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PeterMetcalf

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Peter Metcalf has four decades of experience in making it all look seamless. After 20 years in state television, he became TV3’s first Head Video Editor in Wellington. His credits include classics like Country Calendar and Kaleidoscope, plus Great War Stories, 35 short documentaries for TV3 commemorating the First World War. He also helped launch successful post-production suite Blue Bicycle Flicks.

Screenography

Serendipity - The Art and Life of Stage Designer Raymond Boyce
2018 Camera Television
2017 Editor Television
2017 Editor Television

Biography

In his early days of working at the NZ Broadcasting Corporation, Peter Metcalf appreciated it when senior editors critiqued his work. It was all part of learning to put clarity — and the audience — first.

“It took me quite a long time to learn why I was doing what I was doing...if something made me laugh I’d better make sure it stayed in the film; if something made me cry I’d better make sure it stayed in the film.”

Editor Peter Metcalf on the key to editing