Luke Doolan

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Luke Doolan is an Australian award-winning film 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 Sjprt 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

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.