Documentary Editor & Filmmaker

Finola
Couling

Shaping stories that demand to be felt. From the depths of the ocean to the heights of the concert stage.

Feature Credits

Festival Circuits

Jury Award

Sundance Film FestivalSXSWHot Docs TorontoSydney Film FestivalGuadalajara IFFSundance World Cinema Jury AwardTX Producer · DAZNDocumentary EditorBelfastSundance Film FestivalSXSWHot Docs TorontoSydney Film FestivalGuadalajara IFFSundance World Cinema Jury AwardTX Producer · DAZNDocumentary EditorBelfast

About

Stories that
resonate.

Finola Couling is a Belfast-based documentary editor and broadcast producer with a passion for telling stories that matter. Her editorial work spans human drama, music, and environmental documentary — always seeking the emotional truth beneath the surface.

Currently serving as TX Producer at DAZN, Finola brings a rigorous eye for pacing, rhythm, and narrative to everything she touches — skills honed through years in the cutting room on award-circuit documentaries.

“The edit is where a film finds its soul.”

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Current & Recent Roles

TX Producer

DAZN

2025–present

Documentary Editor

Red Wolf Films

2022–2025

Craft & Expertise

Documentary EditFeature & short-form

Narrative StructureCharacter arc, pacing

Broadcast ProductionLive & post, TX

Music DocumentaryConcert, portrait

Avid Media ComposerDaVinci Resolve

Festival StrategySundance, SXSW, Hot Docs

Selected Work

Films that leave
a mark.

Editor · Documentary · 2023

Maestra

Dir. Maggie Contreras

Five women compete to lead Europe's most prestigious orchestras in a world built for men. A film about ambition, artistry, and the fight to be heard.

✦ Sundance Jury AwardSundanceSXSW

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MUBI

Editor · Documentary · 2023

Deep Rising

Dir. Matthieu Rytz

Narrated by Jason Momoa. An urgent investigation into deep sea mining and the hidden world we are on the verge of destroying — before we even know it exists.

SundanceSXSW SydneyGuadalajara IFF

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