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David Head

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Bio

David won an RTS editing Award for "Strike - Troubled Blood" in 2023 and was nominated for an OFTA editing award for the thriller 'The State Within". He has edited features and television series that have won or been nominated for Bafta, Emmy, Golden Globe and RTS Awards.

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Feature Credits
THE DARK MILE
Psychological Thriller Feature

*Nomination Best UK Feature - Raindance Film Festival
Bridge One Director: Gary Love
Producer: Melanie Dicks
Featuring: , Deidre Mullins, Rebecca Calder,
PETER & WENDY
Re-imaging of Peter Pan

*Winner Emmy Award - Best TV Film
Headline Pictures Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Producer: Christian Baute,
Featuring: Stanley Tucci
THE HEAVY
Crime Thriller
Parkland Films Director: Marcus Warren
Producer: John Cairns
Featuring: Gary Stretch, Vinnie Jones, Stephen Rea,
TV Credits
STRIKE, THE INK BLACK HEART
4 x 60' Drama
Brontë Film for HBO/BBC Director: Sue Tully
Producer: Alex Rendell
Featuring: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger
DODGER
1 x 60' Dickens Period Comedy
BBC Studios Director: Rhys Thomas
Producer: Lauriel Martin
Featuring: Christopher Eccleston, Billy Jenkins
STRIKE - TROUBLED BLOOD
4 x 60 Crime Thriller Series
*Winner of RTS Editing Award
Bronte for HBO/BBC Director: Sue Tully
Producer: Alex Rendell
Featuring: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger
THE MALLORCA FILES
4 x 60 Crime Comedy
Cosmopolitan Pictures / Amazon Director: Craig Pickles
Producer: Dominic Barlow
Featuring: Elen Rhys, Julian Looman
THE CHELSEA DETECTIVE
2 x 90 Crime Series
Expectation / AMC Director: Richard Signy
Producer: Ella Kelly
Featuring: Adrian Scarborough, Vanessa Emme
THE LARKINS
5 x 60 Comedy Drama
Objective for ITV Director: Andy De Emmony
Producer: Serena Cullen
Featuring: Bradley Walsh Jo Scanlan
STRIKE BACK
2 x 60 Action Series
Left Bank Pictures for HBO Director: Bill Eagles
Producer: Nuala O'Leary, Lawrence Cochran
Featuring: Warren Brown, Alin Sumarwata
TUTANKHAMUN
4 x 60 Period Drama
ITV Studios Director: Peter Webber
Producer: Simon Lewis
Featuring: Max Irons, Sam Neill
NO OFFENCE
2 x 60 Crime Series
Abbot Vision fot Channel 4 Director: Robert Quinn
Producer: Phil Leach
Featuring: Jo Scanlan, Elaine Cassidy
OUR GIRL
2 x 60 Army Medic Drama
BBC Director: Brian Grant
Producer: John Griffin
Featuring: Michele Keegan, Ben Aldridge
THE WORST WITCH
Drama Series
1 x 60, 2 x 30
BBC Director: Brian Grant
Producer: Lucy, Marcus
Featuring: Bella Ramsey, Raquel Cassidy
DCI BANKS
4 x 60 Crime Drama Series
Left Bank Pictures for ITV Director: Craig Pickles
Producer: Radford Neville
Featuring: Stephen Tomlinson
SUSPECTS
3 x 60 Crime Drama Series
Newman Street for Channel 5 Director: Craig Pickles
Producer: Kara Manley
Featuring: Fay Ripley
MAPP & LUCIA
3 x 60 Comedy Period Drama
BBC Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Producer: Susie Liggat
Featuring: Miranda Richardson, Anna Chancellor
THE CRIMSON FIELD
3 x 60 Drama Series
BBC Directors: Richard Clark, Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Producer: Annie Tricklebank
Featuring: Suzanne Jones, Hermione Norris
QUIRKE
1 x 90 Crime Drama
BBC Director: Diarmaid Lawrence
Producer: Lisa Osbourne
Featuring: Gabriel Byrne
THE LADY VANISHES
1 x 90 Revisioning of Classic thriller
BBC Director: Diarmaid Lawrence
