Sally hails from a picturesque town in Germany, where she grew up surrounded by beautiful lakes, forests and rivers. After graduating from Hamburg Media School, Sally began her film career in Hamburg, working her way up to junior editor before making the move to London where she worked at prestigious editing houses Marshall Street Editors, followed by Cut+Run and the Quarry, refining her skills.

She‘s created numerous commercials and content for well known brands such as Nivea, Bet365, John Frieda, Rolls Royce and Nissan, to name a few.

Her work has been awarded at the Berlin Fashion Film Awards and her film “Shark Dancer” for Huawei earned a bronze for best editing at Kinsale Shark Awards and was also recognised at Ciclope and Cannes Lions.

Sally has two beautiful dogs, enjoys her walks with them in the countryside and is an avid baker: her Christmas gingerbread creations have become legendary, known for their complex and grandiose decoration, sound and surprise elements. We’re talking fire breathing dragons, smoking volcanos, glow-in-the-dark ghosts and snake like sandworms…

Sally recently made the move back to Germany near Hamburg, taking her yummy architecture with her, and is now available as a freelance editor in Germany and throughout Europe including the UK. Her editing talents are also available remote and virtual attendance is possible from anywhere with a stable internet connection.

On occasion Sally may be referred to as Sarah or Sallinski, so perhaps we should explain?

Before she was born, Sally’s parents thought she would be a boy. One of the scans the doctors did was apparently a little misleading… her parents had a name picked out and all.

But to her parent‘s surprise the doctor, who helped Sally into this world, cried out: “Say hello to your newborn daughter!“ So they were a bit stuck for names and quickly decided to call her Sarah. However, while they saw their daughter grow bigger over the next few weeks, they decided Sarah as a name didn’t quite suit their baby girl. They nicknamed her Sally instead. 

To add to the confusion, the only ever time Sally was called Sarah was when she‘d been naughty, so her mum and dad would use this name in a threatening tone…

No wonder that Sally prefers her nickname to her real one but unfortunately all official dealings with Sally still have Sarah Cooper written on it (this includes invoices etc and how she is registered at the tax office). 

Sallinski is a nick name one of her colleagues gave her when working at Das Werk in Hamburg at the start of her career in post production. This has remained her nickname ever since and is still used by many of her contacts in the industry.