MAKE IT LOOK REAL
Feature Documentary. 2024. 78 mins.
Writer/Director: Kate Blackmore
Producers: Bethany Bruce, Daniel Joyce
Executive Producers: Bridget Ikin, Emma Cooper, Elliott Magen, Michael Agar, Stevie Ray
Production Companies: Staple Fiction, Projector Films and Broadtalk
Editor: Elliott Magen
Assistant Editor: Angelique Pham
*** World Premiere – 2024 Adelaide Film Festival ***
A SYMPHONIC ODYSSEY
Documentary / Performance. 89 mins. 2024
Writer & Presenter: Brian Cox. EPs: Brian Cox & Steve Bibb
Editors: Elizabeth Graetz & Elliott Magen
Production Co: BARKING MAD PRODUCTIONS
Broadcaster: ABC
CATALYST - AI vs Human: The Creativity Experiment
EDITOR
Documentary. 59 mins. 2023
Producer/Director: Rob Grieg
Editor: Elliott Magen
Post Production Supervisor for Catalyst: Peter Lenaerts
Catalyst Series Producer: Elle Gibbons
EP: Penny Palmer
Broadcaster: ABC
‘THE AUSTRALIAN WARS’
EDITOR (Episode 3)
Documentary Series. 56 mins. 2022
Writer & Director: Rachel Perkins
Producer: Darren Dale
Editors: Elliott Magen, Mark Atkin and Hillary Balmond
Production Company: Blackfella Films
Broadcaster: SBS
‘GREAT SOUTHERN LANDSCAPES’
EDITOR (Episode 6 - OUTBACK: Albert Namatjira)
Documentary Series. 29 mins. 2022
Presented by Rachel Griffiths
Director: Daniel King
Series Director: Ariel White
Series Producer: Dan Goldberg
Executive Producers: Rachel Griffiths, Adam Kay, Ariel White
Editors: Elliott Magen, Nick Foley-Jones and Jeremy Mather
Assistant Editor: Kingsley Drew
Production Company: Mint Pictures
Broadcaster: ABC
‘MITAYERO’
EDITOR / EP
Short. 6 mins. 2023.
Writer/Director: Kate Vinen
Consultant: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Executive Producers: Estephania Bonnett, Kate Vinen, Elliott Magen
Producers: Estephania Bonnett, Kate Vinen, Ivria Dubs
Cinematographer: Kate Vinen
Editor: Elliott Magen
Sound: Jonathan Mendolicchio
Colourist: Yanni Kronenberg
‘WE CIRCLE SILENTLY’ (2023 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL)
EDITOR
Short Film. 8 mins. 2023
Writer & Director: Kate Blackmore
Co-Director: Danielle Micich
Producer: Colm O’Callaghan
Associate Producer: Charlotte Barrett
Cinematographer: Justine Kerrigan ACS
Sound Recordist: Dan Miau
Set & Costume Designer: Johanna Glassborow
Hair & Makeup Artist: Zoe Slatyer
Production Coordinator: Joseph Brown
Editor: Elliott Magen
Composer & Sound Designer: James Brown
Colourist: Justin Tran
Stills Photographer: Ashley de Prazer
Produced by Force Majeure
Cast: Grace Truman, Amber McMahon & Charlie Garber
‘ART IS EVERYWHERE: BLAK DOUGLAS’
EDITOR
Documentary. 5 mins. 2022
Writer + Director: Kate Blackmore
ABC
‘FINDING JEDDA’ *** WINNER - Best Short Film at 2022 AACTA Awards ***
EDITOR
Short. 8 mins. 2021
Writer & Director: Tanith Glynn-Maloney
Executive Producers: Dan Lake & Meg O'Connell
Line Producer: Stephanie Westwood
Director of Photography: Tyson Perkins
Production Designer: Courtney Westbrook
Costume Designer: Sabina Myers
Editor: Elliott Magen
Sound Designer: Ben Stewart
Composer: Freya Berkhout
Colourist: Matt Fezz
Cast: Marta Dusseldorp, Siobhan Breaden, Amarlie Briscoe.
Prod Co’s: Since 1788 Productions/Unless Pictures/Orange Entertainment Co
NITV / Screen Territory / Screen Australia Indigenous Department
‘THE ART OF COLLECTING’
EDITOR
Documentary. 30 mins. 2021
Writer & Director: Kate Blackmore
Producer: Bethany Bruce
Featured Artists: Karla Dickens, David Capra (+ Teena), Nell, Sarah Goffman and Raquel Caballero.
