
Nick Fenton
Editing
Biography
Nick Fenton is an award-winning and internationally renowned English film editor who is now based in Victoria, Australia. In early 2021, Nick edited NITRAM, directed by Justin Kurzel, which then played in competition for the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, where Caleb Landry-Jones won the Best Actor Actor prize. Relocating to Australia in 2019, Nick collaborated with Justin Kurzel on his film THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam and Russel Crowe, for producers Daybreak Pictures and Porchlight Films. The film was nominated twelve times at the 2020 AACTA Awards, including Best Film and Best Editing. Nick's work on the film was also nominated for Best Editing in Feature Drama at the 2020 ASE Awards. In 2019, Nick also edited Francis Annan's film ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA, which starred Daniel Radcliffe for Arclight Films. Nick has worked across many genres, including editing short films and working with artists such as Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller. Their longstanding relationship began with the filmed re-enactment of THE BATTLE OF ORGREAVE, directed by Mike Figgis. Another collaboration, ENGLISH MAGIC, was part of Jeremy's exhibition representing Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2013. Nick's feature film credits include Richard Ayoade's SUBMARINE and THE DOUBLE, Anton Corbyn's LIFE, Benedict Andrews' UNA starring Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn, Ian McEwan's screen adaptation of his novel ON CHESIL BEACH directed by Dominic Cooke starring Saoirse Ronan, Matthew Heineman's A PRIVATE WAR and the 2018 Sundance hit AMERICAN ANIMALS with director Bart Layton awarded a BIFA for best editing and an Independent Spirit Nomination for editing also. Nick has also collaborated with acclaimed director Clio Barnard for 20 years on her early shorts, THE ARBOUR, THE SELFISH GIANT, and DARK RIVER. Television drama credits include two of David Hare's THE WORRICKER TRILOGY, TURKS AND CAICOS and SALTING THE BATTLEFIELD. Comedy credits include Julia Davis's NIGHTY NIGHT and the Charlie Brooker / Chris Morris cult series NATHAN BARLEY. In 2020, Nick completed production on the BBC drama series A SUITABLE BOY, produced by Lookout Point and directed by Mira Nair, now streaming on Netflix internationally. Television documentary credits include the EMMY award-winning THE BOY WHOSE SKIN FELL OFF, for which Nick won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Factual Editing and more recently as part of the team that cut the Emmy Award-winning series EXODUS: OUR JOURNEY TO EUROPE, for which they won an RTS Award for Best Factual Editing and were also nominated for a BAFTA TV Award. Feature documentary credits include BAFTA-nominated TAKING LIBERTIES and the kaleidoscopic musical journey ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES for Warp in the UK. Other musical collaborations have been with Sigur Rós on their films HEIMA and INNI, and Nick edited and co-directed (with Peter Strickland) the ambitious music documentary film BJÖRK: BIOPHILIA LIVE for the hugely popular Icelandic singer. Information above via their homepage.
Known For

Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.
Leviticus

A string of violent robberies in the Pacific Northwest leads veteran FBI agent Terry Husk into a white supremacist plot to overthrow the federal government.
The Order

Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Charlie Condou and Claire Keelan. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4. Described by his creator as a "meaningless strutting cadaver-in-waiting", the character originated on Brooker's TVGoHome – a website parodying television listings – as the focus of a fly-on-the-wall documentary called Cunt.
Nathan Barley

South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
Escape from Pretoria

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
The Double

Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.
American Animals

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
A Private War

Set against the badlands of Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels — an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising their oppressors back in Ireland. Fuelled by the unfair arrest of his mother, Kelly recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot one of the most audacious attacks of anarchy and rebellion the country has ever seen.
True History of the Kelly Gang

15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
Submarine

In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
Life

David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. Johnny Worricker goes on the run with Margot Tyrell across Europe, and with the net closing in, the former MI5 man knows his only chance of resolving his problems is to return home and confront prime minister Alec Beasley.
Salting the Battlefield

The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life. He is hiding out in Ray-Bans on the Caribbean islands of the title, eating lobster and calling himself Tom Eliot (he’s a poet at heart). We’re drawn into his world and his predicament when Christopher Walken strolls in as a shadowy American who claims to know Johnny. The encounter forces him into the company of some ambiguous American businessmen who claim to be on the islands for a conference on the global financial crisis. When one of them falls in the sea, their financial PR seems to know more than she's letting on. Worricker soon learns the extent of their shady activities and he must act quickly to survive when links to British prime minister Alec Beasley come to light.
Turks & Caicos

Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
Austenland

In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
On Chesil Beach

When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.
Una

A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.
The Selfish Giant

Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most heinous of acts.
Nitram

After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.
Dark River

The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".
The Arbor

Ethereal post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós play a string of impromptu gigs in their native Iceland after finishing a world tour in 2006. As they travel through the country, the band visits a wide variety of venues, from a large outdoor festival to a coffee shop.