DEMONIC
28min documentary, 2018
Director: Pia Borg
Demonic revisits the infamous Satanic Ritual Abuse Panic of the 1980s, a mass hysteria where people around the world recovered memories of debauchery, murder, human sacrifice and satanic cults. Blending archive and reconstruction the film uncovers the forces at play between psychiatry, media, and false memory.
Selected for:
film
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Trailer
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Trailer
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Watch the full series here
NOMINATION: Best Editing in a Documentary Non-Feature
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commercials
MAC: LEAVE BEHIND CAMPAIGN
Client: Motor Accident Commission / Agency: KWP
digital content
STREET SMART - SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
TARNANTHI ART FAIR PROMO SERIES 2017
Client: City of Adelaide
Writer, director and editor
Client: Closer Productions / Art Gallery of South Australia
Editor only
assembly editor
ANIMALS
BOYS IN THE TREES
Drama feature, 2018
Editor: Bryan Mason
Drama feature, 2016
Editor: Nicholas Verso
bio / contact
David has collaborated with directors and producers from South Australia and interstate to deliver a diverse range of film and video content. At the heart of his work is a desire to bring the director’s vision to life using the storytelling skills he has crafted through more than a decade of experience in the film industry.
As a standalone editor he has helped documentary and drama projects achieve international recognition and has himself received 3 nominations from the Australian Screen Editors Guild for his work. David has also had the opportunity to use his eye for detail and accompanying technical skills to work proficiently as an assistant and assembly editor on feature film projects.