Iain Pettifer-Moth is a Grierson and RTS winning editor, and BAFTA nominee, who has become prolific in the documentary arena. His thirst for authentic stories with core moral values is where he thrives as an editor.

January 2026 will see the premiere of the feature length documentary One in a Million (Keo Films) at Sundance Film Festival. Shot over 10 years, the film tells the story of Israa’s epic journey from Syria to Germany and back again. She and her family navigate war, exile, and heartbreak in a foreign land, revealing the complexities of the refugee experience. Produced for BBC Storyville and Frontline Features.

This summer, 7/7: Homegrown Terror (Blast! Films) premiered at Sheffield DocFest before airing on Sky Documentaries. The Guardian called it “a stunningly powerful series.”

In 2025 he collaborated with Mike Christie on the Sky Arts film Nick Cave’s Veiled World featuring contributions from Wim Wenders, Warren Ellis, Florence Welch and a former Archbishop of Canterbury. He also completed Behind Bars, an investigation into the state of the British prison system by Mobeen Azhar - his third project with Forest Films.

Last year he worked with director Guy King on the feature length documentary Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher (Keo Films for for BBC2). Described as “thought-provoking,” “exemplary,” and “intelligent,” it was praised by newspapers across the political spectrum.

In 2021, he edited the BAFTA-nominated Netflix feature documentary Nailbomber: Manhunt alongside Rupert Haussmann; they also collaborated on the RTS-winning Grayson’s Art Club for Channel 4. Ian Katz, Channel 4’s Director of Programmes called it “The best piece of telly that we have put on in the last three or four years."

Artist in Residence: The Football Club (2019) and Suicidal: In Our Own Words (2020) both picked up Grierson Awards. The first an artistic portrait of West Bromwich Albion as they were relegated from the Premier League, the second an intimate portrait of six men in the most vulnerable of circumstances. 

Iain started out as a Westminster Film School graduate who tried to make it in a band (critical praise, very few fans…) before spending five years as an in-house editor at VICE, cutting documentaries on illegal raves in war zones, Salford gangsters, Gaycations and music docs with Mike Skinner, Skepta, and Liam Gallagher.