Cinematographers: Emma Paine and Meg White
Editor: Elliott Magen
Assistant Editor: Annie Zhang
Colourist & Post: Justin Tran
Sound Designer: Lachlan Harris
Intro Music Composer: James Brown
Production Co: Staple Fiction
Commissioner: ABC, financed with the assistance of Screen NSW
‘LIVING LEGACIES’ (Part of the UNSETTLED Exhibition @ Australian Museum)
EDITOR
3 x multi-screen film. 10 mins Looping. 2021
Writer / Director: Amanda Jane Reynolds
Producers: Jodie Passmore, Kieran Satour
Director of Photography: Justine Kerrigan
Editor: Elliott Magen
Assistant Editor: Jarrod Young
Production Co: Stella Stories
AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
*We offer our deep respect to Ancestors and Custodians of Country
‘BOUMIERA (BROWN LAKE)’ (Premiere ACMI - 27 April 2021)
EDITOR
2021. Eco-Cinema Work. 15 mins.
A Samantha Lang Film
Artist/Producer: Samantha Lang - Website
Cinematography : Justine Kerrigan @justine_kerrigan / Website + Samantha Lang
Editor: Elliott Magen
@elliott.magen / Website
Sound Design/Composer: James Brown @jamespeterbrown / Website
Colourist: Billy Wychgel - Website
Production Co: Handmaid Media
Exec Producer: Lauren Carroll Harris @laurencarrollharris
Commissioned by PROTOTYPE @prototype_arttv / Website
Narrated by Mia Wasikowski + Kaleenah Walker
‘SAVE THIS SHARK’
EDITOR
Documentary Series. 2 x 45 mins. 2020.
Director: Taylor Steele
Writers: Michael Lawrence, Justine A. Rosenthal
Producers: Nicholas Cook, Michael Lawrence, Anna Trichet-Laurier, Sarah Hatzon
Post Production: Amanda Slatyer. Sound Design: Tony Wall
Starring: Mick Fanning
Production Co.: This Film Studio + 98
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AUSTRALIA
www.savethisshark.com
‘CINOPTICON (Well) + (Mirror)’
EDITOR (Video Component)
Artist: Giselle Stanborough
Single-channel Full HD video sculpture, 16:9, no sound, 3:55 minutes. 2020.
Curator: Daniel Mudie Cunningham
Assistant Curator: Aarna Fitzgerald Hanley
Exhibition Manager: Glenn Thompson
Production Manager: Todd Hawken
Artist Collaborators
Lighting Designer: Fausto Brusamolino
Videographer: Emma Paine
Video Editor: Elliott Magen
Colourist: Justin Ngy Tran
Artist Assistant: Megan Monte
CARRIAGEWORKS
‘DANCE RITES 2019 - SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE’
EDITOR
1 Min. 2019.
Producer: Susie Anderson
Video Production Project Manager: Leonie Jones
Dancers: Abigail Delaney and Dubs Yunupingu from Jannawi Dance Clan
Song: Emily Wurramara – "Black Smoke"
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
‘THE UNBOXING’
EDITOR
Comedy Series. 8 x 5 mins. 2019.
Director: Hannah Lehmann, Writers: Hannah Lehmann + Erica Harrison,
Producer: Liliana Munoz, EP: Michael Horrocks + Matt Apps,
Editors: Elliott Magen, Trent Mitchell + Nick Pollack
SEVEN STUDIOS / FACEBOOK WATCH
‘IT ALL STARTED WITH A STALE SANDWICH’
EDITOR
Documentary. 96 mins. 2019.
Director: Samantha Lang
Producer: John Maynard
EP: Bridget Ikin + David Gross
Associate Producer: Mia Timpano
Cinematographer: Justine Kerrigan
Editor: Elliott Magen
Additional Editor: Hilary Balmond
Assistant Editor: Wayne C Blair
Sound Designer: Liam Egan
Composer: Munro Melano
Production Company: Felix Media
SCREEN AUSTRALIA/ABC/CREATE NSW
*** Screened at 2019 Sydney Film Festival ***
‘THE WOMAN AND THE CAR’
EDITOR
Documentary. 28 mins. 2018
Director: Kate Blackmore
Producer: Bridget Ikin
Associate Producer: Amber Ma
Producer’s Attachment: Molly O'Connor
Editor: Elliott Magen
Director of Photography: Emma Paine
Sound Designer: Liam Egan
Composer: Chun Yin Rainbow Chan
Production Company: FELIX MEDIA
HIVE FUND / ABC ARTS / ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL
Financed with the assistance of Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation.
