DAMIAN LEASK
FILM EDITOR
FILM EDITOR
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 narratives and bringing them to life in fresh and relevant ways.
Damian has a wealth of experience across a broad range of high profile and award winning programmes.
He is happy to work on Avid and Final Cut Pro and has a full edit suite at home for remote editing.
1 x 60' Documentary Pulse Films/BBC One
Ross Kemp returns to EastEnders for its 40th anniversary, meeting iconic cast members and exploring the groundbreaking issues that defined the beloved British soap.
Producer/Director - James Giles
1 x 60’ Documentary Hungry Bear Media/Channel 5
Jay Blades explores the history of various country houses with the help of historians and experts.
Edit Producer: Kemi Majekodunmi
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC Studios/National Geographic/Disney
Documentary exploring the rise and fall of American treasure hunter Tommy Thompson.
Edit Producer - David Lee, Executive Producer - Alexander Leith
1 x 30' Documentary Studio 9 Films/Al Jazeera
People & Power gets special access to a pivotal moment in the fight against the military government in Myanmar.
Producer - Tom Sheahan, Executive Producer - Fiona Lloyd-Davies
1 x 66’ Documentary Studio 9 Films/ITV1/ITVX
The story of the search for justice and accountability after a mass grave was discovered in Autumn 2022 in a forest outside the city of Izium in North Eastern Ukraine following six months of Russian occupation.
Producer - Allie Wharf, Executive Producer - Fiona Lloyd-Davies
NOMINEE - RTS JOURNALISM AWARDS 2024 – CURRENT AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL
1 x 60’ Documentary Voltage TV/Channel 5
Greed. Madness. Love. Tragedy Over centuries, Buckingham Palace has witnessed it all. Now, Alexander Armstrong reveals surprising stories hidden behind walls of Britain's most iconic royal residence.
Producer/Director - Sam Elvin
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC Studios/BBC Two
A celebration of disco music, looking into the history of the genre and how it has changed through the years.
Series Producer - Catherine Abbott, Executive Producer - Alex Leith
NOMINEE - RTS SCOTLAND AWARDS 2024 - POST PRODUCTION EDITING
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC Studios/BBC Select
This documentary series recounts the story behind the ten days leading to Edward VIII abdicating his throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. It would change the royals, the press and British history forever.
Director - Marion Milne
1 x 110’ Entertainment Viacom/Channel 5
A celebration of the UK's most iconic and best-selling rock songs. The songwriters, musicians, and producers behind these timeless recordings share the stories of their creation.
Edit Producer - Verity Newman
1 x 60’ Observational Documentary Lion TV/Channel4
A behind the scenes look inside the Royal Jubilee Maternity unit in Belfast.
Series Producer: Julia Shannon
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC Studios/BBC Two
Exploring the real woman behind the literary persona, presenter Lucy Worsley turn her historian’s powers of investigation onto Agatha herself.
Producer/Director - Edmund Moriarty
1 x 60’ Observational Documentary Flicker Productions/Channel 4
Additional editing. Documentary following estate agents as they sell gorgeous properties in the Cornwall area.
Series Director - Caroline O’Neill, Executive Producer - Colleen Flynn
1 x 60’ Observational Documentary Curve Media/More4
Additional editing. Real time observational documentary following seven teams of paramedics responding to 999 calls.
Series Producer: Graeme Thomson
1 x 60’ Factual Entertainment Full Fat TV/ Discovery TLC
Consultant dermatologist and dermatological surgeon Dr. Emma Craythorne and her team of experts meet, treat and dramatically transform the lives of those suffering from unusual, extreme and in some cases debilitating skin conditions.
Producer - Alice Barnett, Executive Producer: Collette Foster
1 x 60' Documentary Wall To Wall/BBC One
Ralf Little heads to Orkney to investigate his grandfather Arthur’s role in one of the most important battles of the Second World War. He also finds an international footballer in the family.
Director - Kemi Majekodunmi
1 x 60’ Documentary Yeti Television/Channel 4
Revealing how and why the Duke of Windsor betrayed his country during World War Two, with newly found documents and brand new archive.
