Tom Longmore is an award winning editor with more than seventeen years experience cutting film, TV and commercials, including credits in documentary, drama and factual entertainment for UK and international audiences. He is a passionate storyteller with an excellent sense of pace and emotion, fully proficient in Avid Media Composer and Premiere Pro with his own kit for working remotely or on location, anywhere in the world.

 

Having discovered the art of editing whilst making music videos as a teenager, Tom studied television at university before honing his craft on the Manchester TV circuit in the last days of tape. After moving to London, Tom’s first big break was as the editor of ‘Behind the Beast’, a feature length documentary about the logistics of Iron Maiden’s 2011 world tour, on which singer Bruce Dickinson piloted the band, crew and their entire stage show around the world in 66 days.

 

Alongside cutting branded content, documentaries and live music, Tom’s next big move was into scripted features as editor of the 2015 thriller ‘Tank 432’ from exec producer Ben Wheatley, before lending additional editing to 2018’s ‘Redcon-1’ for exec producer Kevin Eastman. His latest feature ‘Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break’ had an all-star British comedy cast and picked up multiple awards at 2021’s SXSW and Toronto After Dark Film Festivals.

 

Most recently Tom has been cutting a variety of unscripted formats for the UK broadcasters including BBC2’s ‘Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes’, ITV2’s ‘Emergency Nurses’ and Channel 5’s ‘Cold Case Killers’; In his spare time he is a musician, keen gardener and cat lover.

 

 

CREDITS I in

   
               

  • Tom is a dedicated and talented editor with a real eye for storytelling. He's worked with me now for over a decade across

    a variety of projects from feature length documentaries to branded content and I have always found his work invaluable.

    Alongside his sterling editing work he's also a very nice chap and always a pleasure to be in the editing trenches with.

    - Nick Birtwistle, Producer/Director

  • Tom is a true storyteller at heart. His desire to push each scene to its creative limit brings out the best in the characters and overall story.

    His keen eye for detail, innovative thinking, and problem-solving abilities make him a dream to work with.

    I would highly recommend him and hope to work with him again in the future

    - Carlo Mole, Director

  • "Tom is without doubt the best editor I’ve worked with in my eight years making films and I highly recommend him.

    I was immediately impressed with his story-telling ability as well as his super-fast work and his editors intuition.

    He is reliable, a clear communicator and consistently makes great edit choices.”

    - Pete Williams, Producer/Director


  • "I have worked with Tom on many projects over a number of years and he consistently produces work of a high standard.

    He is a diverse and creative editor with an eye for detail. It is always a pleasure to work with him.“

    - Andy Harvey, Producer