HAYDEN J. WEAL

What a privilege to work on Tinā! I teared up constantly putting together the music sequences. Something about humans singing together is magical. Five weeks at number 1 in New Zealand!

We had a wild post schedule on this series (nine months from funding decision to broadcast!), and we took some large structural risks. I also did assisting duties, onlining, animations, credits, and the opening sequence.

Editing this film with Luke was a lot of fun. We worked remotely with the Portland based filmmakers and had plenty of laughs.

A career highlight. Working with Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors) on this historical drama starring Guy Pearce and featuring impeccable craftwork across the board made me raise my game.

I spent four and a half months in Thailand working on 650 deliverables with director Damien Shatford and editor Luke Haigh and I loved every minute of it. Bringing Damien's offbeat style to a goliath of products required a surgeon's hand.

My first job with Luke! We spent a summer editing beautiful footage of beautiful people falling in love. Working with Rick Jacobson was a highlight, too. A lovely behind the scenes experience all around.

I feel bad taking any credit for this one. I did the first couple of cuts and then Ferand Peek took over and smashed it outta the park!

I edited this film while living in Berlin for a couple of months. I worked on FCPX, something I'd never done, and it was a relatively smooth experience. After some rough test screenings, we shot pickups and made drastic changes. Now it's a masterpiece!