Thomas Ernst
film-editor, post-production supervisor, scriptwriter
head of film editing at Budapest Film Academy
tutor for ESoDoc and Verzio DocLab
Born in Cologne, Germany.
Speaks fluently German, English and Hungarian
Feature films like Bánk bán with the academy award winner Vilmos Zsigmond d.o.p., the Mr. Bean Cartoon series for Tiger Aspects London, commercials for worldwide leading brands and agencies, short films, music videos and documentaries are on his long credit list.
Through joining each project at a very early stage he co-creates the workflow and concept of the production together with the director and d.o.p to guarantee a smooth editing and post-production process - from the beginning of the shooting to the screening of the finished edited film.
Latest works:
The Queen of Silence
directed by: Agnieszka Zwiefka
edited by: Thomas Ernst
production: Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion and Chilli Productions, in co-production with HBO Europe, Stefilm International, Odra-Film and ZDF in collaboration with ARTE, in association with YLE, RAI TRE, RSI and SVT
Country of Production: Germany, Poland
Year of Production: 2014
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
IDFA 2014 - Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
IDFA 2014 - Audience Favorites selection
IDFA 2014 - Docs for Sale TOP 3
DRIFTER
directed by: Gábor Hörcher
edited by: Thomas Ernst
production: KraatsFilm Production, Weydemann Bros.
Country of Production: Germany, Hungary
Year of Production: 2014
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
IDFA 2014 - IDFA Award for First Appearance
Stream of Love
directed by: Agnes Sós
screenplay by: Agnes Sós, Thomas Ernst
edited by: Thomas Ernst
production: HBO Europe, Hungarian Film Fund
Country of Production: Hungary
Year of Production: 2013
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
IDFA 2013 - Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
| 25th Trieste FF- ALPE ADRIA CINEMA AWARD for the Best Documentary, “ESPANSIONI” AWARD for Agnes Sos | Zagrebdox |14th Belfast Film Festival | Thessaloniki Doc. FF | Millenium International Doc. FF | Hot Docs 2014 | Zagreb Dox 2014 – Special Mention | Nashville Film Festival | Planete Doc FF | Krakow Film Festival | Mostra - Barcelona Women's International Film Festival | Mediawave - Best documentary film | Open City Docs Fest | Los Angeles Film Festival | 21st Golden Boll IFF, Adana | 38th Mostra IFF, Sao Paulo 10TH | ZAGREBDOX 2014 - Special Mention
