Marta Velasquez
Marta is an Emmy-nominated documentary editor celebrated for compelling storytelling, emotional depth and cinematic instinct.
Her extensive career includes 15 years at VICE, where she progressed to Lead Editor and ultimately Creative Director, playing an important role in shaping the distinctive storytelling and visual style of its documentary output and bringing precision, creativity and a sharp editorial eye to every project.
Marta’s work has received considerable industry recognition. Spartan Bare Knuckle Fight Club was shortlisted for Best Documentary Series at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2025. Vice World News Meets: Imran Khan was nominated for Outstanding Edited Interview at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2024, while The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate was also Emmy-nominated in 2024 and won Best Programme Acquisition at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2023. Satanic Verses: 30 Years On was nominated for Best Historical Documentary at the Grierson Awards 2019, while Chemsex was nominated for Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme – Domestic at the Grierson Awards 2016.
Her work spans feature documentaries, current affairs and investigations, with a particular strength for bold, sensitive and complex human stories. This includes the powerful BBC Two documentary Britain’s Forgotten Girls, investigating the grooming, trafficking and sexual exploitation of young girls by organised drug gangs across Britain. Across her work, Marta is drawn to challenging subjects and compelling characters, bringing clarity, sensitivity and a distinctive cinematic approach to complex stories.
Highly versatile and collaborative, Marta thrives on shaping narrative from rushes through to delivery, with particular strengths in pacing, sound design, archive and complex storytelling. Fluent in Spanish and highly proficient across Adobe Creative Suite, she combines creative vision with technical confidence, integrity and an instinct for finding the emotional heart of a story.
Work by Marta
Britain’s Forgotten Girls
The Tech Billionaire Takeover
Spartan Bare Knuckle Fight Club
The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate
On a Knife’s Edge
Fire Games of Napoli
Satanic Verses: 30 Years On
Oobah Butler
Ballet and Bullets: The Favela Dance Class Stuck in the Crossfire
Britain’s Forgotten Girls
A powerful documentary investigating the grooming, trafficking and sexual exploitation of young girls by organised drug gangs across Britain, told through survivors, whistleblowers and those who raised the alarm.
The Tech Billionaire Takeover
A new breed of tech billionaires are building their own countries, replacing democracy as we know it and targeting the global financial system. Matt Shea goes inside their world.
Spartan Bare Knuckle Fight Club
This documentary follows fighters and founder Christian Roberts preparing for Fight Fest—brutal, gritty, 8×8 ft hay‑bale pits in northern England, where men battle fiercely, often ending in knockouts. Yet beneath the violence, the club serves as a lifeline for men battling addiction, knife crime and poor mental health.
The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate
The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate offers a stark exposé of how one man’s persona became a lightning rod for a broader cultural movement—one that mixes ambition, misogyny, and exploitation, and has tangible effects on young audiences.
On a Knife’s Edge
Ex-gang member Josh Osborne exposes London’s knife-crime epidemic and how the internet has entrenched this cycle of violence. Featuring powerful testimonies from grieving families and his personal journey of redemption.
Fire Games of Napoli
Short documentary directed by Victoria Fiore that captures a vibrant—and sometimes controversial—ritual in Naples. Each year on January 17, local teenagers gather in the city’s historic quarters to build and ignite massive bonfires in celebration of Saint Anthony Abbot’s feast day.
Satanic Verses: 30 Years On
The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On presents a deeply personal yet broadly relevant journey into how one controversial book shaped modern debates on faith, identity, free expression, and societal boundaries.
Through intimate interviews, archival footage, and street-level interaction, Azhar ignites critical reflection on whether past clashes have truly been resolved—and what they say about today’s culture wars.
Oobah Butler
The series follows British writer, filmmaker and prankster Oobah Butler as he stages satirical social experiments— like turning his garden shed into TripAdvisor’s No. 1 restaurant.
Ballet and Bullets: The Favela Dance Class Stuck in the Crossfire
A group of young ballerinas from one of the most violent favelas in Rio de Janeiro use dance to strive for a brighter future. 23-year-old Tuany Nascimento runs On Tiptoes, a ballet project for girls aged four to 15 from communities affected by drug violence. This powerful one-off documentary captures moments of beauty and resilience—pink tutus, gunfire, and dreams.
“An extraordinary account of daring, dreaming and hope”