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SimonReece

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Simon Reece has had a long career editing television and film, cutting landmarks such as Tank Busters, The Governor, Pukemanu, The God Boy and Vigil. In 1990 he shifted post-production roles and set up Wellington company The Dub Shop, which specializes in providing digital services for broadcast, web and archives.

Screenography

Michael King - A Moment in Time
2007 Editor Television
Titless Wonders
2001 Editor Television
Hone Tuwhare
1996 Editor Television
Cops and Robbers
1994 Editor Film
Te Rua
1991 Co-Editor Film

Biography

Christchurch-raised Simon Reece joined the NZ Broadcasting Corporation in the mid 1960s. Reece originally wanted to be a set designer, and heard there was a job at the NZBC. The job was in accounts, but Reece reckoned that the key with government departments was getting inside the door, then moving across to where you wanted to be.

“I really enjoy having footage dumped on me, and then bringing the important stories to the fore. Commercials are not so much fun. I could spend three days looking for the storyline, only to be told there wasn’t one!”

— Simon Reece

Related images

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Director Vincent Ward and editor Simon Reece, hard at work on Ward's first feature Vigil (1984).
Kindly provided by Onfilm
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Editing Vigil: director Vincent Ward, editor Simon Reece and assistant editor Prue Burch (now better known as mindfulness expert Vidyamala Birch).
Kindly provided by Onfilm