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Luke Doolan is an Australian film editor and director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and he is the winner of three Australian Film Institute Awards.[1]
Collaboration
[edit]Doolan is part of a network of young Australian filmmakers who collaborate on projects, called Blue-Tongue Films. Others in the group include Nash and Joel Edgerton, David Michôd, Kieran Darcy-Smith .[2]
Movies
[edit]In 2010, Doolan was nominated for an Academy Award as a best live-action short for his 17-minute film Miracle Fish. It was made with a producer Drew Bailey. Doolan filmed Miracle Fish at his 10-year-old sister's school, Annandale North Public School. Some scenes were shot at Matraville Sports High.[2]
Film credits
[edit]| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Spider | Nash Edgerton | Short film |
| 2008 | The Square | ||
| Ten Empty | Anthony Hayes | ||
| 2010 | Miracle Fish | Himself[3] | Short film Also writer & director AACTA Award for Best Short Fiction Film AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film Nominated—Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
| Animal Kingdom | David Michôd | AACTA Award for Best Editing Nominated—ASE Award for Best Editing in a Feature Film Nominated—Inside Film Award for Best Editing | |
| 2012 | Cyro[4] | Himself | Short film Australian Screen Sound Guild - Best Achievement in Sound for a Short Film 2012[4] National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards (Golden Blasters) - Silver Blaster 2012[4] |
| 2015 | Backtrack | Michael Petroni | |
| The Gift | Joel Edgerton | ||
| 2016 | Colossal | Nacho Vigalondo | |
| 2018 | Gringo | Nash Edgerton | |
| 2019 | The Kill Team | Dan Krauss | |
| 2024 | Sting | Kiah Roache-Turner | co-edited with Kiah Roache-Turner and Jeff Cummings |
| 2025 | Ice Road: Vengeance | Jonathan Hensleigh | |
| 2026 | They Will Kill You | Kirill Sokolov |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Former Alice Springs local Luke Doolan is up for an Oscar for his short film 'Miracle Fish'". ABC. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- 1 2 Maddox, Garry. "Sleepless in LA, and then the Oscars call-up". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ "Lake Doolan". Hollywood. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Cyro (Short 2012)". Retrieved 14 July 2025.
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