TimWoodhouse
- Editor
Tim Woodhouse has cut some of New Zealand’s most celebrated documentaries since crossing from Australia in 1989. Although he won a Best Editing award for drama Staunch, Woodhouse has largely specialised in documentary. En route he has worked with director Leanne Pooley on Haunting Douglas, Topp Twins hit Untouchable Girls, Beyond The Edge (about Hillary on Everest), and animated film 25 April.
Biography
Since moving to New Zealand in 1989, Tim Woodhouse has established himself as a specialist editor of documentaries.
Woodhouse was born to Australian parents in England. His actress mother Ursula appeared in the first sound version of Robbery Under Arms (1957, starring Peter Finch and future Man from Uncle David McCallum) shot in Australia and then in London.
Screenography
Awards
2025 New Zealand Screen Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Editing: Documentary/Factual - Series: for Choir Games (shared with James Brown)
2017 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas)
Nominated for Best Documentary Editor: for 25 April
“It’s a slow evolving process, not unlike whittling a tree trunk into an ornate toothpick. ”