*** Screened at 2018 Adelaide Film Festival ***
‘CICLO’
PRODUCER / EDITOR
Documentary. Short Film. 2018. 18 mins
Director: Esteban Kaufer
Producer / Editor: Elliott Magen
Cinematographers: David Pena + Esteban Kaufer
Drone operator: Javi Devitt + Mauro Petrelli
Colourist: Roberto Zambrino, Gorky Films
Composers: Pablo Crespo + Santiago Cantaluppi
*** WINNER. Best Wildlife Film - Special Festival Director Award. International Green Film Festival 2018 ***
'Truth Be Told: Lest We Forget'
EDITOR
Documentary. 2018. 59 mins.
Director: Erica Glynn
Producer: Tanith Glynn-Maloney
DOP: Justine Kerrigan
Sound Designer: Liam Egan
Music: Aaron James Trew
Production Company: Since 1788 Productions
NITV / Screen Australia
'Sydney Elders: Continuing Aboriginal Stories'
EDITOR
Multi-Screen Documentary - Exhibition. 2018. 20 mins looping x 4 portrait screens.
Artist / Director: Jonathan Jones
Producer: Fotini Manikakis
Creative Producer: Sabrina Organo
Cinematographer: Justine Kerrigan
Editor: Elliott Magen
Sound Post Production: Sonar Sound
Sound Designs: Luke Mynatt & Julian Wessels
Composer: Matteo Zingales
Post Production Studio: Cutting Edge
State Library of New South Wales
Sydney Elders: Continuing Aboriginal Stories is a free exhibition at the State Library of NSW from 4 October 2018 to 13 October 2019. Photographer Joy Lai, images courtesy State Library of NSW
'The Glass Bedroom'
EDITOR
*** WINNER: Best Editing in Open Content, 2017 Australian Screen Editors ‘Ellie’ Awards ***
*** NOMINATION: Best Australian Short Documentary, 2017 Antenna Documentary Film Festival ***
Documentary. 2017. 6 x 5 mins.
Director: Kate Blackmore
Producer: Bethany Bruce
Executive Producer: Bridget Ikin
Production Company: Felix Media
ABC Arts / Screen NSW / Screen Australia
'Barangaroo Ngangamay'
EDITOR
Documentary / Augmented Reality Film Series. 2017. 6 x 2 mins.
Director: Genevieve Grieves
Producer: Amanda Jane Reynolds
Film Producer: Jodie Passmore
DOP: Bonnie Elliott
Sound Designer: Liam Egan
BARANGAROO RESERVE
'Servant or Slave'
EDITOR
Documentary. 2016. 57 mins
Director: Steven McGregor
Producer: Mitchell Stanley
Executive Producer: Michaela Perske
Production Company: No Coincidence Media
Screen Australia / NITV
*** Audience Award Winner of 2016 Antenna Documentary Film Festival, Sydney ***
*** Nominated for 2017 AACTA Award for Best Documentary Television Program ***
*** Screened at 2016 Melbourne International Film Festival ***
*** Screened at 2016 Harlem International Film Festival, New York ***
Deborah Kelly's 'Lying Women'
EDITOR/ANIMATOR
Video Artwork. 2016.
Artist: Deborah Kelly
Jonathan Jones 'yirgarra-bir-rra-guliya-bu gulbalanha yuwin (they made solitude and called it peace)'
EDITOR and POST PRODUCER
Video Artwork. 2015. 12 mins (looping)
Artist: Jonathan Jones
Producer: Sabrina Organo
Commissioner: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Jonathan Jones 'dhawin-dyuray (axe-having)
EDITOR
Artist: Jonathan Jones
Video Artwork. 2015. 2-channel video. 5.1 mix audio. 6.5 mins (looping)
Sound Design: Sonar Sound
‘Footprints’
EDITOR
Short Film. 2015. 13 mins
Writer /Director: Cornel Ozies
Executive Producer: Nganyamea (Eileen) Torres
Producer: Eloise Schnierer
Production Company: Wawili Pitjas
Screen Australia / NITV
***Screened at 2015 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL - Screen Black: Songlines on Screen***
'Gayby Baby'
ADDITIONAL TV EDITOR
Documentary. 2015. 54 mins.
