Directors Cut Films Ltd (Film TV Post Production)

Established in 1999, the close-knit team at Directors Cut provides a friendly environment for your post-production needs: from a single feature to multi-part series. Our reputation is based on strong relationships forged throughout the process from the first workflow meetings to technical support advice and excellent coffee & tea.

Annually we post-produce over 300 hours of diverse programmes right across the spectrum including animation, children’s, game shows, feature doc’s, entertainment, observational doc’s & feature films. Directors Cut employs approximately 30 full time staff, creative, technical and managerial.

The Facilities

Avid Media Composer Nitris Offline Editing
Our offline suites are equipped with the latest Avid Version 8 Nitris DX Media Composers, supported by ISIS shared storage and Avid Interplay. What does that mean? You can work in our offline suites at both SD and HD resolutions. You can have several editors working on the same project at the same time, safe in the knowledge that should there be a problem; your project and media are fully backed up.

Avid Interplay Central
We were the first London facility to purchase Avid Interplay with Central & Sphere options. This enables remote viewing and logging of rushes and sequences via laptop or desktop computers, from anywhere.

Avid Symphony Nitris DX HD Online
Our online suites contain the best available hardware and software and seamlessly integrate with our offline suites. Additional, carefully selected, feature-rich plug-ins further enhances our output when required. We deliver all resolutions including 4k & UHD to broadcasters world wide.

Nucoda Film Master Colour Grading
Colour grading happens in our Nucoda Film Master HD projection theatre. The Film Master is generally perceived to be the best colour grading in the world.

Our Film Master is equipped with the latest Precision panel and offers an abundance of features such as advanced keying, the world’s leading noise reduction integration, a multitude of picture-fixing tools and can produce multi-format outputs at the touch of a button. All of this is complemented by Genarts Sapphire effects plugins to further enhance looks. The whole system is now linked directly to Isis & Unity for the most efficient file-based workflow.

Sound Facilities
The three dubbing studios have been fully refurbished in June 2017 with the latest Protools S6 desks running Pro Tools HX version 12 software, allied to an extensive selection of plug-ins and sound effects. Our team have worked on numerous Grierson and BAFTA - nominated films over the years and Our head of Sound Kate Davies is currently Focal magazine’s Mixer of the Year.

QC Department
Our dedicated QC facility ensures our output meets the delivery standards of broadcasters before uploading for TX.

What Our Clients Say…

"I am constantly bowled over by the dedication and quality of work of the Director’s Cut team."
Ben Wilson, Primal Media

“We can't thank you enough for the massively generous support; we simply couldn't have done it without your team and you've helped us make a very important film that will help young people stay safe.”
Teddy Nygh, Fully Focussed Productions

“We are all in agreement, the Final Post on ‘Reported Missing’ was the best experience we have had a Post Facility. For the creative input, professionalism and dedication , we are all very happy with the result.”
David Hodkinson Executive Producer, “Reported Missing”, Blast Films