2022 BERLINALE TO HOST WORLD PREMIERES OF THE RISING AND AGAINST THE ICE!
The Berlin International Film Festival has released further details of its 2022 programme! The festival will host the world premieres of Sky series THE RISING (pictured) which features Production Design by echo client Sami Khan and Netflix's AGAINST THE ICE which was cut by echo Editor Morten Højbjerg and directed by Peter Flint. The full programme will be available on February 1st - stay tuned!
"THE CROWN" SEASON 4 HITS NETFLIX ON SUNDAY!!
Season 4 of THE CROWN drops on Netflix this Sunday 15th of November! The new series is the first to introduce Princess Diana and has already had rave reviews! Yan Miles cut episode 3, directed by Benjamin Caron and Morten Højbjerg cut episode 7 with Director Jessica Hobbs.
"HANNA" SEASON 2 IS OUT ON AMAZON PRIME TOMORROW!
The second series of HANNA is available on Amazon Prime tomorrow! After working on the first season, echo Editor Morten Højbjerg returned to cut episodes 1 + 5 for Directors Eva Husson and Ugla Hauksdóttir.
"TRIGONOMETRY" IS ON BBC TWO TONIGHT AT 10PM!
Don’t miss the first two episodes of TRIGONOMETRY airing on BBC Two tonight at 10pm! The series, that premiered at Berlin Film Festival last month , was shot by Sean Price Williams (eps 1-5) and cut by Editor's Morten Højbjerg (eps 1, 3 + 5) and Dan Roberts (eps 6 + 8)!
BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 2020 LINEUP SO FAR!
Berlin Film Festival have been announcing their 2020 lineup in waves, and while the full lineup is still to be announced, so far the following client projects will screen at the fest: Bassam Tariq’s MUGHAL MOWGLI (pictured) with Hair + Make-Up design by Bean Ellis and Additional Photography by Michael Paleodimos; H IS FOR HAPPINESS, shot by Bonnie Elliott, ACS; Aneil Karia’s SURGE, lensed by Stuart Bentley, BSC and with Production Design by Alexandra Toomey; HIGH GROUND will screen in the Special Programme section, shot by Andrew Commis, ACS; and finally included in Berlin Series will be Episodes 1 + 2 of STATELESS, shot by Bonnie Eliiott, ACS; and Episodes 1-5 of TRIGONOMETRY shot by Sean Price Williams and eps 1, 3 + 5 cut by Morten Højbjerg (further eps also cut be Editor Dan Roberts).
The full festival lineup should be announced before the end of the month and the fest runs from 20th Feb - 1st March 2020.
"TOP BOY" SEASON 3 IS OUT ON NETFLIX TODAY!!
The wait is over and Season 3 of award winning series TOP BOY lands on Netflix today! Director of Photography Joe Anderson and Editor Morten Højbjerg worked on eps 1-3 for Director Marcus Reinaldo Green, while DoP Chloë Thomson, BSC shot eps 4 + 5 for Director Nia Dacosta.
MORTEN HØJBJERG STARTS CUTTING "HANNA" SEASON 2!
After cutting the first series of HANNA, echo Editor Morten Højbjerg is back to cut episodes 1 + 6 of the second series! Morten will work with Directors Eva Husson and Ugla Hauksdottir on The Amazon Prime show.
AMAZON SERIES "HANNA" OUT NEXT FRIDAY 29TH MARCH!
Following it’s premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February, all 8 eps of the Amazon Series HANNA will now be released next Friday (March 29th)! Look out for brilliant editing by echo’s Morten Højbjerg and Dan Roberts on episodes directed by Sarah Adina Smith and Jon Jones.
AMAZON SERIES "HANNA" PREMIERES AT BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL TODAY!
The first episode of Amazon Series HANNA will premiere at Berlin Film Festival today! The ep is directed by Sarah Adina Smith and edited by echo’s Morten Højbjerg. The full series will be released on Amazon Prime in March with director Jon Jones’ epidoes also cut by echo’s Dan Roberts.
NEW BBC DRAMA SERIES "TRIGONOMETRY" STARTS SHOOTING!
The new BBC Two Series TRIGONOMETRY is now underway! Echo’s DoP, Sean Price Williams will shoot the 8 part drama while echo’s Morten Højbjerg will cut episodes 1, 3 and 5 for Director Athina Rachel Tsangari (THE CAPSULE, pictured).
