The Den has added editor Tobias Suhm to its team as a partner. He joins a talent roster at the bicoastal edit house which includes Christjan Jordan, Kate Owen, Eric Alexander-Hughes, Katie Cali, Andrew Ratzlaff and Ross Birchall.
Suhm, who had previously been at Whitehouse Post, has worked with international brands and garnered accolades from awards competitions such as CLIO and the Webbys. The Beardyman music video, “6 am (Ready to Write),” featuring Joe Rogan and directed by his long-time friend and collaborator, Ian Pons Jewell, won the UK Music Video Award for Best Dance Music Video last year. Suhm’s Skittles ad, “Yogurt Boy,” and the Michelob spot “Call from Nature” are also among the work he’s most proud of.
“I like that editing is a kind of intangible mystery artform,” said Suhm. “Everyone knows what a cinematographer does or a screenwriter but when it comes to editing it all seems to be a kind of mystery that is hard to come by–and yet it has such a tremendous impact on the overall outcome of a film.”
“Tobias is an amazing artist,” said editor Jordan, co-founder of The Den. “He is an epic storyteller and his work truly showcases both his editing skills and his creativity. I am beyond thrilled to have him join us as a partner at The Den. His warmth, humor, and expertise will help continue to shape our growing company.”
Suhm hails from a small town in the southwest corner of Germany, known as the Black Forest. Close to the border of France and Switzerland, the fairytale-esque area provided an idyllic background to a childhood filled with ‘80s movies, including every Spielberg classic. This early fascination with films, including delving into books, making-ofs, and behind-the-scenes accounts, led him to begin editing home footage that he and his friend would shoot on a miniDV camera.
After high school, Suhm left for Munich where he completed a three-year film editing apprenticeship at a German broadcast station before heading to film school. He attended the noted Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg. Upon graduating, he moved to Berlin, where he lived and worked for nine years until making the leap to Los Angeles to edit at Whitehouse Post.
