Fiona DeSouza
David Lean Foundation Scholar 2005-2006
Fiona DeSouza graduated in 2000 with a BA in Communications and Audio Visual Productions. She then worked as an Assistant Editor for four years. She has assisted on Night and Day and Bad Girls for ITV, Judge John Deed for the BBC and 40 for Channel 4. She has also assisted on the feature films Innocence, directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic and Mrs Henderson Presents, directed by Stephen Frears. In her spare time, Fiona cut documentary featurettes for DVD extras, dance films, showreels, and filmed and edited live gigs.
Fiona came to the NFTS to develop her storytelling skills and to focus on the craft of editing. She recently achieved her first broadcast credit as editor of the Kiss Me music video shown as part of the Robbie Williams Shorts on Channel 4 in December 2006. She is keen to begin her career as an editor in television drama and feature films.
Films at the NFTS include...
1977 Stuttgart International Animation Festival - Winner, Best Short Film; Chicago International Film FestivalEla Kodak Short Film Competition - Best Cinematography; Cine Gear Expo 2nd Prize, Best Short Film; Lima Film Festival - Best Short Film
Merry Go Round
Underneath
Salon Bombay
Marie Antoinette (Kodak Student Commercial 2006)
Hope (2nd Best in Brief and Best Post Production Award – Kodak Student Commercials Awards 2005)
Out
Renaissance Barnsley
Safe
Nut Factory
Jesse’s Girl
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