Nick Hector
Introduction '''Nick Hector''' is a British Canadian film producer and editor, and professor of film production at the University of Windsor.
Career Hector collaborated with Canadian filmmaker Allan King and exclusively cut his films during the last decade of King's career. He won a Gemini for editing King's TIFF "Top Ten Canadian Film" and Gemini Award-winning ''Dying at Grace'', which the Toronto International Film Festival described as “one of the best ever made in this country”. In 1996 he won the Hot Docs "Best Editing" award for Yvan Patry’s ''Hand of God''. He received a Gemini in 1998 for his work on Yvan Patry’s Hot Docs Best of Festival and Chalmers Award winner ''Chronique d’un genocide announce''. In 2009, he won a Gemini for editing Sturla Gunnarsson’s ''Air India 182'', making him the only editor to be awarded three Gemini Awards for documentary.Hector's credits include Tim Southam’s Genie-nominated ''Drowning in Dreams''; John Haslett Cuff’s Gemini-winning ''Crimes of the Heart''; Min Sook Lee’s ''Hogtown'' and Allan King’s ''Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company''. He edited Sturla Gunnarsson's documentary about David Suzuki, ''Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie'', which won the People’s Choice Documentary Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, the Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Documentary Editing and also the Directors Guild of Canada's Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking. In 2014 Hector cut Gunnarsson's TIFF Canadian Top Ten Audience Award winner ''Monsoon''. Most recently, Hector was awarded a Canadian Screen Award for editing the Canadian instalment of Ridley Scott's ''Life in a Day'' franchise ''Canada in a Day''.In addition, Hector served as a co-producer for the documentaries ''The Perfect Story'', ''Prey'', ''Sharkwater Extinction'', ''Wiebo's War'', ''Thay - The Teacher'', ''War Surgeon'', ''Actuality'', and the award-winning ''El Chogui''. He served as series producer for ''Birth Stories'' and ''Love is Not Enough'' and co-director of the CSA Award-winning series ''War Story''. Hector was nominated for a 2012 Genie Award - Best Feature Documentary for ''Wiebo's War''.In 2018, Hector completed the movie ''Sharkwater Extinction'' after the death of Rob Stewart.Hector is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada, Canadian Cinema Editors, and British Film Editors and an international partner of American Cinema Editors.
Filmography  Year Title Role Notes 1989 ''Electronic Jam'' Editor, Sound Editor Finalist - Gemini Award for Best Documentary Sound 1991 ''Nuit et silence'' Editor, Sound Editor Finaliste - Prix Gémeaux meilleur montage documentaire  1996 ''Hand of God'' Editor HotDocs Award for Best Documentary Editing 1997 ''Chronique d'un genocide'' Editor Gemini Award for Best Documentary Editing  Finaliste - Prix Gémeaux meilleur montage documentaire 1999 ''The Dragon's Egg'' Editor Finalist - Gemini Award for Best Documentary Editing 2002 ''El Chogui'' Producer, Editor Contra el Silencio todas las Voces (Mexico) Award for Best Documentary  La Festival Medias Nord-Sud (Switzerland) Award for Best Independent Film  Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival Award for Best Documentary  San Francisco Latino Film Festival Award for Best in Festival  La Cinemafe Film Festival (New York) Special Jury Prize 2003 ''Inside Information'' Editor Finalist - Gemini Award for Best Documentary Editing 2003 ''Dying at Grace'' Editor Gemini Award for Best Documentary Editing  Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary Team  2005 ''Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company'' Editor Finalist - Gemini Award for Best Documentary Editing  Finalist - Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary Team  2006 ''EMPz 4 Life'' Editor Finalist - Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary Team 2009 ''Air India 182'' Editor Gemini Award for Best Documentary Editing   2010 ''Experimental Eskimos'' Editor Directors Guild of Canada's Allan King Award  2011 ''Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie'' Editor Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Documentary Editing  Directors Guild of Canada's Allan King Award   2012 ''Wiebo's War'' Producer, Editor Finalist - Genie Award - Best Feature Documentary  Finalist - Directors Guild of Canada's Allan King  Finalist - Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Documentary Editing   2013 ''Echoes'' Editor Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Documentary Editing 2014 ''War Story'' Co-director, Editor Finalist - Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Editing 2015 ''Monsoon'' Editor Polly Krakora Award for Artistry in Film   Finalist - Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Documentary Editing   Finalist - Directors Guild of Canada's Allan King Award 2016 ''This Changes Everything'' Editor Finalist - Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary Editing  2017 ''Canada in a Day'' Editor Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Editing 2017 ''Unfractured'' Editor Finalist - Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary Editing  2017 ''How to Prepare for Prison'' Editor Finalist - Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Documentary Editing 2018 ''Sharkwater Extinction'' Producer, Editor Canadian Cinema Editors Award - Best Documentary Editing  Finalist - Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary Editing  2019 ''Prey'' Co-producer, Editor HotDocs Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature  Canadian Cinema Editors Award - Best Feature Documentary Editing  Finalist - Canadian Screen Award - Best Feature Documentary Editing  Finalist - Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary Editing  2020 ''Fight to the Finish'' Co-producer, Editor Finalist - Canadian Screen Award - Best History Documentary   2022 ''The Perfect Story'' Co-producer, Editor Best Canadian Documentary - Calgary International Film Festival  Finalist - Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary Editing   Finalist - Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Documentary Editing   Finalist - Canadian Screen Award - Best Documentary Program
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