Illya Rudkin
Film Editor at Freelance
Denny, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolIllya Rudkin is a story-first film editor and former systems engineer who brings nine years of professional editing and over 40 years of technical problem-solving to narrative-driven projects. Grounded in a BEng in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and a career that includes Sony PlayStation game programming and leading safety-critical software work at Codeplay, he pairs emotional editing instincts with deep technical fluency in NLEs and media pipelines. He has produced and edited 200+ videos—mostly mountain biking and trail films—and independently made the feature documentary Trails, which reached multiple festivals and 16,000+ organic YouTube views. Comfortable diagnosing codec issues, optimising workflows, and redesigning post pipelines, he treats production roadblocks as solvable systems challenges so story can keep moving. Recent training with ACE editors Sven Pape and Josh Beal has sharpened his focus on narrative structure, character and emotional clarity. He’s drawn to authentic, character-led work and quietly manages complexity so filmmakers can focus on emotional impact.
9 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
BEng (Hons) Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, BEng (Hons) Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at University of Surrey
Github Skills (35)
rendering10
vscode-extension10
jupyter9
python9
fortran9
cpu9
vscode9
fpga9
oneapi9
cpp8
cuda8
sycl8
scikit-learn8
ai8
tensorflow8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
KhronosGroup/KSCAF_DocRequirements
Jan 2017 - Nov 2018
Contributions:19 commits in 1 year 10 months
codeplaysoftware/SYCL-Translation
Sep 2023 - Nov 2023
A repository showcasing how to translate code to the SYCL programming model using automated tools and interoperation features.
Contributions:30 reviews, 2 PRs, 30 comments in 1 month
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