Giles Gardner is a filmmaker, editor, and script doctor. Giles edits award winning international documentaries for theatrical release, and broadcast television including the BBC, Arte and France Television. Recent editing credits include: "Farming the revolution" by Nishtha Jain - HOTDOCS - World documentary prize 2024 -  "The Song of others" - Visions du Reel - Int. competition 2024 -  "Winnie" by Pascale Lamche - SUNDANCE - world documentary prize 2017 -  "A Thousand girl like me" by Sahra Mani - FIPADOC - winner 2018 - "Inna de Yard" by Peter Webber - TRIBECA Festival 2019.​ In 2024, he worked as script doctor and editor on King of Kings, a documentary directed by Harriet Marines Jones. The film has won more than fifteen awards at eighteen international festivals and was among the first films shortlisted (December 2024) for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. More recently, he served as a consultant on the documentary NAZA, directed by Israeli investigative journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, a film that has drawn intense media attention and sparked international controversy.

In 2022 Giles GARDNER wrote, directed and edited A COOLER CLIMATE with JAMES IVORY that premiered at THE 60TH NEW YORK FESTIVAL and was distributed in France under the title UN ETE AFGHAN  by  Carlotta Films.

Gardner lives in Paris and has dual British & French nationality. Committed to nurturing new and emerging talents he regularly tutors at mentoring programs CloseUp and Dok Incubator.