Editor Nicholas Wayman-Harris has joined Union Editorial, Santa Monica. He comes over from FilmCore, Santa Monica, where he spent the past year; among his notable credits there was the Ford Mustang “Cornfield” spot, in which a farmer builds a racetrack in the middle of a cornfield, hoping to bring back his idol, the late actor Steve McQueen, to instruct him on how to get optimum driving performance out of the new Mustang GT. Through the magic of effects and compositing, tapping into footage of McQueen from the movie Bullitt, the king of cool does indeed show up. Paul Street of bicoastal/international Believe Media and London-based Streetlights directed “Cornfield” for J. Walter Thompson, Detroit.
Wayman-Harris first established himself in the U.K. He cut commercials and music videos for 10-plus years at NWH Editing, a London shop he founded in 1990.
Now at Union, Wayman-Harris has already taken on a couple of music videos: System of a Down’s “Question,” helmed by Howard Greenhalgh of Believe Media; and Bright Eyes’ “At the Bottom of Everything,” directed by Cat Solen of Strato Films, Los Angeles. Wayman-Harris also wrapped editorial on a short film, The Rope, directed by Philippe Andre of bicoastal Villains. The Rope premiered earlier this month at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival.
The editor’s additional spot credits include work for Clorox directed by Villain’s Doug Avery for DDB San Francisco, and a Christian Dior spot for noted fashion photographer and director Nick Knight. In the music video arena, Wayman-Harris has cut clips for such artists as Bjork, The Verve, Duran Duran, Underworld, Diddy, Oasis, and Death in Vegas.
Wayman-Harris is also no stranger to long form. In ’00, he edited his first feature film, The King Is Alive, directed by Kristian Levring. The movie went on to screen at the Telluride Film Festival and earned official selection status at the Cannes Film Festival. In ’02, Wayman-Harris followed up with the feature The Intended, also helmed by Levring.
At Union, Wayman-Harris joins a roster of editors that includes Nico Alba, the mono-monikered Einar, Jay Friedkin, Ira Klein, Nick Lofting and Scott Tremblay.