Lennaart Van Oldenborgh's Documentaries

Feature Credits

Secrets of the Dead: Queens of Combat [documentary, 2025] Zinc Media/Tomos TV for PBS and C5: Film Editor on investigation into female gladiators in ancient Rome for history/archaeology strand.

The Forest, [feature documentary, 2024] Windfall Films for France TV/ PBS/ ABC (Aus)/ ZDF: Finishing Editor on Festival Cut of feature documentary on the climate science of forest conservation ** awarded Honorary Mention AFO 60th International Festival for Science Documentary Films, Czech Republic 2025

Arts In Motion eps 3 and 5, [formatted documentary, 2024] BBC Studios for BBC Worldwide: Film editor on masterclasses by classical pianist Yuja Wang and opera singer Benjamin Bernheim

The Club That George Built [documentary, 2024] Whynow Productions for TNT: Film Editor on feature-length observational documentary, telling the moving story of the young paraplegic owner of a UK regional football club

Rise of the Nazis S4: The Reckoning, ep2, [drama-doc, 2023] 72 Films for BBC2: Film editor on dramatised documentary on the cooptation of wanted Nazis during the Cold War

Bring The Drama [formatted documentary, 2023] Wall to Wall Television for BBC2: Additional Film Editor on new format following aspiring actors getting a chance at their dream role

The Supervet s8, Ep 1 [rig/ documentary, 2022] – Blast! Films for C4: Film editor on acclaimed observational series on the orthopaedic veterinary surgeon Noel FitzPatrick

Glastonbury at 50 and Counting, [documentary, 2022] BBC Studios for BBC: Shared film editor on 2-hour archive-based documentary on the history of Glastonbury Festival

Imagine… Jacob Collier: In the Room Where it Happens, [documentary, 2022] Passion for BBC1: Film editor on feature-length documentary on the life and work of the musician Jacob Collier

The Prince’s Master Crafters, [formatted documentary, 2021] Spungold TV for Sky Arts: Film editor on formatted observational documentary series on the preservation of heritage crafts

Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out: The Scottish Glens, [documentary, 2021] IWC Scotland for C5: Film editor on celebrity-driven observational series on the sights and legends of the Scottish Highlands

China on Stage, [documentary, 2021] Lion TV for BBC Worldwide and BiliBili streaming: Film editor on documentary series on contemporary music in China

The Real Michael Jackson, [documentary, 2020] BBC Studios for BBC2: Film editor on feature-length documentary on the dynamics of power, denial and the implication of celebrity media in the history of child abuse by the popstar Michael Jackson

Cindy Sherman #Untitled, [documentary, 2019] BBC Studios for BBC4: Film editor on idiosyncratic overview of the work of artist Cindy Sherman, directed by Clare Beavan

Bauhaus Rules, [documentary] BBC Studios for BBC4

Film Editor on observational documentary recreating 1920s Bauhaus style art education

Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy, [documentary, 2018] BBC Studios for BBC2: Film editor on a documentary with attitude on the depiction of Africans in Italian Renaissance art ** shortlisted for RTS Award

Basquiat, Rage to Riches, [documentary, 2017] BBC Studios for BBC2 and PBS American Masters: Film editor on feature-length documentary on artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, directed by David Shulman ** winner of BAFTA TV Award 2018 (Specialist Factual), and shortlisted for RTS Award 2018 (Arts)

Your Face Says It All (ep 2), [documentary, 2016] Pioneer Productions for C4: Film editor on three-part series on the science of the human face

The Evolution of Us, [documentary, 2016] KBS & Pioneer for RMC (France), ZDF (Germany) and Netflix: Film editor on 2 x 1hour science series on human evolution and genetics

Inside the Commons: Party Games, [documentary, 2015] Atlantic Productions for BBC2: Film editor on observational documentary with unique access to life in the British House of Commons

Bitter Lemons, [documentary, 2014] H+O Films: Co-director, writer and film editor on observational documentary on the frozen conflict of Cyprus ** premiered at the Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland, January 2014

The Manners of Downton Abbey, [documentary, 2014] Chocolatemedia for PBS: Film editor on historical background film on the decline of the aristocracy in Edwardian Britain

The Supervet s2, Eps 2 and 12 [documentary, 2014] – Blast! Films for C4: Film editor on acclaimed obs-doc series on veterinary surgery practice in Surrey

Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi, [documentary, 2013] Thunk It Media for Smithsonian (USA): Finishing editor on feature-length historical documentary by David Shulman on the role of black landowners in the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the 1960s, narrated by Danny Glover. ** winner of 2016 Emmy Television Honours Award

Secrets of Scotland Yard, [documentary, 2013] Pioneer Productions for PBS (USA), acquired by Netflix: Film editor on a one-hour history of Scotland Yard, archive-based with some drama reconstruction

Who Will Look After Gran? [documentary, 2013] Remark! Media for BSLBT/ BBC: Film editor on documentary by and for the deaf community on isolation among elderly deaf people ** winner 'Best Documentary Award' at Deaffest 2013

Seconds from Disaster s6: Chinook, [documentary, 2012] Darlow Smithson for National Geographic

Film editor on drama-doc on the 1994 RAF Chinook crash, mixing archive and reconstruction

Curiosity: What’s Beneath America? [documentary, 2011] – Pioneer Prods for Discovery (USA): Film editor on geological history of the North American continent, hosted by Martin Sheen

Britain’s Next Big Thing, Eps 2, 4, 6 [formatted documentary, 2010] – Maverick.tv for BBC2: Film editor on three episodes for factual series on retail product development + Finishing editor on entire series (7 episodes)

Raging Planet 2: Volcanoes and Floods [documentary, 2009] – Pioneer Prods for Discovery USA: Film editor on two one-hour episodes in the Raging Planet series

The Restaurant Ep 13 [formatted documentary, 2009] – BBC LE for BBC2: Editor on one hour episode of formatted observational reality series

The Thirties in Colour, Ep 2 [documentary, 2009] BBC Productions for BBC4: Film editor on one-hour film based on the Wright archive of rare 1930s amateur colour footage

911: The Bronx [documentary] – TalkbackThames for Discovery (USA): Film editor on six part observational series on emergency medicine in a notorious Bronx hospital

The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn Episodes 1 + 2 [documentary, 2007] BBC Productions for BBC4: Film editor on two one hour films on the world’s largest archive of early colour photographs and film

The Apprentice: Tim in the Firing Line [documentary, 2006] TalkbackThames for BBC2: Editor on half hour follow-up documentary on the winner of The Apprentice series 1

Simon Schama’s The Power of Art: Rembrandt [documentary, 2005] BBC Productions for BBC2: Finishing editor on one hour art historical film on Rembrandt

Big Brother 5 [observational reality] Resolution/ Endemol for C4: Reality story editor for daily round-up

Ian Hamilton: A Writing Life [documentary, 2002] BBC Productions for BBC 4: Film editor on literary biography of the poet and critic

Cannibals and Crampons [documentary, 2002] Ginger Television: Finishing editor and online editor on camcorder adventure film. ** Winner of the BANFF international Mountain Film Festival