Rory Cantwell

Rory Cantwell Compositor, Editor (Offline / Online), Motion Graphic Designer, Colourist.

Rory, a founding member of Soho Editors, has been with us since the beginning and is one of our most requested professionals. He embodies the perfect blend of creativity and technical expertise, renowned for his exceptional patience and skill. As a master colorist and editor, Rory seamlessly transitions projects from offline to final grade with effortless precision.

Rory stands out as one of our most popular trainers, certified as a Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Master Trainer in all aspects: Editing, Colour, Fusion, and Fairlight. His classes benefit from years of real-world experience, making him a sought-after instructor for Apple, Autodesk, and DaVinci Resolve.

In his spare time, Rory has channeled his creativity into writing, authoring a comedy-crime-caper novel titled 'The Great Hollywood Double Hustle.'

Rory is a certified Blackmagic Design Master Trainer in Editing, Colour, Fusion and Fairlight, offering advanced training in all aspects of DaVinci Resolve. He has been working with DaVinci Resolve as his primary grading and editing tool set for many years and has been one the UK's leading DaVinci Resolve Master Trainers, continually evolving as the application does.

Rory works with Blackmagic Design to maintain, develop, and deliver DaVinci Resolve Master Classes supporting editing, grading and VFX, for the ever-evolving DaVinci Resolve.


Rory is a highly experienced Fusion Certified Trainer, specialising in VFX, Motion Graphics and Compositing.

As an Apple Certified Master Trainer and professional Colourist and Editor Rory is very experienced in Apple post production workflows and shares his extensive knowledge on every course with the same enthusiasm as the first.

Commercial - Off-line Publicis

Commercial – Publicis

Commercial - Rudas Studios for Gray, P&G

Commercial - Fata morgana

Commercial - Rudas

Cinema Commercial - P3

Commercial - On-air design, commercial, titles, Fata Morgana

Offline. Grade PMA

Grade - Tangerine films

Grade - Just So Productions

Grade and retouch - Just So

Offline, Online, Graphics, Grade CC Labs

Five Night Stand, series of promotional campaigns

Title sequence and on-line, Blue Turtle

80 Set in present-day London in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, the film explores the dark and complex world of the terrorist mindset when Hector, a young Spanish journalist, discovers that his Egyptian girlfriend Amina has attempted a suicide attack. Colorist. Directed by Marc Ellegaard.

Full DI HD deliverables, coordinating and updating reels, Dir: Charles Shyer for Ascent Media.

Starring Ray Winstone, Producer: Olly Plotkin for Soho Editors at AHC. Feature film DI. Full HD Q, Colour Grade.

Jerry Bruckheimer, Full DI, coordinating and updating reels, adding FX shots, fixing and repairing elements, preparation for Grade. Director: Antoine Fuqua for Ascent Media

Creating HD DI deliverables. Master for UK and US premiere. Director: Jonathan Frakes for Lipsync Post.

UK feature 2K DI including repair and corrections. Director: Christopher Smith.

90’ Documentary following the world’s most sought after ballet choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, as he becomes the first Englishman. Ballet Boyz Production for Channel 4. Colorist.

Feature Documentary about The Hit Man Hatton and his rise to the top. With exclusive unseen footage from Ricky’s childhood, his early kick boxing days, amateur competition fights and in the ring as World Champion, this documents Ricky’s fascinating journey to become one of Britain’s most popular sporting heroes. Colorist. Integral Productions - Observer sports DVD of the year

All special effects on series, ITV Network was 6 part drama

90 min HD drama grade and repair, Tangent Post / AHC

Rory Cantwell's Software Skills

Rory has been using Resolve as his main grading software for years and he's a busy colourist, so he knows DaVinci Resolve in all its facets, grading and editing.

Since Final Cut Pro X was released Rory has been one of those who was open minded about the changes and now he wouldn't use anything else to edit with. He is an Apple Certifed Training and a partner in Soho Editors.

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Our professional freelance Premiere Pro editors are vastly experienced and multi skilled across multiple genres from Fashion to Observational Documentaries, and Promos to Dramas.

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We have highly skilled individually selected professional Fusion Freelancers for hire, who have all been thoroughly vetted prior to joining Soho Editors.

Our professional freelance Fusion artists are vastly experienced and multi skilled across multiple genres from Fashion to Observational Documentaries, and Promos to Dramas.

If you are looking for someone to add something special to your next project, craft an amazing narrative, colour grade, manage a complete team, or just edit! we have the right freelance Fusion professional for you.

Take a look for yourself below and filter your freelancer selection by skills or genre to find the right Fusion freelance professional.

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