David Arthur | BAFTA-Winning Film & TV Editor

Poster for the film 'Winners' and text 'For the Love of Cinema.' Directed by Hassan Nazer. Edited by David Arthur.

Poster for the film 'Irene's Ghost' Directed by Iain Cunningham. Editor David Arthur.

Poster for the film 'Electric Malady' directed by Marie Lidén. Editor David Arthur.

Poster for the film 'Ride the Wave' directed by Martyn Robertson, edited by David Arthur Includes logos of BFI, British Council, and mentions Great8 Showcase Cannes 2021.

Movie poster for 'Run' directed by Scott Graham, edited by David Arthur.

Movie poster for 'Prince of Muck,' directed by Cindy Jansen edited by David Arthur.

Poster for "God Help the Girl" Chinese and English text. Directed by Stuart Murdoch, edited by David Arthur.

Movie poster for 'Outlaw King' on Netflix.

Clapham Picturehouse marquee sign"Where You're Meant to Be, A Funny Wee Film About Music and Death" directed Paul Fegan edited by David Arthur.

TV series 'Guilt' Series 3 for BBC directed by Pat Harkins, edited by Chris Buckland and David Arthur.

'Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound,' documentary.

Editor David Arthur has worked on a wide range of genres in both film and television.

David Arthur is a BAFTA and RTS award-winning drama and documentary editor based in Scotland and working internationally. David has moved between many different genres: from feature films, like indie musical GOD HELP THE GIRL (Sundance winner), Iranian drama WINNERS (BAFTA and Raindance winner) and recent comedy GROW starring Nick Frost, to high-end TV dramas like GUILT (BBC) and OUTLANDER, to feature documentaries: ELECTRIC MALADY (BAFTA nominated), WHERE YOU’RE MEANT TO BE (Grierson winner) and IRENE’S GHOST (Aesthetica and RTS winner), with some horror movies and music videos in-between.

As an editor David’s guiding principles are visual storytelling, mystery, narrative pace and emotion.

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