Rohan Thomas
Rohan is a creative and versatile editor with extensive experience across specialist factual, arts, documentary and current affairs programming. With a background in sound and music, he brings a distinctive editorial sensibility to every project, crafting thoughtful, visually engaging films for all UK terrestrial broadcasters, as well as Al Jazeera, National Geographic, Netflix and Vice.
Known for his instinctive approach to sensitive human-interest stories and investigative documentaries, Rohan has edited a wide range of acclaimed productions. UK Prisons Exposed: Sex, Drugs & Corruption – UNTOLD won Best Current Affairs Programme at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2026, and was nominated for Outstanding Documentary Film – On Screen at the True Crime Awards 2026. Dispatches – Russell Brand: In Plain Sight won Best Current Affairs Programme at the Broadcast Awards, 2024, while The Labour Files – The Hierarchy for Al Jazeera won Gold in Current Affairs at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards, 2023. His credits also include Rise Up: The Anti-Apartheid Movement for Vice Media.
Rohan values the collaborative nature of filmmaking, believing that the collective brilliance of everyone involved contributes to the final film. His background in visual arts and music production has led to successful collaborations on films such as Life Cinematic: Sam Mendes and Stewart Copeland’s Adventures in Music for BBC Four.
His latest personal project, Immersive, is a collaboration with oceanographer Thibaut Barreyre exploring the extraordinary ecosystems surrounding hydrothermal vents and the growing threat of deep-sea mining. As Director, Cinematographer and Editor, Rohan brings together science, storytelling and a lifelong fascination with the ocean to reveal one of Earth’s most mysterious environments.
Work by Rohan
Immersive
UK Prisons – Sex, Drugs & Corruption: UNTOLD
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight – Dispatches
Immersive
Immersive takes viewers on a journey, guided by oceanographer Thibaut Barreyre, to the hydrothermal vents of the deep ocean, revealing the mysterious life that thrives there. These vent systems are the result of volcanic and seismic activity and the Earth’s natural heat-loss processes. However, these fragile ecosystems are at risk from deep-sea mining.
Rohan served as Director, Cinematographer, and Editor on this hybrid scientific animation-documentary.
UK Prisons – Sex, Drugs & Corruption: UNTOLD
A bold, eye-opening documentary presented by ex-prisoner David Navarro, this season of UNTOLD presents a follow up to The Secrets of UK Prisons, using powerful user-generated content and intimate interviews to uncover a shocking hidden world inside UK prisons, this time focusing on prison officer corruption.
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight – Dispatches
This documentary is the best-performing Dispatches episode for seven years. Investigating Russell Brand’s treatment of women, we hear distrubing allegations of rape, sexual abuse and controlling behaviour.
In addition to 5 star reviews, this documentary has also been nominated for several awards.