Producer/Director - Marion Milne
NOMINEE - RTS CYMRU AWARDS 2023 – FACTUAL
1 x 60’ Drama Documentary 72 Films/Sky History
This is the Tudor period’s history told as never before, through the eyes of its most unexpected heroine, Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother to England’s first Tudor monarch.
Series Producer - Bernadette Ross, Executive Producer - Julian Jones
1 x 30' Documentary Studio 9 Films/Al Jazeera
Can pro-democracy activists and ethnic nationalists join forces to overthrow Myanmar’s brutal military regime?
Producer - Tom Sheahan, Executive Producer - Fiona Lloyd-Davies
3 x 60’ Drama Documentary BBC Studios/BBC Two
Charting the rise and fall of the Boleyns. A story of love, sex and betrayal, told from the the family's unique perspective.
Producer - Mary Cranitch, Executive Producer - Maxine Watson
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC Studios/BBC One
Remembering The Queen through the decades of her reign.
Producer/Director - Alexander Leith
1 x 30’ Documentary Studio 9/Al Jazeera
Documentary investigating if the West’s increasing appetite for cobalt, a metal vital for electric cars, is causing birth defects in the Republic of Congo.
Producer - Fiona Lloyd-Davies
1 x 60’ Documentary Voltage TV/Channel 5
An intriguing look at the countdown to World War II through the eyes of Adolf Hitler himself during the crucial period when Nazi troops crossed the German border and invaded Austria.
Producer - Sam Elvin, Series Producer - Robin Dashwood
1 x 60' Documentary Wall To Wall/BBC One
Comedian David Walliams learns about his great-grandfather on his father's side, a tragic shell-shocked World War One veteran, and his great-great-grandfather on his mother's side, a blind organ grinder turned successful traveling showman.
Director - Robin Dashwood
2 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBCFour
Documentary series in which art historian James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.
Series Producer - Alexander Leith
1 x 30’ Documentary Vice Studios
Documentary looking at the archaeological work being carried out in Al Ula region in Saudi Arabia.
Series Producer - Jacqui Farnham
1 x 60’ Drama Documentary Raw TV/CNN
A landmark six-part drama-documentary series for CNN narrated by Oscar winner Mahershala Ali that tells the story of America’s most dramatic and consequential presidential elections.
Producer - Simon Jacobs, Series Producer - David Belton
3 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC One
Andrew Marr looks at the extraordinary change during the Queen’s reign, selecting a diverse and fascinating range of ‘New Elizabethans’ who helped shape the nation we have become.
Producers - Alex Leith & Nick Tanner
1 x 60' Documentary 7 Wonder/BBC Two
Additional Editing. A series telling the story of the NHS through the voices of the people whose lives it has affected. This episode covers the first quarter-century of the service.
Series Producer - Michelle Crowther
1 x 60’ Documentary Elephant House Studios/Channel 5
Behind the scenes of the famous Cadbury factory in Bournville, Birmingham. We meet the men from the Milk Tray ads as well as find out why the story of Cadbury's hasn't always been sweet.
Producer - Elspeth Fisher, Series Producer - Ed Booth
2 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Giles Coren and Monica Galetti roll up their sleeves to work alongside staff in some of the most extraordinary hotels across the globe.
Producer/Director - Aidan Woodward, Sam Roubicek
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Four
Alan Edwards explores the reunion phenomenon - why bands are getting back together, what it's like for them when they do and how it's changing the business.
Director - James Giles
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Historian David Starkey reveals how the Protestant Reformation unleashed fundamentalist beliefs, terror and holy war across Europe in a way that is all too familiar to us today.
Producer/Director - Alex Leith
1 x 60’ Documentary Matchlight/BBC One
Documentary in which Darcey Bussell profiles Hollywood dancer Fred Astaire, marking 30 years since his death.
Producer/Director - Marion Milne
1 x 60’ Documentary Bend It TV/BBC Two
Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha investigates the often unknown stories behind the history of the partition of India.
Producer/Director - Robin Dashwood
1 x 60’ Arts Documentary BBC/BBC Four
Art historians Alastair Sooke and Janina Ramirez visit different cities to explore their cultural and artistic identities.
Director - Colin Rothbart, Series Producer - Ruth Shurman
1 x 60’ Factual Entertainment Reef TV/More 4
Penelope Keith takes to the road to explore our changing relationship with that most quintessential of British institutions, the village.