"THE VANISHING" IS OUT IN US CINEMAS TODAY!
THE VANISHING (aka KEEPERS) is out in US cinemas today! Directed by Kristoffer Nyholm and edited by echo’s Morten Højbjerg the film stars Gerard Butler and Peter Mullan as they tell the true story of the Flannan Isle mystery where 3 Lighthouse Keepers went missing.
"TRUST" AIRS ON BBC TWO TONIGHT!
TRUST, the new FX Productions + Cloud Eight Films series, airs tonight at 9pm on BBC Two with the entire series available to stream on iPlayer after. Starring Hilary Swank and Donald Sutherland and directed by Danny Boyle, Susanna White, Jonathan Van Tulleken, Dawn Shadforth and Emanuele Crialese, the ten part series is set in Italy, 1973 and centres around the abduction of John Paul Getty III, then-heir to Getty Oil. Written by Simon Beaufoy and exec produced by Danny Boyle, Morten Højbjerg cuts episode 9 + 10 of the season, directed by Susanna White.
THIRD SEASON OF "TOP BOY" SHOOTS FOR NETFLIX
The third season of the award winning series, TOP BOY, is underway. Echo's Director of Photography Joe Anderson and Editor Morten Højbjerg are collaborating on Reinaldo Marcus Green's episodes (1 - 3), with Director of Photography Chloë Thomson lensing episodes 4 and 5 for Director Nia DaCosta.
TOP BOY will premiere as a Netflix original in 2019, with Drake on board as executive producer along with original producers Charles Steel and Alasdair Flind of Cowboy Films.
EDITING BEGINS ON "HANNA"
The new 8 part Amazon television series, HANNA, produced by Working Title TV and NBC Universal International is now underway. Created by David Farr who wrote the original film that launched Saoirse Ronan, tells the story of an ex CIA operative who trains his daughter to be the perfect assassin. Starring Esme Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos, Morten Højberg cuts episodes 1 + 2 directed by Sarah Adina Smith and Dan Roberts cuts episodes 3 + 4 directed by Jon Jones.
"TRUST" IS OUT TODAY IN THE US!
Directed by Danny Boyle, Susanna White, Jonathan Van Tulleken, Dawn Shadforth and Emanuele Crialese, the new FX Productions + Cloud Eight Films drama, TRUST is out today in the US. The ten part series is set in 1973 and centres on the abduction in Italy of John Paul Getty III, then-heir to Getty Oil. Written by Simon Beaufoy and exec produced by Danny Boyle, Morten Højbjerg cuts episode 9 + 10 of the season, directed by Susanna White.
MORTEN HØJBJERG EDITS “TRUST”
Directed by Susanna White and produced by Timothy Bricknell, episodes 9 and 10 of the Danny Boyle FX Anthology Series starring Donald Sutherland as eccentric billionaire J. Paul Getty, are being cut by Morten Højbjerg. The series depicts the troubled Getty family, pivoting around the ordeal of J. Paul Getty III's 1973 kidnap in Italy. Hillary Swank plays his broke and desperate mother, with Michael Esper as his dysfunctional and negligent father. Executive producers are Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle (who will also direct the first installment), and Christian Colson.
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY AND SPECIAL PRESENTATION LINE-UP
ECHO Congratulates Editor, Napoleon Stratogiannakis for ifeature APOSTASY, directed by Dan Kokotajlo which will have it’s world premiere at this year’s TIFF. Congratulations also go to Director of Photography, David Gallego, ADFC, Costume Designer, Holly Rebecca and Malin Lindholm for her art direction for Nathan Parker for Rungano Nyoni’s feature debut and North American Premiere, I AM NOT A WITCH which is also screening in the Discovery section. Michael Noer’s PAPILLON, with hair and make-up design by Kirstin Chalmers and YOU DISAPPEAR (DU FORSVINDER) directed by Peter Schønau Fog and edited by Morten Højbjerg will also screen at the festival in the Special Presentation category.
MORTEN HØJBJERG EDITS “KEEPERS”
The psychological thriller explores the true unsolved mystery of three lighthouse keepers who disappeared from their post on a desolate island. This is the feature debut for BAFTA-nominated director Kristoffer Nyholm (known for his work on the Danish series THE KILLING and BBC’s TABOO), with Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, and Connor Swindells starring as three lighthouse keepers who turn against each other.