Joe Sawyer Biography
Joe is a Film and Television Editor originally from the Highlands of Scotland who now is based in London. He is currently working on period drama Becoming Elizabeth for Starz and Lionsgate, directed by Catherine Morshead and written by Anya Reiss. Previously this year Joe completed a BBC Studios comedy pilot Black Ops. Working again with director Catherine Morshead and starring Gbemisola Ikumelo (The last tree) production for the series has been signed for 2022.
2020 had seen Joe working on big-budget fantasy tv show The Wheel of Time with show-runner Rafe Judkins (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) for Amazon Prime, and Pennyworth with Bruno Heller (Gotham) for Warner Brothers Media and Epix. 2020 saw the release of the critically acclaimed Dating Amber an Amazon Original feature film written and directed by David Freyne (The Cured) and starring the supremely talented Fionn O’Shea (Normal People) and Lola Petticrew (A Bump Along the Way).
Described as “2020’s best coming of age drama” the film has been very well received thus far. Praised for its razor sharp wit and emotional depth, the central relationship between the duo is “Selfless and courageous, and utterly infectious”. “Dating Amber gives great cathartic scope. Not just to the generation it portrays, but to the new one that—seeing stories like this—might not need to hide.
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