Will Hewitt is an Editor & Director based in Edinburgh, who specialises in creative documentary. He cut and co-directed the Royal Television Society winning feature ‘Long Live my Happy Head’ and the BAFTA Scotland winning short film ‘Harmonic Spectrum’. Recent feature editor credits include the Sundance selected ‘Birds of War’ and the upcoming documentary ‘Thorntree’. He is a recipient of the Grierson/Netflix DocLab scheme, where he worked on the Netflix feature-length ‘The Final: Attack on Wembley’, as well as a Broadcast Magazine Hotshot and SONY Future Filmmaker finalist. Possibly best known for Co-Directing and editing the Scottish cult classic ‘Sink or Skim’, a film about the World Stone Skimming Championships, and he is a World Skimming Championship finalist himself. Additionally, he is a passionate teacher of documentary storytelling at the National Film & Television School & Edinburgh University.

Will Hewitt is a Documentary Editor & Filmmaker

Black background with white text and graphics celebrating Sundance film festival 2026 official selection, Birds of War Documentary Editor
Logo for Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival International Competition 2022 featuring a stylized starburst design. Long Live My Happy Head
Long Live My Happy Head, Documentary Film. Black and white digital graphic with text and laurel design, promoting the BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, official selection 2022.
Long Live My Happy Head, Documentary Film. Laurel wreath surrounding the text 'Official Selection Framelie46 San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival' on a black background.
Long Live My Happy Head, The Hermit of Treig , Documentary Film. Logo for Celtic Media Festival with a stylized spiraled shamrock and event name in gray text on a black background.
Docedge Film Festival, Documentary. New Zealand. Black background with white laurel wreath and text stating 'Official Selection docedge Film Festival 2022' Long Live My Happy Head
Black background with white abstract shapes resembling a film strip and the text 'Sony Future Filmmaker Awards' in white. Have You Seen The Beast?, Documentary Film.
Black award logo for the Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Official Selection, with white text and laurel branches on sides. Harmonic Spectrum Documentary Editor filmmaker cinematographer
BAFTA WINER SCOTLAND HARMONIC SPECTRUM
Neon sign featuring a profile of a person's face and head outline, with text 'Grierson DocLab In Focus' and a green box with 'EDITING' in black, and 'IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NETFLIX' at the bottom. Will Hewitt
Logo of the Royal Television Society indicating a Scotland winner, featuring a stylized gold award with a face profile and a black background. Long Live My Happy Head, Documentary Film. BBC Scotland
Purple circular logo with the words 'Broadcast hot shots 2023' Will Hewitt

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