Luke Doolan

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

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

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

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
2015 Backtrack Michael Petroni
The Gift Joel Edgerton
2016 Colossal Nacho Vigalondo
2018 Gringo Nash Edgerton
2019 The Kill Team Dan Krauss
2014 Sting Kiah Roache-Turner co-edited with Kiah Roache-Turner and Jeff Cummings

References

  1. ^ "Former Alice Springs local Luke Doolan is up for an Oscar for his short film 'Miracle Fish'". ABC. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b Maddox, Garry. "Sleepless in LA, and then the Oscars call-up". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Lake Doolan". Hollywood. Retrieved 19 May 2015.