Producer:Annie Tricklebank
Featuring: Tuppence Middleton
GOOD COP
2 x 60 Crime Thriller
Winner RTS Award - Best Drama Serial
BBC Director: Sue Tully
Producer: Rebecca Hodgson
Featuring: Warren Brown
THE PARADISE
2 x 60 Period Drama
BBC Director: Marc Jobst
Producer: Simon Lewis
Featuring: Emun Elliott, Joanna Vanderham
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
2 x 60 Dickens Period Drama
BBC Director: Diarmaid Lawrence
Producer: LIsa Osbourne
Featuring: Matthew Rhys, Tamzin Merchant
Scott & Bailey
2 x 60 Crime Drama Series
*BAFTA & RTS Award Nominations - Best Drama Series
Red Productions / ITV Director: Ben Caron
Producer: Yvonne Fancas
Featuring: Lesley Sharp, Suranne Jones
SOUTH RIDING
3 x 60 Period Romantic Drama
BBC Director: Diarmaid Lawrence
Producer: Lisa Osbourne
Featuring: David Morrissey, Anna Maxwell-Martin
BODY FARM
3 x 60 Crime Forensics Drama
BBC Directors: Diamond Lawrence, Mark Everest
Producer: Simon Lewis
Featuring: Tara Fitzgerald, Keith Allan
NEW TRICKS
6 x 60 Crime Drama
Wall to Wall / BBC Director: Brian Grant, Julian Simpson
Producer: Tom Mullens
Featuring: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman
MISFITS
3 x 60 Comedy Drama
*Winner of BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series
Clerkenwell Films / E4 Director: Tom Harper
Producer: Kate Crowe
Featuring: Robert Sheehan, Lauren Socha
DESPERATE ROMANTICS
3 x 60 Period Comedy Drama
BBC Director: Diarmaid Lawrence
Producer: Ben Evans
Featuring: Raif Spall, Aiden Turner
LITTLE DORRIT
2 x 30, 1 x 60 Dickens Period Drama
*Winner of 7 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Mini-Series
BBC Director: Diarmaid Lawrence
Producer: Lisa Osbourne
Featuring: Tom Courtney, Matthew McFadden
THE STATE WITHIN
3 x 60 Contemporary Political Thriller
*OFTA Nomination Best Editing in a Motion Picture or Mini-Series
*2 Golden Globe Nominations
BBC Director: Michael Offer
Producer: Grainne Marmion
Featuring: Sharon Gless, Jason Isaacs
SILENT WITNESS
34 x 60 Crime Drama
BBC Directors Include: Rob Evans, Dominic LeCerec, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Bill Anderson
Producers: Nick Lambon, Lawrence Till, Richard Burrell, Ruth Kenley-Letts, George Ormond, Tim Bradley
Featuring: Emilia Fox, David Case
WIRE IN THE BLOOD
2 x 90 Mystery Thriller
Coastal Productions / ITV Director: Terry McDonough
Producer: Phil Leach
Featuring: Robson Green, Hermione Norris
THE BILL
14 x 60 Crime Drama
Talkback Thames / ITV Directors: Alex Pilai, Gary love, Martin Hutchins, Jamie Annett
Producers: Tim Keys, Jonathan Young, Ciara McIlveney
MURDER PREVENTION
2 x 60 Crime Drama
World Productions / Channel Five Director: Julian Simpson
ProducerL Eleanor Green
Featuring: Sarah Smart
MURDER INVESTIGATION TEAM
4 x 90 Crime Drama
Talkback Thames / ITV Director: Gary Love
Producer: Jonathan Young
Featuring: Lindsay Coulsen
THE LAST DETECTIVE
2 x 90 Mystery Crime Drama
ITV Director: Matthew Evans, Pip Broughton
Producer: Nick Hurran
Featuring Peter Davidson
MENACE
2 x 90 Thriller
Greenlit Productions/Channel Five Director: Bill Eagles
Producer: Jill Green
Featuring: Stephen Moyer
CLOSE AND TRUE
2 x 60 Comedy Drama
Coastal Productions/ITV Director: Pop Broughton
Producer: Rebecca Keane
Featuring: Robson Green
TOUCHING EVIL
2 x 60 Crime Drama
Coastal Productions/ITV Director: Bill Eagles
Producer: Phil Leach
Featuring: Robson Green
W.S.H
4 x 90 Urban Myth Investigation
BBC Director: Bill Eagles
Producer: John Whiston
Featuring: Ron Rifkin