Kelly Morris
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| Name | Kelly Morris |
| About Me | Senior editor shaping premium documentary, natural history, true crime, and high-end factual series. Known for clear structure, confident pacing, and strong story instinct on demanding projects. Trusted on pilots and flagship episodes to help set tone, structure, and workflow, ensuring editorial consistency. Background includes field directing, location shooting, interviews, and drone work. Proven at handling projects from ingest through assembly, conform, online, colour and mix supervision to final delivery. |
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| Professional Organizations | Canadian Cinema Editors, Factual West |
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| Highlighted Credits | Editor – Cheetah: Fast and Wild, 2026 Fast Cat Films / CBC The Nature of Things / ZDF Studios, Natural History, 44 / 52 min Editor – Sandpipers’ Last Supper, 2025 Tidelife Productions / CBC Gem, Natural History, 25 min Editor – Mafia Most Wanted, 2025 Screen Siren Pictures / Crave / Netflix, True Crime, 3 x 60 min Co-Producer / Editor – The Imperfect Mothers Club, 2025 Independent / Dir. Devorah Herbert, Documentary, 18 min Editor – @Home, 2023-2024 Pow Wow Productions / APTN, Lifestyle Docuseries, 13 x 23 min Senior Editor / Cinematographer – After the Storm, 2022 Great Pacific Television / Discovery, Limited Docuseries, 2 x 46 min Co-Producer / Editor / Cinematographer – Ending Real Fur, 2022 Arise Productions / Filmhub / Amazon Prime, Feature Documentary, 90 min Senior Editor / Director / Drone – Highway Thru Hell, 2016-2021 Great Pacific Television / Discovery, Docuseries, 40 eps (Editor), 6 eps (Director), 17 eps (Drone) |
| Relevant Awards | LA International Film Festival — Best Short Doc, The Imperfect Mothers Club (2025) Soho Int’l Film Festival — Best Short Doc Nom, The Imperfect Mothers Club (2025) LA Asian Film Awards — Best Feature Doc, Ending Real Fur (2022) Chicago Indie Film Awards — Best Editing, Ending Real Fur (2022) Queens World Film Festival — Social Justice Award, Ending Real Fur (2022) Yorkton Film Festival — Golden Sheaf, Edna’s Bloodline (2017) Viscera / Vancouver Intl. Women in Film — Best Short, The Meeting (2014) Canadian Cinema Editor Awards — Best Editing Nom, A Wolf Called Storm (2013) Gemini Awards — Best Nature Doc Nom, How to Be a Wild Elephant (2011) duPont-Columbia — Nuclear Jihad (2008) Gemini Awards — Best Editing Noms, The Fifth Estate: Run For Your Life (2005), The Fifth Estate: Deadly Holiday (2004); Best Nature Doc, Bushmeat: Extinction of the Apes (2002) CBC English Television Award — The Murdered Bride (2002) Yorkton Film Festival — Golden Sheaf, The Fifth Estate: The Murdered Bride (2002) Canadian Association of Journalists Award — The Fifth Estate: Bully (2000) Sundance Film Festival — Grand Jury Prize Nom, Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (1999) |
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