Edit Producer - Sabine Pusch, Executive Producer - Owen Rodd
2 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Historian Dominic Sandbrook takes an eye opening and refreshing journey deep into Britain in the 1980’s.
Series Producer & Director - Alex Leith, Director - Kate Misrahi
1 x 30’ Comedy Entertainment BBC/BBC One
Mel Giedroyc introduces a treasure trove of comedy bloomers, bleeps and blunders.
Producer - Tara Duffy
1 x 60’ Documentary Liberty Bell/BBC4
An immersive historical look at the golden age of British live entertainment, presented by Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein.
Producer - Amy Morgan, Director - Kim Lomax
1 x 60’ Factual Entertainment Spun Gold/Channel 4
Series celebrating the life and work of Lancelot “Capability” Brown, Britain’s master gardener of the late 1700s, presented by renowned gardener, horticultural expert and Capability Brown enthusiast Alan Titchmarsh.
Series Producer - Duncan Barnes
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford climb on board Britain’s trains to find out whether, with crammed carriages, declining punctuality and high fares, they offer value for money.
Director - William Yearsley
2 x 60’ Documentary Oxford Scientific Films/BBC Two
Dominic Sandbrook explores British post-war culture, arguing that it is a crucial part of Britain's modern identity, yet one firmly indebted to our Victorian past.
Series Producer & Director - Alex Leith, Producer/Director - Caroline Walsh
1 x 60’ Arts Documentary BBC Scotland/BBC Two
Andrew Marr explores the lives and works of the Scottish writers who helped define a national identity over the last three centuries.
Director - Fatima Salaria
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
This programme sets out to discover how we became so obsessed with caffeinated delights and how the brands battle for our custom, with behind the scenes access to staff on the frontline and the bosses of the big brands.
Director - Jacqui Farnham
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
The story of 2013 told through the high impact images of the year, exploring how photography has changed in the age of smartphones, social media and the selfie.
Director - Fatima Salaria
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Dominic Sandbrook brings his trademark mix of great archive and surprising storytelling to the first chilling years of the conflict, when the great stand-off between Western capitalism and Soviet communism began.
Director - Rebecca Templar
2 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Robert Peston reveals how shopping has changed from a chore to be endured in the 1950s into our favourite pastime by the 1980s.
Directors - Robin Dashwood, James Giles
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
This documentary examines Germany’s economic power and the automobile industry at the heart of it, and how across the world, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW and Mercedes inspire awe.
Director - Fatima Salaria
1 x 60’ Documentary Studio 9 Films
Twenty years after the start of the war in Bosnia, people are still fighting for justice. Six young British women set off on a journey to find out why. They walk the paths to Sarajevo and Srebrenica, where war and genocide took place, in their quest for truth they explore the path to peace and reconciliation and what role it plays in the lives of the survivors.
Director: Fiona Lloyd-Davies
WINNER - THE PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL AWARD 2013 - BEST DOCUMENTARY - INTERNATIONAL
1 x 30’ Current Affairs Tiger Aspect/BBC One
More than half a million foreign migrants are estimated to be hiding from the authorities in the UK. Paul Kenyon goes undercover with a gang smuggling illegal immigrants out of the UK.
Director - Judith Ahearn
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Andrew Marr looks at Obama’s first term in office and assesses how far this presidency has lived up to the huge expectations.
Director - Fatima Salaria
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
The story of the British summer’s riots, told with dramatic accounts from the rioters themselves. With powerful words and previously unseen footage, this is a compelling and shocking tale of what happened and why.
Director - Fatima Salaria
2 x 60' Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Historian Dominic Sandbrook explores the 1970s. He looks at the impact of a fast-changing world on British life and the effects of the oil price hike of the 70s and he reveals a Britain brimming with aspiration as ordinary people first felt the thrill of freedom and money.
Director - Steve Condie, Fatima Salaria
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Four
Professor Richard Dawkins reveals how he came to write his explosive first book The Selfish Gene, a work that was to divide the scientific community and make him the most influential evolutionary biologist of his generation. He also explores how this set him on the path to becoming an outspoken spokesman for atheism.
