In the early 1980s, while studying at college, NIVEN HOWIE (Editor) was part of a successful local band and consequently believed he would follow a career in music. However, events led him to a job as a trainee editor at a film and video facility on Wardour Street, Soho. Because of his affinity with music, he very quickly established himself as one of the most sought-after music-video editors in London.
He soon added commercials to his portfolio, and it wasn’t long before his work began to win awards. In 1988, he directed his first music video, which led him to work in New York, Los Angeles and all over Europe. He continued to edit for a few of his favorite clients, one of whom, British filmmaker Julien Temple, asked Howie to edit Temple’s feature film Bullet, starring Mickey Rourke, Tupac Shakur and Ted Levine. Howie never looked back.
He has now completed several very successful feature films—Resident Evil: Extinction, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Dawn of the Dead, just to name a few but still finds time for music. In 1993, he edited Sting’s Grammy Award-winning Ten Summoner’s Tales. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2002 for his work on Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. In 1998, his work on Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels earned him a BAFTA nomination. Two of his documentaries were nominated for the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: Glastonbury in 2006 and Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten in 2007. Niven is a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild in Los Angeles.
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