Jason Pengelly

Auckland-based editor Jason Pengelly got started in the industry after studying Fine Arts at Auckland University. His screen work includes travel show Te Araroa: Tales From The Trails (2015), quirky murder mystery Who Killed Lucy the Poodle? (2019), and political comedy Sextortion (2020). Pengelly was an editor across eight seasons of comedy panel series 7 Days. In 2019 he made his feature debut with rural tale Bellbird. It was directed by Hamish Bennett, who Pengelly had previously collaborated with on shorts The Dump, Ross and Beth, and Tihei. In 2024 he edited documentary I Am A Dark River (on printmaker/publisher Bob Lowry).

After all these years, I still feel the same excitement when starting a new project. Every production is a new adventure. Jason Pengelly