Director - Jacqui Farnham
1 x 60’ Science Documentary BBC/BBC4
In 2001, after more than thirty years of service, America’s space shuttle took to the skies for the last time. This unique and poignant programme brings together coverage from three decades of programmes to present a biography of theshuttle and to ask what its legacy will be.
Director - Jacqui Farnham
2 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Kirsty Young looks at how work has changed from the late nineties to the present and examines how it has crept into the very centre of our lives. She confronts her own trouble with her work/life balance and hears from ordinary people trying to cope with the relentless demands of twenty first century work.
Directors - Adam Grimley, Steve Condie
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Kirsty Young begins a history of how British families have changed since the Second World War by exploring the impact of the sexual revolution.
Director - Steve Condie
1 x 60’ Current Affairs BBC/BBC Two
Peter Taylor investigates what Britain is doing to counter the threat of violent extremism, with unique access to a man who came face to face with al-Qaeda and the inside story of how police managed to thwart would be suicide bombers.
Director: Fatima Salaria
NOMINEE - BAFTA TELEVISION AWARDS 2010 - CURRENT AFFAIRS
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Three
This series follows five athletic adventurers from the west as they compete for glory against tribal champions in some of the remotest corners of the globe, with the ultimate aim of being crowned the Last Woman Standing.
Director - Claire Messenger
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC One
David Dimbleby reveals the seven great ages of British culture, uncovering and exploring over 2000 years of extraordinary artistic achievements.
Director - John Hay
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Andrew Marr explores how Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life of its own far beyond the world of science.
Director - Francis Whately
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC One
Jeremy Paxman takes his love of Victorian paintings as the starting point for a journey into Victorian Britain.
Director - John Hay
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC One
David Dimbleby shows how the Tudors used art as an instrument of power and propaganda. Featuring a look at Henry VIII and the lavish, gilded tomb in Westminster Abbey he commissioned for his father.
Director - Helen Nixon
1 x 30’ Current Affairs BBC/BBC One
John Sweeney investigates the Church of Scientology and allegations made by former members and relatives of current members. However, during the course of his investigation he soon finds that he has become a target of the Church.
Director - Sarah Mole
2 x 60’ History Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Andrew Marr presents a history of Britain from the end of the Second World War to the start of the third millennium.
Directors - Robin Dashwood, Fatima Salaria
WINNER - BAFTA TELEVISION AWARDS 2008 - SPECIALIST FACTUAL
WINNER - RTS PROGRAMME AWARDS 2008 - HISTORY
WINNER - BROADCASTING PRESS GUILD 2008 - BEST DOCUMENTARY FACTUAL SERIES
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Simon Reeves journeys 25,000 miles, trekking through rainforests, climbing active volcanoes and travelling through war zones on his way around the equator.
Director - Sophie Todd
SILVER WINNER - WANDERLUST TRAVEL AWARDS 2007 - BEST TV/RADIO PROGRAMME
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
This programme traces the rise of the independence movement in Jamaica in the late 1930 to full independence in 1961.
Director - Fatima Salaria
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC One
The Brighton Bomb details the events of the notorious IRA bomb attack in 1984.
Director - Sandy Smith
NOMINEE - BAFTA TELEVISION AWARDS 2005 - BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
NOMINEE - BAFTA FLAHERTY DOCUMENTARY TV AWARD – PRODUCTION TEAM
NOMINEE - GRIERSON AWARDS 2005 - BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
1 x 60’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
The Real Fresh Prince follows a black inner city schoolboy who spends a month at a private school in an attempt to see how this might influence his achievement.
Director - Fatima Salaria
SHORTLISTED - PRIX EUROPA 2002 - TV CURRENT AFFAIRS
1 x 45’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
Olenka Frenkiel explores how the state institutions and cultural practices in Pakistan conspire to allow men to murder their women with impunity, in a practice known as ‘Honour Killing’.
Director - Fiona Lloyd-Davies
WINNER - RTS PROGRAMME AWARDS 2001 - INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
1 x 40’ Documentary BBC/BBC Two
A special report by award winning broadcaster Charles Wheeler on the aftermath of the Stephen Lawrence case.
Director - Maxine Watson
WINNER - RTS PROGRAMME AWARDS 2000 - TV JOURNALISM - INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS