# AACTA Award for Best Editing

The AACTA Award for Best Editing is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. From 1976 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Editing.
Best Cinematography was first presented in 1976 with the winner being chosen by the Film Editors Guild of Australia (FEGA). The award is presented to the editor of a film that is Australian-made, or with a significant amount of Australian content. William M. Anderson and Jill Bilcock have won the award four times each, more than any other editor.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Film | Subject |
| 1960s |||
| 1967 | Cardin in Australia | N/A |
| 1968 | The Change at Groote | Stefan Sargent |
| 1969 | And Then There Was Glass | Peter Tammer |
| 1970s |||
| 1970 | Big Island | Rod Adamson |
| 1971/2 | N/A | N/A |
| 1973 | One Hundred a Day | David Stiven |
| 1974/5 | N/A | N/A |
| 1976 | End Play | Edward McQueen-Mason |
| 1976 | Caddie | Tim Wellburn |
| 1976 | The Devil's Playground | Brian Kavanagh |
| 1976 | Promised Woman | David Stiven |
| 1977 | Don's Party | William M. Anderson |
| 1977 | Deathcheaters | Ron Williams |
| 1977 | The Fourth Wish | Gerard Turney-Smith |
| 1977 | Oz | Les Luxford |
| 1978 | Newsfront | John Scott |
| 1978 | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Brian Kavanagh |
| 1978 | The Last Wave | Max Lemon |
| 1978 | Patrick | Edward McQueen-Mason |
| 1979 | Mad Max | Cliff Hayes, Tony Paterson |
| 1979 | Money Movers | William M. Anderson |
| 1979 | My Brilliant Career | Nicholas Beauman |
| 1979 | The Odd Angry Shot | Brian Kavanagh |
| 1980s |||
| 1980 | Breaker Morant | William M. Anderson |
| 1980 | The Chain Reaction | Tim Wellburn |
| 1980 | Harlequin | Adrian Carr |
| 1980 | Stir | Henry Dangar |
| 1981 | Gallipoli | William M. Anderson |
| 1981 | Fatty Finn | Robert Gibson |
| 1981 | Hoodwink | Nicholas Beauman |
| 1981 | Roadgames | Edward McQueen-Mason |
| 1982 | Mad Max 2 | Michael Balson, George Miller, Christopher Plowright, David Stiven, Tim Wellburn |
| 1982 | Heatwave | John Scott |
| 1982 | Monkey Grip | David Huggett |
| 1982 | Next of Kin | Max Lemon |
| 1983 | Phar Lap | Tony Paterson |
| 1983 | Careful, He Might Hear You | Richard Francis-Bruce |
| 1983 | Undercover | Tim Wellburn |
| 1983 | The Year of Living Dangerously | William M. Anderson |
| 1984 | Razorback | William M. Anderson |
| 1984 | BMX Bandits | Alan Lake |
| 1984 | My First Wife | Tim Lewis |
| 1984 | Strikebound | Jill Bilcock |
| 1985 | Frog Dreaming | Brian Kavanagh |
| 1985 | Bliss | Wayne LeClos |
| 1985 | The Coca-Cola Kid | John Scott |
| 1985 | Rebel | Michael Honey |
| 1986 | Malcolm | Ken Sallows |
| 1986 | The Fringe Dwellers | Tim Wellburn |
| 1986 | Playing Beatie Bow | Andrew Prowse |
| 1986 | Short Changed | Richard Francis-Bruce |
| 1987 | Ground Zero | David Pulbrook |
| 1987 | Bullseye | Richard Francis-Bruce |
