About — Paul Zeller

The short version

From production runner to the edit suite.

I'm a Frenchman who's lived in France, the Czech Republic, China, Singapore, the UK and the Falkland Islands. I recently moved to Cork with my wife, who's from this beautiful city, and our little one.

I started my career as a production assistant at MTV UK, then moved to BBC Studios as a production coordinator — coordinating documentaries across Africa and Asia and picking up a serious amount of logistical scar tissue along the way (budgets, risk assessments, carnets, all of it). Somewhere in there I realised the part I actually loved was what happened after the shoot wrapped: the edit.

For the last eight years I've worked as an editor, cutting factual content for broadcast and online platforms for BBC Worldwide, BBC Africa, Comedy Central, MTV, Channel 4, OBS, ITN, Channel 5, CGTN, Culture Trip and WildAid. Put simply — I love the craft, and I love watching an audience actually stay with what I've cut.

Years Editing

10+

Broadcasters

Countries Lived

Career log

How I got to the timeline

2012–13

Production Assistant, J. Walter Thompson

Singapore. South East Asia commercial production for Lux & Sunsilk — liaising with audio post houses on VO and music, supporting producers and creative directors through every production stage.

2013

Junior Producer, Renowned Films

London. Coordinated shoots for Winners Circle with clubs including Chelsea FC, Manchester United and Arsenal — filming and editing episodes while liaising directly with broadcasters on editorial changes.

2014–15

Junior Producer, Falkland Island Television Station

Falkland Islands. Produced daily news packages and feature stories, delivering breaking news to Associated Press, BBC, ITV Granada and the Daily Mail.

2015–17

Creative Assistant → Production Coordinator, MTV International

London. Produced daily original content across MTV's digital and broadcast platforms, developing new formats from the ground up and coordinating shoots across MTV's international regions.

2015–16

Assistant Editor, ITN Productions

London. Built highlight packages for the English Premier League and Championship, logging key moments live across up to six simultaneous matches.

2016

Segment Coordinator, Olympic Broadcasting Service

Rio de Janeiro. Produced daily highlight packages for the 2016 Paralympic Games — scripting, fact-checking and editing live via iNews for Rights Holding Broadcasters.

2017–18

Production Coordinator, BBC Studios

London. Coordinated documentary shoots across Africa and Asia: budgets, risk assessments, carnets, logistics. Realised the edit was where the story actually got made.

2021–22

Senior Video Editor, Barcroft Studios / Future Studios

London. Lead editor for award-winning digital documentary channel Truly — shaping pilot formats, mentoring junior editors, and setting workflow standards across the post-production team.

8 YRS

Freelance Broadcast Editor

Cutting factual and broadcast content for BBC, BBC Africa, Comedy Central, MTV, Channel 4, OBS, ITN, Channel 5, CGTN, Culture Trip, Chelsea FC, SAIL GP, ITV and Little Dot Studios.

NOW

Based in Cork, Ireland

Working across broadcast, sports and digital projects — open to new collaborations and partnerships.

Freelance broadcast
video editor.

From production runner to the edit suite.

How I got to the timeline

Let's get it
on the timeline.

Freelance broadcastvideo editor.

From production runner to the edit suite.

How I got to the timeline

Let's get iton the timeline.

Freelance broadcast
video editor.

Let's get it
on the timeline.