Director: Maya Newell
Producer: Charlotte Mars
Executive Producer: Billy Marshall Stoneking
Editor: Rochelle Oshlack
Production Company: Marla House
Screen Australia
'Sherpa'
ASSEMBLY EDITOR
Feature Documentary. 2015. 96 mins
Director: Jen Peedom
Producers: Bridget Ikin + John Smithson
Editor: Christian Gazal
Assembly Editors: Lindi Harrison + Elliott Magen
Release Date: 2015
Production Company: Felix Media/ Arrow International Media
*** Official Competition - 2015 Sydney Film Festival ***
*** Winner-2015 BFI London Film Festival- Grierson Award: Best Documentary***
‘Art + Soul - Beauty + Cruelty'
EDITOR
Documentary Series [Series 2, Episode 2]. 2014. 58 mins
Writer+Presenter: Hetti Perkins
Director: Steven McGregor
Producers: Bridget Ikin + Jo-anne McGowan
Production Company: Hibiscus Films
Network: ABC
3-part documentary series on contemporary Aboriginal art and culture.
‘Ringtone’
EDITOR
Documentary Short. 2014. 30 mins
Directors: Jennifer Deger & Paul Gurrumuruwuy
Producers: Warren Balpatji, Jennifer Deger & Enid Gurugulmi
DOP: Oliver Lanzenberg
Editors: Jennifer Deger + Elliott Magen
Production Company: Miyarrka Media
‘Afghanistan: The Australian Story’
EDITOR
Documentary Video Installation. 2013. 35 mins. 6 Screens
Director: Michael Hill
Production Company: Lightwell
Editors: Elliott Magen & Kent Hau
Sound Design: James Cecil
Client: Australian War Memorial
'CORAL: Rekindling Venus'
EDITOR
Feature Documentary / Full Dome Feature Film. 2012. 45 mins
Director: Lynette Wallworth
Producer: John Maynard
Production Company: Felix Media
****** Official Selection 2013 Sundance Film Festival - New Frontiers Program
****** Sundance Institute - National Screenings: 2013 Sundance Film Festival
****** Winner of the Domie Award in the Art Category - 2012 DomeFest Awards
****** Nominated for the Innovation Award at the Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013
****** Screened at World Economic Forum 2014, Tianjin, China
****** Screened at 15th Buenos Aires Festival of International independent Cinema
Lightwell
EDITOR
2010 – 2013
Director: Michael Hill
Various multi-screen video installations and documentaries:
'Rituals of Seduction: Birds of Paradise’ AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM – Video installation
'Taronga Welcome Archway' TARONGA ZOO/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC – 6 screen video installation
INTERNATION HALL OF CRICKET/BRADMAN MUSEUM – documentaries/animations
'Newcastle Story' - NEWCASTLE MUSEUM – 13 screen video installation
“Art + Soul” [Series One]
WEBISODE EDITOR
Documentary Webisodes. 2010. 12 Webisodes
Director: Warwick Thornton
Producer: Jo-anne McGowan
Executive Producer: Bridget Ikin
Curatorial Producer: Jonathan Jones
Production Company: Hibiscus Films
12 x web episodes to support the main 3-part documentary series on contemporary
Aboriginal art and culture.
MRPPP (2005-2007)
EDITOR / ASSISTANT EDITOR
TVCS/ Features/ Shorts/ Documentaries.
Editors: Gabriella Muir, Daniel Mitchell & Seth Lockwood
EDITOR: AUSTAR – Half Price TVC Campaign (2007)
Director: Tim Pietranski
Production Company: Brilliant Films
Post Production: MRPPP
Duration: 30 + 60 secs
Agency: BMF
“Art + Soul” [Series One]
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Documentary Series. 2010. 3 x 1 hour episodes.
Director: Warwick Thornton
Producer: Jo-anne McGowan & Bridget Ikin
Editors: Roland Gallois & James Bradley
Client: ABC
Production Company: Hibiscus Films
Documentary series on contemporary Aboriginal art and culture.
“Here I Am”
1st ASSISTANT EDITOR
Feature Film. 2010.
Director: Beck Cole
Producer: Kath Shelper
Editor: Roland Gallois
Production Company: Scarlett Pictures
“Darwin’s Brave New World”
ASSEMBLY EDITOR / ASSISTANT EDITOR
Docu-drama Series. 2009. 3 x 1 hour episodes.
Director: Lisa Matthews
Series Producer: Mike Bluett
Executive Producer: Mark Hamlyn
Editors: Dany Cooper, Karen Steininger, Tim Steal
Client: ABC/CBC/ZDF
Production Company: Screenworld
Documentary series about Charles Darwin.