| 1987 | The Umbrella Woman | John Scott |
| 1987 | The Year My Voice Broke | Neil Thumpston |
| 1988 | The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey | John Scott |
| 1988 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Philip Reid |
| 1988 | The Dreaming | Suresh Ayyar |
| 1988 | Grievous Bodily Harm | Marc van Buuren |
| 1989 | Dead Calm | Richard Francis-Bruce |
| 1989 | Evil Angels | Jill Bilcock |
| 1989 | Ghosts… of the Civil Dead | Stewart Young |
| 1989 | Island | John Scott |
| 1990s |||
| 1990 | Flirting | Robert Gibson |
| 1990 | The Crossing | Henry Dangar |
| 1990 | Golden Braid | Russell Hurley |
| 1990 | Two Brothers Running | Robert Gibson |
| 1991 | Proof | Ken Sallows |
| 1991 | Dingo | Suresh Ayyar |
| 1991 | Spotswood | Nicholas Beauman |
| 1991 | Waiting | Michael Honey |
| 1992 | Strictly Ballroom | Jill Bilcock |
| 1992 | Black Robe | Tim Wellburn |
| 1992 | The Last Days of Chez Nous | Nicholas Beauman |
| 1992 | Romper Stomper | Bill Murphy |
| 1993 | The Piano | Veronika Jenet |
| 1993 | The Custodian | Michael Honey |
| 1993 | Map of the Human Heart | John Scott, George Akers |
| 1993 | Resistance | Stewart Young |
| 1994 | Bad Boy Bubby | Suresh Ayyar |
| 1994 | Body Melt | Bill Murphy |
| 1994 | Muriel's Wedding | Jill Bilcock |
| 1994 | The Sum of Us | Frans Vandenburg |
| 1995 | Angel Baby | Dany Cooper |
| 1995 | Hotel Sorrento | David Pulbrook |
| 1995 | Mushrooms | Henry Dangar |
| 1995 | Vacant Possession | Veronika Jenet |
| 1996 | Shine | Pip Karmel |
| 1996 | Cosi | Nicholas Beauman |
| 1996 | Life | Bill Murphy |
| 1996 | Love and Other Catastrophes | Ken Sallows |
| 1997 | Kiss or Kill | Henry Dangar |
| 1997 | Idiot Box | Mark Perry |
| 1997 | Thank God He Met Lizzie | Suresh Ayyar |
| 1997 | The Well | Dany Cooper |
| 1998 | Head On | Jill Bilcock |
| 1998 | The Boys | Nick Meyers |
| 1998 | The Interview | Suresh Ayyar |
| 1998 | Radiance | James Bradley |
| 1999 | Two Hands | Lee Smith |
| 1999 | Fresh Air | Suresh Ayyar |
| 1999 | Praise | Alexandre de Franceschi |
| 1999 | Siam Sunset | Nicholas Beauman |
| 2000s |||
| 2000 | Looking for Alibrandi | Martin Connor |
| 2000 | Bootmen | Jane Moran |
| 2000 | Chopper | Ken Sallows |
| 2000 | Me Myself I | Denise Haratzis |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Jill Bilcock |
| 2001 | Lantana | Karl Sodersten |
| 2001 | La Spagnola | Alexandre De Franceshi |
| 2001 | Yolngu Boy | Ken Sallows |
| 2002 | Walking on Water | Reva Childs |
| 2002 | Dirty Deeds | Mark Perry |
| 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | Veronika Jenet, John Scott |
| 2002 | The Tracker | Tania Nehme |
| 2003 | Japanese Story | Jill Bilcock |
| 2003 | Alexandra's Project | Tania Nehme |
| 2003 | Gettin' Square | Ken Sallows |
| 2003 | Ned Kelly | Jon Gregory |
| 2004 | Somersault | Scott Gray |
| 2004 | The Old Man Who Read Love Stories | Tania Nehme |
| 2004 | One Perfect Day | Gary Woodyard |
