Garry Crystal,Editor

Garry Crystal

Editor, Editor (Offline)

About Garry Crystal

CONTACT DETAILS:

MOBILE: 07989 399 192 EMAIL: garry@garrycrystal.com WEBSITE: www.garrycrystal.com

Garry Crystal is an established award-winning documentary editor and has edited over 60 hours of television.He has edited a wide range of programmes for most major broadcasters which include BBC, ITV, Channel 4, SKY, Netflix, Disney + and Discovery. The subject matters for which range from current affairs

CONTACT DETAILS:

MOBILE: 07989 399 192 EMAIL: garry@garrycrystal.com WEBSITE: www.garrycrystal.com

Garry Crystal is an established award-winning documentary editor and has edited over 60 hours of television.He has edited a wide range of programmes for most major broadcasters which include BBC, ITV, Channel 4, SKY, Netflix, Disney + and Discovery. The subject matters for which range from current affairs to observational documentaries and have included figures such as Danny Boyle, Banksy, Ed Sheeran and Stephen Hawking.

Garry recently won, alongside the Hungry Bear team, two Grierson Awards and a Broadcast Award for "Me and the Voice Inside My Head" (Channel 4). He was also nominated for an RTS craft award for editing the film. Additionally, he was nominated for a BFE Cut Above Award for "D-Day: The Unheard Tapes" (BBC/ Wall to Wall).

He is a full member of the British Film Editors association and is a full member of BAFTA

Garry is also a multi award-winning writer and director whose work is a blend of dark humour and melancholy. He is fascinated by themes of parenthood, childhood, grief, betrayal and trauma.

His short films "Down", "Bertie" (BAFTA SHORT FILM LONGLIST 2019), "The Fox and the Rabbit" and "Bobby" have been selected for and won awards at numerous Academy Award and BAFTA qualifying international film festivals. He has had the pleasure of working with Alison Steadman, Amanda Donohoe, Arthur Darvill, Jemima Rooper and Paul Barber, amongst others. He is a member of Directors UK.

Garry used to be a TV actor and to his great pride and joy was regularly cast as a hospital patient in leading UK dramas such as "Children's Ward" and "Peak Practice".

Samples of Garry's editing and directing work can be seen on his website.

Credits

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes

( Dec 2023 - May 2024 )

Wall to Wall / BBC

Editor

Equipment

Additional Information

Industries

Film, Music, TV

Programme Types

Arts, Biography, Business, Comedy, Corporate, Current Affairs, Documentary, Drama Reconstruction, Drama: Feature Film, Drama: Short Film, Drama: Television Serial, Dramatised Documentary, Entertainment, Food, Health, Historical Documentary, Investigative, Music, Music Promo, Natural History, New Media, News, Observational Documentary, Outside Broadcast, Reality TV, Religion, Science, Travel, Youth

Specialisms

Architecture, Comedy, Current Affairs, Drama, Drugs, Final Cut Pro, Finance, History, Human Rights, Journalism, Middle East, Music, Natural History, News & Current Affairs, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Issues, Theatre, Travel, Undercover Investigation, Wildlife, Zoology

Employment History

EDITING CREDITS

Documentary & Factual

Limitless 1 x 45 min film Nutopia/ Nat Geo

007: Road to a Million 1 x 45 min film 72 Films/ Amazon

Me and The Voice Inside My Head 1 x 60 min film Hungry Bear/ Channel 4
Directors: Tom Green & Tommy Forbes

WINNER: Best Single Documentary, Grierson Trust Awards
WINNER: Best Presenter, Grierson Trust Awards
WINNER: Best

EDITING CREDITS

Documentary & Factual

Limitless 1 x 45 min film Nutopia/ Nat Geo

007: Road to a Million 1 x 45 min film 72 Films/ Amazon

Me and The Voice Inside My Head 1 x 60 min film Hungry Bear/ Channel 4
Directors: Tom Green & Tommy Forbes

WINNER: Best Single Documentary, Grierson Trust Awards
WINNER: Best Presenter, Grierson Trust Awards
WINNER: Best Documentary Programme, Broadcast Awards
NOMINEE: Non- Scripted Editing, Royal Television Society Awards

The World at War with Tom Hanks 1 x 60 min film Nutopia/ History Channel
Director: Mark Radice
Showrunner: Steve Condie

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes 2 x 60 min films Wall to Wall/ BBC 1
Series Director: Mark Radice Exec Producer: Morgana Pugh

WINNER: Best Factual Series, RTS West of England Awards
NOMINEE: Best Edited Series, British Film Editors Cut Above Awards

24 Hours in Police Custody 2 x 60min films The Garden/ Channel 4
Exec Producer: Simon Ford

Football Fraudster 1 x 90min film Collective Media Group/ ITV
Director: Toby Roebuck
Exec Producer: Claire McCardle

Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All 4x 45 min films Fulwell 73/ Disney +
Exec Producer: Ben Turner

Break Point 1 x 45 min film (Box To Box/ Netflix)
Showrunner: Kari Lia

Driver 1 x 60 min film Astronaut Films/ Formula E/ Amazon Prime
Exec Producer: Jon Alwen

