The Grierson Trust is to bestow its Trustee Award to an editor for the first time.
Rupert Houseman will receive the award at the annual documentary awards this month for a career that includes consecutive RTS Award single documentary winners, BBC2 single Hell Jumper and Sky’s Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story.
He also won a Bafta for editing Sky’s Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes and edited Channel 4’s Grayson’s Art Club and BBC2 docs Gun No. 6 and 7/7: One Day in London.
Houseman co-founded an editor training scheme with Jonathan Smith, The Garden and Channel 4 that created a paid career pathway for documentary post-production and introduced the role of junior editor.
Reflecting on the honour, Houseman said: “I feel incredibly lucky to have found a home editing documentary. I have always been at my happiest making things.
“Whether it’s constructing sequences within a film or helping someone take their first step in the industry, the excitement of seeing something come together and take flight remains an astonishing joy.”
Last year, the award went to documentary presenter Stacey Dooley. Previous winners have included Dorothy Byrne, Anna Hall and Louis Theroux.- main picture credit: Max Houseman
