, Nick Tanner
BBC Studios / BBC 2 3x60’
Peoples’s History Of The NHS
Series Prod. Michelle Crowther
7 Wonder / BBC 4 1x60’
Inside Cadbury
Prod. Elspeth Fisher Elephant House / Channel 5 1x60’
Amazing Hotels - Life Beyond the Lobby
Dir. Aidan Woodward, Sam Roubicek BBC 2 2x60’
Hits, Hype & Hustle - An Insider’s Guide to the Music Business - Revivals and Reunions
Dir. James Giles BBC 4 1x60’
Reformation - Europe’s Holy War
Dir. Alexander Leith BBC 2 1x60’
Darcey Bussell - Looking For Fred Astaire
Dir. Marion Milne BBC 1 1x60’
Partition Of India
Dir. Robin Dashwood BBC 2 1x60’
The Queen - 1960s
Prod. Alexander Leith BBC 1 1x60’
Barcelona - An Art Lovers’ Guide
Dir. Colin Rothbart BBC 4 1x60’
Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages
Series 3 - Yorkshire
Edit Prod. Sabine Pusch Reef TV / More 4 1x60’
The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook
Dir. Alexander Leith, Kate Misrahi BBC / BBC 2 2x60’
Comedy Bloopers
Dir. Tara Duffy BBC Comedy / BBC 1 1x30’
What A Performance! Pioneers Of Popular Entertainment - Variety Finds A New Home
Dir. Kim Lomax Prod. Amy Morgan
Liberty Bell / BBC Four 1x60’
Titchmarsh on Capability Brown
Dir. Dunk Barnes Spun Gold / More 4 1x60’
Nick & Margaret - The Trouble With Our Trains
Dir. William Yearsley BBC 2 1x60’
Dominic Sandbrook - Let Us Entertain You -
Me, Myself and I
Dir. Alexander Leith OSF / BBC 2 1x60'
Dominic Sandbrook - Let Us Entertain You -
Modern Victorians
Dir. Caroline Walsh OSF / BBC 2 1x60'
Andrew Marr’s Great Scots -
The Writers Who Shaped A Nation - Walter Scott
Dir. Fatima Salaria BBC 2 1x60'
Coffee Shop Hotshots - Business Boomers
Dir. Jacqui Farnham BBC 2 1x60'
2013: Moments In Time
Dir. Fatima Salaria BBC 2 1x60'
Strange Days - Cold War Britain - Red Dawn
Dir. Rebecca Templar BBC 2 1x60'
Robert Peston Goes Shopping - Revolution
Dir. James Giles BBC 2 1x60'
Robert Peston Goes Shopping - Seduction
Dir. Robin Dashwood BBC 2 1x60'
Das Auto: The Germans, Their Cars and Us
Dir. Fatima Salaria BBC 2 1x60’
Justice in Action
*The People's Film Festival Award Winner
Dir. Fiona Lloyd-Davies Independent 1x60'
Panorama - Immigration Undercover
Dir. Judith Ahern BBC 1 1x30'
Obama - What Happened to Hope?
Dir. Fatima Salaria BBC 2 1x60'
The Riots: In Their Own Words
Dir. Fatima Salaria BBC 2 1x60'
The 70s - Doomwatch 73-74
Dir. Steve Condie BBC 2 1x60'
The 70s - Get It On 70-72
Dir. Fatima Salaria BBC 2 1x60'
Beautiful Minds - Richard Dawkins
Dir. Jacqui Farnham BBC 4 1x60'
The Space Shuttle - A Horizon Guide
Dir. Jacqui Farnham BBC 4 1x60'
The British At Work -
The Age Of Uncertainty: 1995-Now
Dir. Adam Grimley BBC 2 1x60'
The British At Work - Them and Us: 1965-80
Dir. Steve Condie BBC 2 1x60'
The British Family - Sex
Dir. Steve Condie BBC 2 1x60'
Generation Jihad - Ep 1
*BAFTA Nominated
Dir. Fatima Salaria BBC 2 1x60'
Last Woman Standing - Xavante Log Running
Dir. Claire Messenger BBC 3 1x60'
Seven Ages of Britain - Age of Revolution
Dir. John Hay BBC 1 1x60'
Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Body and Soul
Dir. Francis Whately BBC 2 1x60'
The Victorians - Painting The Town
Dir. John Hay BBC 1 1x60'
Seven Ages of Britain - Age of Power
Dir. Helen Nixon BBC 1 1x60'
Panorama - Scientology & Me
Dir. Sarah Mole BBC 1 1x30'
Andrew Marr's History Of Modern Britain - Revolution
*BAFTA Award Winner *RTS Award Winner
*Broadcasting Press Guild Award Winner
Dir. Robin Dashwood BBC 2 1x60'
Andrew Marr's History Of Modern Britain -
The Land of Lost Content
*BAFTA Award Winner *RTS Award Winner
*Broadcasting Press Guild Award Winner
Dir. Fatima Salaria BBC 2 1x60'
Equator - Africa
*Wanderlust Silver Travel Award
Dir. Sophie Todd BBC 2 1x60'
Detention Undercover - The Real Story
*RTS Award winner
Dir. Sam Anstiss BBC 1 1x60’
The Brighton Bomb
*BAFTA & Grierson Award Nominated
Dir. Sandy Smith BBC 1 1x60’
The Real Fresh Prince
*Prix Europa shortlisted
Dir. Fatima Salaria BBC 2 1x60'
Correspondent - Licence To Kill
*RTS Award Winner
Dir. Fiona Lloyd-Davies BBC 2 1x45’
Why Stephen?
*RTS Award Winner
Dir. Maxine Watson BBC 2 1x40’
Last updated - 13 Nov 2023
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