Queen Elizabeth Obituary 1x 90 min film BBC
Exec Producer: Liz Hartford

Surgeons At The Edge of Life 1 x 60min Doc Dragonfly TV / BBC 2
Exec Producer: Jo Hughes

How to Create Sex Scandal 1 x 60min Doc Talos Films/ Discovery +
Director: Julian Hobbs

Europe from Above 1 x 60min Doc Windfall Films/ Nat Geo
Exec Producer: Carlo Massarella

Gamestop: The Wall Street Hijack 1 x 60min Doc ITN Productions/ Discovery +
Producer/ Director: Mark Radice Exec Producer: Bruce Kennedy

Among the Stars 2 x 60min Doc Fulwell 73/ Disney +
Exec Producer: Ben Turner

Rise Up- the Women's March 1 x 60 min Doc ITN Productions/ Vice
Exec Producers: Bruce Kennedy & Sarah-Jane Cohen

Dispatches 1 x 30min Doc ITN Productions/ Channel 4

Coronavirus: Can Our NHS Cope? Executive Producer: George Waldrum

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tory Party 1 x 60min Doc Transparent TV/ Channel 5
Series Producer: Sophia Roberts
Executive Producer: Ruairi Fallon

The King who fooled Hitler 1 x 60min Doc Brave New Media/ Channel 4
Director: Paul Elston
Executive Producer: Simon Berthon

Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings 1 x 60 min Doc Windfall Films/ Channel 4
Executive Producer: Dan Kendall

Prime Minister Corbyn 1 x 60min Documentary Voltage/ Channel 4
Director: Mark Radice
Executive Producer: Jon Alwen & Sanjay Singhal

Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes? 1 x 60min Doc BBC 2
Series Producer: Tom Coveney

Executive Producer: Helen Thomas

The Alternativity 1 x 60min Documentary Acme Films/ BBC2
Producer: Jaimie D'Cruz
Executive Producer: Simon Ford

Druglords 2 x 60min Documentary ITN Productions/ Netflix
Executive Producer: Chris Boulding

Brexit means Brexit 1 x 60min Documentary Oxford Film & TV/ BBC2
Director: Patrick Forbes
Executive Producer: Nick Kent

Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime 1 x 60min Doc Oxford Film & TV/ Channel 4
Executive Producer: Nick Kent & Sue Jones

Time to Die 90min Feature Documentary Viceland
Executive Producer: Yonni Usiskin

Brexit: A Very British Coup? 1 x 60min Documentary Oxford Film & TV/ BBC2
Director: Patrick Forbes
Executive Producer: Nick Kent

Scotland and the Battle for Britain 2 x 60min Documentary STV/ BBC2
Director: Mark Radice
Executive Producer: Alan Clements
WINNER: Current Affairs, RTS Regional Awards

Fixing Britain's Teeth 1 x 60min Documentary Raw TV/ BBC1
Series Director: Tom Watt-Smith
Executive Producer: Dominique Walker

Syria: A & E in the War Zone 1 x 60min Documentary Oxford Film & TV/ Channel 4
Director: Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones
Executive Producer: Nick Kent

NOMINEE: Best Current Affairs Documentary, Grierson Trust Awards

The Triplets are Coming! 1 x 60min Documentary Shine TV/ ITV
Series Producer: Nick Betts
Executive Producer: Alf Lawrie

Cops and Robbers 1 x 60min Documentary Blast! Films/ Channel 4
Director; Alex Kiehl
Exec Producers: David Hodgkinson & Edmund Coulthard

The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway 1 x 60min Documentary Windfall Films/ BBC
Director; Joby Lubman
Executive Producer: Carlo Massarella

My Brother the Terrorist 1 x 60min Documentary Grace Productions/ BBC
Director; Robb Leech
Executive Producer: Simon Ford

Vets on the Front Line 1 x 60min Documentary Dragonfly TV/ BBC
Director: Chris Boulding
Executive Producer: Clare Mottershead

Your Inner Fish : Your Inner Reptile 1 x 60min Documentary Windfall Films/ PBS
Director; Alex Tate
Executive Producer: David Dugan

NOMINEE: Outstanding Science Programme, EMMY

Richard III: The King in the Car Park 1 x 90 min Doc Darlow Smithson/ Channel 4
Director: Louise Osmond
Executive Producer: Julian Ware

WINNER: Best History Programme, RTS Awards
NOMINEE: Specialist Factual Category, BAFTA
NOMINEE: Best Documentary , Broadcast Awards

Trouble Abroad 1 x 60 min Documentary Wild Pictures/ ITV
Director; Deborah Lovett
Executive Producer: Paul Hamann

Who Do You Think You Are? 1 x 60 min Documentary Wall to Wall/ BBC 1
Director; Jenny Dames
Executive Producer: Tom McDonald

Long Lost Family 1 x 60min Documentary Wall to Wall/ ITV
Series Producer; Kate Schofield
Executive Producers: Duncan Coates & Leanne Klein

