Jolene van Antwerp

EDITOR & SOUND EDITOR

Jolene is a video editor with over 10 years of experience in the natural history film industry. She is passionate about telling stories about people and nature, and her work has been recognized with awards from the Jackson Wild Media Festival and the South African Film and Television Awards.

Her recent work includes the 4-part series Okavango River of Dreams, which won numerous awards, and the feature-length documentary Jade Eyed Leopard, which was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award. She also worked on the documentary Tribe vs. Pride, which won the Special Jury Award at the Jackson Wild Media Festival and a SAFTA for best documentary editing.

Jolene expanded her editing skills to include other genres, such as dance and performance. She edited promos for the Works & Process Bubble Performances at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

Jolene is also a skilled VR and immersive storyteller. She has edited 360 monoscopic and stereoscopic content for Habitat XR, a South African-based company that specializes in nature and conservation immersive storytelling.

In the field with the Habitat XR team. I was tasked with setting up the ambisonic sound recording (attached to the VR camera’s tripod).

RECOMMENDATIONS

“Jolene van Antwerp is passionate, enthusiastic and a superb editor. I have had the privilege of watching her excel in her career since our time at University. She was a dedicated student and has since thrown all her energy into becoming a true visual storyteller through the craft of post production. I recommend her whole heartedly for any project or collaboration.”

Laura van der Merwe Programme Coordinator and Editing Lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology Laura was Jolene’s teacher

“Jolene is a creative and committed film editor whose contribution has been invaluable to Wild Logic's current documentary about manta ray intelligence, ALIEN CONTACT. We are looking forward to working with Jolene again on our next production.”

Katya Shirokow Founder & Managing Director at Wild Logic Katya was Jolene’s client

“Jolene is passionate about for her craft as an editor. She is not only dedicated to finding the best possible story in the footage at her disposal, but she thrives in always doing it to the best of her ability.”

Melissa Parry S.A.G.E.Melissa Parry S.A.G.E. Editor - ACE International Partner Melissa worked with Jolene on the same team