Film and TV
Andy Sowerby is an editor working across drama, documentary, and commercials. He is drawn to character-led, emotionally driven storytelling, with a focus on shaping narrative and performance.
Credits include the BAFTA Cymru nominated BBC documentary FINDING HOPE, Channel 5 Play for Today: THE QUIET HOUR, indie feature MISPER (Best UK Feature Manchester Film Festival), and award-winning short films.
Commercial & Branded
In commercial work, he takes full ownership of the edit, from first assembly to final delivery, shaping pacing, tone, and narrative with a clear understanding of creative strategy and intent.
Selected clients include Adidas, Bloomberg, Defender, EE, Facebook, Nespresso, Oxfam, Reuters, Škoda, Vodafone, Disney, YouTube.
Awards / Nominations
Misper
Winner - Best UK Feature - Manchester Film Festival 2026
FINDING HOPE
Nominated - Breakthrough Cymru Award - BAFTA Cymru 2025
MOTHER GOOSE
Winner - Best Short Film - Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
ALT JAY
Winner - Best UK Film & Audience Choice - Wimbledon International Short Film Festival 2025
Nominated - Best Documentary - Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2025
Nominated - Best Documentary - Amplify x New Voice Awards 2025
Helen David’s 37 Seasons
Winner - Best Documentary - Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival 2024
Knife’s Edge
Winner - Best Student Documentary - One World Media Awards 2024
Hungry For Freedom
Winner - Best Human Rights Short Film - FreedomFilmFest 2024
Nominated - Best Student Documentary - Grierson British Documentary Awards 2024
Nominated - Best Student Documentary - One World Media Awards 2024
Nominated - Best Student Documentary - IDA Documentary Awards 2023
Enough
Winner - Audience Award - Abstract Showcase - London International Animation Festival 2021
Copper & Nickel
Winner - Best Drama - Florence Film Awards 2022
Winner - Best UK Film - Wimbledon International Short Film Festival 2021
Bloomberg - From The Ground
Silver - The Telly Awards 2020 - Education and Discovery Category
Bronze - The Telly Awards 2020 - Best Online Documentary
Roake (selected)
Winner - Best Editing - Roots of Europa International Film Festival 2020
Winner - Best Editing - The Short Film Awards (SOFIES) 2019
Winner - Best Thriller - London Independent Film Awards - November 2018
Winner - Award Of Excellence - One Reeler Film Festival - Los Angeles - February 2019
Bloomberg - My Kazakhstan
World Media Awards 2020 - Winner - Financial Services Category
Bronze - The Telly Awards 2019 - Online Series-Webseries: Documentary
Bloomberg - The Power of Entrepreneurial Thinking
Winner - World Media Awards: Brand and Media Owner Partnership Award
You Are Your Memories
Winner - Best Music Video - Fresh Future Awards 2019, Online
How to be a Villain
Winner - Best Horror Short - Berlin Short Film Festival 2016
Winner - Best Director - The Bermuda International Film Festival 2016
Winner - Best Short - Silver Scream & Comic Festival 2016
Artist Filmmaker
Andy is a filmmaker and visual artist whose work has been screened internationally, including at London Short Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, and BBC Music Video Festival, as well as on Omeleto and Booooooom. He has also presented live audiovisual performances at Latitude, Great Escape, and CCA Glasgow.
From 2016 to 2023, Andy was co-director of Dream Of Life, a project that created a safe space for young women facing challenging life circumstances to explore their aspirations through visual arts. Alongside his creative work, he volunteers with a male support group, supporting open, community-led conversations around wellbeing.
EDUCATION / DEVELOPMENT
BECTU Mentoring Scheme 2026
NFTS - MA Editing 2022 - 2024 [Distinction]
BFI Network x BAFTA Crew 2021
London Creative Network 2019, artist development programme
PRESS / INTERVIEWS
Variety (First Look) | Misper
KaPow IFF (Interview) | Life In The Faslow Lane
Recursor (Interview) | The Jump
Exit6 Film Festival (Interview) | The Jump
Impact50 | The Jump
Omeleto | The Jump
Altiba-9 (Interview) | The Frozen People
BOOOOOOOM.TV | Life in the Faslow Lane
Little Black Book | Gulliksson Abstract
BBC Music Video Festival | Luma