Aleksandar Nikolic - Editor
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Features
Guidance Through the Black Hole (2017) · Director/Offline Editor · Documentary · Braidmade Films/Perfect Splice
A Bosnian artist living in London dreams of going back home, but what he really lacks is love. When he is offered to hold an exhibition of his paintings, he sees this as a chance to turn around his life. But can he finish the paintings? Film premiered at Sarajevo IFF 2017.
The Serbian Lawyer (2014) · Director/Offline Editor · Documentary · Inselfilm/Perfect Splice
A story of a young lawyer from Belgrade who fled the regime in Serbia, but later chose to defend some of its most notorious leaders in court. Film has screened in over 20 countries as well as having cinema distribution in Germany.
Dear Wendy (2004) · Effects Editor · Fiction · Lucky Punch
Feature film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and written by Lars Von Trier.
Selected Broadcast Credits
Venus Uncovered (2017) · Offline Editor · 1x60' Documentary · Sandstone Global
BBC4 documentary about the goddess Venus with Bettany Hughes.
Ovid: the Poet & the Emperor (2017) · Offline Editor · 1x60' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
BBC4 documentary that explores the life, works and influence of one of the latin poet Ovid who died 2,000 years ago. With Michael Wood and Simon Russell Beale.
The Story of China (2016) · Offline Editor · 6x60' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
BBC/PBS Flagship series about the history of China.
Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman (2015) · Offline Editor · 1x60' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
BB4 one off documentary about life of a woman in Tudor times.
My Million Dollar Invention (2014) · Offline Editor · Docu-drama series · Nutopia
Real stories behind visionary inventors and their world-changing ideas.
The Real Mill Ep2 (2014) · Offline Editor · 1x47' Documentary · DSP
A mini series telling the real story behind the events that inspired it's drama series The 'Mill'.
A Very British Airline (2014) · Offline Editor · 1x60' Documentary · Lion TV
A BBC observational documentary that goes behind the scenes of British airways.
Sacred Journeys: Kumbh Mela (2014) · Additional Editing · 1x54' Documentary · Eaton Creative
A PBS documentary about the largest religious gathering in the world.
Tudor Monastery Farm (2013) · Offline Editor · TV Series · Lion TV
Long standing BBC series.
King Alfred and the Anglo-Saxons (2013) · Offline Editor · 3x60' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
BBC4 series with Michael Wood.
Great British Story (2012) · Offline Editor · 8x60' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
The series traces the history of the British people from the bottom up and from the regions rather than the centre: a communal 'national' project involving communities all over the UK. For BBC2 with Michael Wood.
Islam the Untold Story (2012) · Additional Editing · 1x74' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
An award winning documentary by multiple BAFTA winner Kevin Sim. The film follows the historian Tom Holland as he questions the established narrative of the origins on Islam. For CH4.
Michael Wood's Story of England (2011) · Offline Editor · 6x60' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
Six part BBC series retelling the history of England from the perspective of a single village.
Battle Of Britain: The Real Story (2010) · Offline Editor · 1x60' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
A BBC2 documentary providing a fresh perspective on the familiar story of the Battle of Britain.
Darfur – Between the Lines (2010) · Offline Editor · 1x52' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
A PBS/BBC commissioned documentary exploring the complexities of the conflict in Darfur and the UN’s attempts to broker a new peace deal.
The Story of India (2009) · Offline Editor · 6x60' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
Critically acclaimed and technically groundbreaking journey through the dramatic history of the world’s oldest, richest, and most influential civilisation. With Michael Wood for BBC2.
Watchdog (2007) · Offline Editor · Factual · BBC
Weekly consumer affairs program.
Xtra-Factor (2007) · Offline Editor · Light Entertainment · Thames TV
Gilbert White: The Nature Man (2006) · Offline Editor · 1x60' Documentary · Maya Vision Int.
A very well received BBC4 documentary about the first British ecologist. Presented by the historian Michael Wood.
Lord Cashpoint (2006) · Offline Editor · 1x30' Documentary · BBC
Documentary about Lord Levy and the cash for peerages scandal.
Ultimate Poker (2005) · Offline Editor · Light Entertainment · BullseyeTV
Factual TV show for Channel 5 putting ten novice poker players into competition to win 100,000 pounds.
Strictly Dance Fever (2004) · Offline Editor · Entertainment · BBC
Factual TV show for BBC.
Short Films
Voices (2010) · Offline Editor · Cinnamon Productions/Perfect Splice
A surreal, high production value short film set in a derelict mansion. The film deals with people's inability to relate to each other.
The House, The World (2010) · Editor/ Sound Mixer · Perfect Splice
A short film about a wartime photographer who comes to understand the extent of his own responsibility for all the evil in the world.
Tryst (2009) · Offline Editor · Braidmade Films
A short film about a fatal tryst between two lovers. Shot on Super16.
Writing Dachau (2008) · Offline Editor · Independent
A Film Council funded short film about the liberation of Dachau concentration camp. Premiered at Edinburgh Film Festival.
Through Skin and Bone (2008) · Offline/Online Editor · Perfect Splice
A short film about a painful relationship that leaves its jagged fragments deeply embedded in the psyches of the two young protagonists.
The Unsteady Chough (2006) · Offline Editor/Compositor · Teddy Hall Films
A short film with Terry Jones from Monty Python. Broadcast on BBC3 and screened at numerous festivals around the world.
Carving of Ichthus (2004) · Offline/Online Editor · Perfect Splice
Experimental short film screened at several international film festivals including Kinofilm in Manchester.
Purgatory (2004) · Offline/Online Editor · Perfect Splice
A short film shot on Super16. Screened at several international film festivals including Brief Encounters in Bristol.