Editor Dan Sherwen Joins Cartel For US Representation
Dan joins following a successful 19 years as an editor and director of the company at Final Cut. Across multiple formats, he excels at capturing a story’s emotional core to deliver captivating films through a poetic and at times frenetic approach to editing, with sound design playing an important role.
Quickly becoming one of the most sought-after editors in London, Dan honed his skills editing promos for top artists. Now a two-time winner of the UKMVA Best Editor award, he has amassed a portfolio of renowned work for the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, U2, Hot Chip, Bicep, George Michael, and Wu-Tang Clan.
Dan’s narrative work covers both feature film and television drama projects, most recently editing ‘Gangs of London’ series two for HBO and Sky, and Guy Richie’s ‘The Gentlemen’ for Netflix. His 2017 project, ‘Kissing Candice’, directed by Aoife McCardle, was screened as part of the official selection at TIFF and Berlinale, where it had its European premiere.
Above: The New York Times 'The Truth Takes a Journalist'
Widely celebrated in the commercial world, Dan features regularly in Televisual’s annual list of advertising’s Top Ten Editors, and has earned multiple nominations for Shots’ Editor of the Year award.
His advertising work has also been recognised at several of the industry’s biggest festival ceremonies, most recently winning a Cannes Lion for The New York Times’ ‘The Truth Takes a Journalist’ with Droga 5 New York. In a single year, Dan received Creative Circle and Ciclope Golds on top of a Silver Cannes Lion for Lucozade’s ‘Anthony Joshua: Made to Move’, in addition to a D&AD pencil for Absolut’s ‘Equal Love’. His work on Under Armour’s ‘It Comes From Below’ has also earned him Editing awards at AICE, including the prestigious Best in Show.
Dan comments, “I'm super excited to be joining Cartel, it's a company I've admired for many years now. It has such a talented roster of editors who are extremely successful in both the commercial and the feature film world, and you can clearly see those cinematic sensibilities are carried across. I love everything they produce - it's all so beautifully crafted, bold and visceral. I'm honoured to be a part of the team.”
Partner and editor Leo Scott adds, "Dan Sherwen joining our roster is very exciting to say the least. He and I began our working lives together in the vault at Partizan London many moons ago. We have remained friends since and kept close as our careers evolved. He is one of the very best in the business and his body of work speaks for itself. It’s truly wonderful that our paths have now crossed again professionally and he is part of our team. He has a fantastic energy and we are really proud that he will be alongside us, moving forward as Cartel grows into this next chapter."
Above: Under Armour 'It Comes From Below'
