Shivani Hassard, editor
RECENT WORK
2016 - Present Freelance Editor
Recent edits include
Documentaries: WIR SIND FRIEDLICH WAS SEID IHR (2025), MAIMOUNA (2024),
Short films: HARIKSEE (2025), HOLY (2025), THOUGHTSCRIBE (2022)
Social media campaigns: VISA x Paralympics (2024), Something About Sumter (2023)
2022 - Present Lecturer - Film Production MA, Filmmaking BA and VFX BA
Catalyst Institute of Arts & Technology
I create and lecture all course materials for three modules: MA module Production Studio (Editing and Cinematography), Editing for VFX students and Cinematography for Film BA students. I focus on the creative as well as technical aspects of storytelling within editing and cinematography domains. I also advise students on their productions and the technical specifications of their Masters' projects.
2022 Editor - GentleForces Creative Agency
I created the edit for Genteforces’ pitch for the H&M MOVE campaign, laying out the scenes and transitions using stock footage, for what would then be reshot to become this campaign advert featuring Jane Fonda and JaQuel Knight. The result set the rhythm for the final shoot, including sound design.
I have since worked on several other smaller campaigns and projects with GentleForces.
2016 - 2020 Editor - Contra Journal
I co-created and ran an arts magazine focusing on the intersection of visual culture and conflict. I was responsible for communications, commissioning and managing design assets and public outreach.
SELECT FILMOGRAPHY
2025
WIR SIND FRIEDLICH WAS SEID IHR (ongoing)
Medium-length Documentary - Digital
Director, Cinematographer, Editor
OUTSKIRTS (WT - ongoing)
Experimental / Narrative Feature Screenplay
HARIKSEE
Narrative short - Digital
Editor
HOLY: Brighton Festival Commission
Art film - 16mm
Director, Cinematographer, Editor
2024
MAIMOUNA
Medium-length documentary - Digital
Editor
HOMECOMING
Dance Film - VR / 360 Video
Cinematographer
2023
DECOLONISING THE NEWSROOM
Short documentary - Digital
Producer, director, DOP, editor
SARA MARDINI - GEGEN DEN STROM
Feature Documentary - Digital
Camera Operator
Sheffield Doc Fest, Hot Docs, ARD, Cinema release in Germany
2022
THOUGHTSCRIBE
Short Narrative Film - Digital
Producer, Director, Editor
Akimbo Berlin, Minute Shorts, Grrl Haus Kino, Loophole Berlin, Signals Festival, Floripa Film Festival
CLEAVE TO THE BLACK
Art film - 16mm
Cinematographer
Winner of Jerwood Award 2021
Jerwood Space, Leeds Art Gallery
SUNDOWNING
Short Film - VR
Writer, Co-Director, Editor
Ars Electronica 2021
2020
FRICTIONAL FORCES
VR + Immersive Theatre Experience
Writer, Co-Director
MASS
Art Film - 16mm Film and Digital
Cinematographer
FVU Award 2020, Bali International Short Film Festival, Fringe of Colour, Glasgow Short Film Festival, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival
2019
CHOSEN FAMILY: gal-dem & Queer Britain Commission
Documentary Series - Digital and 8mm Film
Director, Cinematographer, Editor
galdem.com, Mercer Street, London
EDUCATION
2022 PhD in Media and Arts Technology, Queen Mary University of London
Thesis title: The Sense of Embodiment in Virtual Reality, explored through Presence, Narrative and Physical Effort
2015 MFA in Creative Producing (partially completed), Columbia University in New York
Honours received in Screenwriting and Narrative Strategies for New Media.
2013 BSc in Physics, University College London - Upper Second (69%)
SKILLS
Adobe Creative Cloud Premiere Pro and Photoshop: Advanced
After Effects: Intermediate
Da Vinci Resolve: Intermediate
Camera Operation (digital, analogue, 360): Advanced
Unity and Unreal Engine: Basic / working knowledge
Other skills interests: photography, screenprinting, dark room printing, graphic design, drawing
LANGUAGES
Native English and French, Basic Hindi
B2 German (upper intermediate fluency)
B1 Spanish (lower intermediate fluency)