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
2012	Cyro(short film) [4]	Himself	Winner Australian Screen Sound Guild - Best Achievement in Sound for a Short Film 2012[4] Winner 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