• Home Alone

    It’s a new year and usually this means me getting my pooh in a pile and doing some catch up on the things I haven’t had time to do in the big end of year rush, like updating my website, writing new blog posts, cleaning up the office, cleaning out the Trash Bin on the…

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  • Snow Day

    It’s snowing outside so fuck it. Work can wait. I lived and worked in South Africa for most of my life having emigrated there from England in 1970 at age 5 and now do all of my editing for my South African clients sitting in a fairly comfortable chair in Youghal, on the Irish East…

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  • The Postman Always Rings Twice

    I’ve cut a lot of television in the last 7 years, and I mean a LOT! But my feature film editing resume has always been patchy at best. Starting in the early 90’s when I cut a couple of  French soft core porn films in South Africa on an Avid (which I still hate, both…

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  • Why? Why on earth? Why on earth are editors still using FCP7? ?

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  • Last Night a DJ (FCPX) Saved My Life

    Just over a week ago my family and myself were involved in a home invasion. Unfortunately this is a reality of living in one of the most dangerous countries in the world, South Africa. It was late, almost 2am, the family was sleeping and I was working on finishing off a project that I needed…

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