Hugh Lewis
Hugh is a highly experienced documentary editor who combines his strong narrative skills with his technical expertise. He has 25 years’ experience editing for the major US and UK channels and streamers, including Netflix, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, 5, Hulu, National Geographic, History, Paramount+, Discovery, Smithsonian and Amazon.
He excels in editing clear and engaging narratives across a wide range of subjects including the natural world, science, crime, history, the arts and contemporary social & world affairs.
Hugh has worked on award nominated and winning projects including, ‘Lost Women of Highway 20’ with Octavia Spencer, ‘Killing in Tiger Bay’ for BBC2 and ‘Nano You’ with Stephen Fry.
Known for being calm, productive and able to consistently deliver under pressure and to tight deadlines, he gives projects a high level of care, thought and attention, while being adaptable to the ever-changing demands of the edit.
Hugh is excited by the emerging possibilities AI brings to the industry and is engaged in enhancing both the creative process and streamlining workflows.
More work by Hugh
Lost Women of Highway 20
Babies
The Nilsen Files
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons
Tony Robinson’s World War I in 3D
American Monster
Drugs Inc.
Nature’s Strangest Mysteries: Solved
Web of Death
Lost Women of Highway 20
Three-part series investigating into a series of unsolved crimes from the 1970s to the 1990s, specifically the cases of four women who disappeared, and one who was raped, in the vicinity of Highway 20, an east-west route in Oregon.
Babies
The first year of a baby’s life is observed without narration in relation to 3 science stories about the first stages of human social development.
Hugh edited episode Relationships.
The Nilsen Files
The documentary series explores the case of British serial killer Dennis Nilsen and focuses on the lives of his victims.
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons
Ex-con and investigative journalist Raphael Rowe, who himself was imprisoned for ten years in 1990, explores some of the globe’s harshest prisons.
Hugh has worked on Series 3 – 5.
Tony Robinson’s World War I in 3D
In this 3D/2D documentary series, Tony Robinson explores the history of World War I on the Western Front.
American Monster
The most terrifying criminals often hide in plain sight, looking as ordinary as a friendly next-door neighbour. Those regular Joes are the focus of American Monster, precisely because lurking within them are psychopathic killers.
Hugh edited episode Javier Bahena for Series 11.
Drugs Inc.
A documentary series that explores global narcotics production and trafficking.
Nature’s Strangest Mysteries: Solved
A documentary series giving you a front row seat to the demonstrations, experiments, and first-hand experience needed to solve nature’s strangest mysteries.
Web of Death
This documentary series follows determined online sleuths who use digital footprints, DNA databases and social media to help solve real murder cases. Each episode focuses on one amateur detective and one case – from identifying a skull found inside a cement bucket to tracking down a lottery winner who suddenly disappeared.