JULIAN HART
Telling Stories
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
Philip Pullman
Julian Hart is an award-winning film editor and director
who has been telling stories for over 25 years.
His work ranges from drama to documentary,
to advertising.
He thrives on variety and the challenges of different genres.
After all, they are just different kinds of stories.
"In film, we sculpt time, we sculpt behaviour and we sculpt light."
David Fincher
'American Animals' is Bart Layton's follow-up to the BAFTA award-winning 'The Imposter.' It's based on the true story of four Kentucky college students who mistake life for a movie and plan one of the most audacious art heists in US history.
'American Animals' received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
Julian won a BIFA for Best Editing and received nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards and Critic's Circle Awards.
Julian has edited two feature-length television dramas for US television including 'The Girl in the Box' which is based on the true story of Colleen Stan who was kidnapped and held as a sex slave for seven years.
Julian was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Editing for the Global Number #1 NETFLIX hit, 'The Tinder Swindler'.
In its first month of release, 'The Tinder Swindler' clocked over 166 million hours viewed, charting in the top 10 in 92 countries.
It is the first feature documentary to earn the Global Number #1 spot in NETFLIX's history.
Julian has just completed 'The Deepest Breath', the story of the inescapable risks of champion freedivers, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2023.
Julian's series work for NETFLIX includes lead editor roles on 'The Puppet Master','Fear City' and episode one editor credit for the first series of
'F1 Drive to Survive', now in it's fourth season.
"A documentary film-maker can't help but use poetry to tell the story"
Chloe Zhao