Andrew Marr's Metropolis 1 x 60min Documentary Ricochet/ BBC 1
Director; Sam Hobkinson
Executive Producer: Billy Paulett

The Young Ones 1 x 60min Documentary Wall to Wall/ BBC 1
Series Producer: Michael Jochnowitz
Executive Producers: Tom McDonald & Leanne Klein

NOMINEE: Factual Series Category, BAFTA

Drugs Inc 1 x 60 min Documentary Wall to Wall/ Nat Geo
Series Producer: David Herman
Exec Producer: Jonathan Hewes

The Sand and the Rain 2 x 60min Documentary Serious Pictures/4 Directiones
Series Producer: Wendie Ottiwell
Exec Producer: Peter Webber

James May's Toy Stories 1 x 60min Documentary BBC2/ Plum Pictures
Series Producer: Ian Hunt Exec Producer: Will Daws

NOMINEE: Features Category, BAFTA

Inside Nature's Giants: The Whale 1 x 60min Documentary Windfall Films/ Channel 4
Director; Alex Tate
Executive Producer: David Dugan

WINNER: Specialist Factual Category, BAFTA
WINNER: Best Science & Natural History, RTS Programme Awards
WINNER: Best Popular Factual Programme, Broadcast Awards
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Best New Programme, Broadcast Awards

Cutting Edge: Shannon Matthews: The Family's Story 1 x 60' Doc October Films/Channel 4
Director; James Quinn
Executive Producer: Angus MacQueen

Dispatches: Bankers 1 x 60min Documentary Wall to Wall/ Channel 4
Director; Chris Woods
Executive Producer: Adam Vandermark

Million Dollar Traders 1 x 60min Documentary Century Films/ BBC2
Director; Anthony Philipson

First Cut: Junk Mail Britain 1 x 30min Documentary Maverick/ Channel 4
Director; Mark Craig
Executive Producer: Gill Waddington

DRAMA

DOWN 12 mins short film starring Amanda Donohoe,
James Eeles & Paul Barber. (Also written & directed by Garry)
Festival selections include:
•Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (Oscar, BAFTA & Canada Screen qualifying) WINNER: BEST SCREENPLAY
•Aesthetica Film Festival (BAFTA qualifying) WINNER: PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
•Globescreen Shorts Film Festival WINNER "BEST EDITING"

BERTIE 16 min short film (Also written & directed by Garry)
starring Alison Steadman, Arthur Darvill and Jemima Rooper.

LONGLISTED FOR BAFTA BEST SHORT FILM
Festival selections include:
•Palm Springs International ShortFest (Oscar & BAFTA qualifying). Best of Fest extra screenings
•SCAD Savannah Film Festival WINNER: "Best LOLZ Short Film"
•Beverly Hills Film Festival WINNER: Jury's Prize for Best Short Film

THE FOX AND THE RABBIT 18 min Short film (Also written & directed by Garry)
Exec producer: Terry McDonough
Festival selections include:
Aesthetica Short Film Festival (BAFTA qualifying), Lone Star Film, Kino Film Festival,
British Urban Film Festival (BAFTA & BIFA Qualifying) WINNER: BEST SHORT FILM)

SUSPECTS 1 x 60min Drama Newman St/ Channel 5
Executive Producer: Paul Marquess. Director: John Hardwick

DOCUDRAMA
Elizabeth and Her Enemies 1 x 60min Docudrama Oxford Film & TV/ Channel 5
Director: Chris Holt Executive Producer: Nick Kent

How We Invented the World 1 x 60 min Docudrama Nutopia/ Discovery
Directors: David Hutt & Mark Everest
Executive Producer: Phil Craig

Seconds from Disaster 1 x 60min Docudrama Darlow Smithson/ Nat Geo
Series Producer: Hereward Pelling
Executive Producer: Tom Adams

Stephen Hawking's Grand Design 1 x 60 min Docudrama Darlow Smithson/ Discovery
Director: Matthew Huntley
Executive Producers: John Smithson & Ben Bowie

Infested! 1 x 60min Docudrama Darlow Smithson/ Discovery
Series Producer: Nick Metcalfe
Executive Producer: Tom Brisley

Fearless Planet: Sahara 1 x 60' Docudrama Impossible/Discovery
Directors; Srik Narayanan & Tom Stubberfield
Executive Producer: Alan Eyres

Additional Information

Industries

Film, Music, TV

Programme Types

Arts, Biography, Business, Comedy, Corporate, Current Affairs, Documentary, Drama Reconstruction, Drama: Feature Film, Drama: Short Film, Drama: Television Serial, Dramatised Documentary, Entertainment, Food, Health, Historical Documentary, Investigative, Music, Music Promo, Natural History, New Media, News, Observational Documentary, Outside Broadcast, Reality TV, Religion, Science, Travel, Youth

Specialisms

Architecture, Comedy, Current Affairs, Drama, Drugs, Final Cut Pro, Finance, History, Human Rights, Journalism, Middle East, Music, Natural History, News & Current Affairs, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Issues, Theatre, Travel, Undercover Investigation, Wildlife, Zoology