| 2004 | Tom White | Ken Sallows |
| 2005 (47th) | Little Fish | Alexandre de Franceschi, John Scott |
| 2005 (47th) | Look Both Ways | Denise Haratzis |
| 2005 (47th) | The Proposition | Jon Gregory |
| 2005 (47th) | Wolf Creek | Jason Ballantine |
| 2006 (48th) | Ten Canoes | Tania Nehme |
| 2006 (48th) | Candy | Dany Cooper |
| 2006 (48th) | Kenny | Clayton Jacobson, Sean Lander |
| 2006 (48th) | Suburban Mayhem | Stephen Evans |
| 2007 (49th) | The Home Song Stories | Denise Haratzis |
| 2007 (49th) | Clubland | Scott Gray |
| 2007 (49th) | Noise | Geoff Hitchins |
| 2007 (49th) | Romulus, My Father | Suresh Ayyar |
| 2008 (50th) | The Black Balloon | Veronika Jenet |
| 2008 (50th) | Black Water | Rodrigo Balart |
| 2008 (50th) | The Jammed | Anne Carter, Maryjeanne Watt |
| 2008 (50th) | Unfinished Sky | Suresh Ayyar |
| 2009 (51st) | Balibo | Nick Meyers |
| 2009 (51st) | Blessed | Jill Bilcock |
| 2009 (51st) | Mao's Last Dancer | Mark Warner |
| 2009 (51st) | Samson and Delilah | Roland Gallois |
| 2010s |||
| 2010 (52nd) | Animal Kingdom | Luke Doolan |
| 2010 (52nd) | Beneath Hill 60 | Dany Cooper |
| 2010 (52nd) | Bright Star | Alexandre de Franceschi |
| 2010 (52nd) | Tomorrow, When the War Began | Marcus D'Arcy |
| AACTA Awards |||
| 2011 (1st) | Snowtown | Veronika Jenet |
| 2011 (1st) | Oranges and Sunshine | Dany Cooper |
| 2011 (1st) | Red Dog | Jill Bilcock |
| 2011 (1st) | Wasted on the Young | Leanne Cole |
| 2012 (2nd) | The Sapphires | Dany Cooper |
| 2012 (2nd) | Burning Man | Martin Connor |
| 2012 (2nd) | Wish You Were Here | Jason Ballantine |
| 2012 (2nd) | X: Night of Vengeance | Cindy Clarkson |
| 2013 (3rd) | The Great Gatsby | Matt Villa, Jason Ballantine, Jonathan Redmond |
| 2013 (3rd) | Mystery Road | Ivan Sen |
| 2013 (3rd) | The Rocket | Nick Meyers |
| 2013 (3rd) | The Turning | The Turning Ensemble |
| 2014 (4th) | Predestination | Matt Villa |
| 2014 (4th) | 52 Tuesdays | Bryan Mason |
| 2014 (4th) | The Babadook | Simon Njoo |
| 2014 (4th) | The Water Diviner | Matt Villa |
| 2015 (5th) | Mad Max: Fury Road | Margaret Sixel |
| 2015 (5th) | Cut Snake | Andy Canny |
| 2015 (5th) | The Dressmaker | Jill Bilcock |
| 2015 (5th) | Holding the Man | Dany Cooper |
| 2016 (6th) | Hacksaw Ridge | John Gilbert |
| 2016 (6th) | The Daughter | Veronika Jenet |
| 2016 (6th) | Girl Asleep | Karryn de Cinque |
| 2016 (6th) | Goldstone | Ivan Sen |
| 2017 (7th) | Lion | Alexandre de Franceschi |
| 2017 (7th) | Australia Day | Nick Meyers |
| 2017 (7th) | Berlin Syndrome | Jack Hutchings |
| 2017 (7th) | Hounds of Love | Merlin Eden |
| 2018 (8th) | Sweet Country | Nick Meyers |
| 2018 (8th) | Breath | Dany Cooper |
| 2018 (8th) | Ladies in Black | Mark Warner |
| 2018 (8th) | Upgrade | Andy Canny |
| 2019 (9th) | Hotel Mumbai | Peter McNulty, Anthony Maras |
| 2019 (9th) | Judy and Punch | Dany Cooper |
| 2019 (9th) | The King | Peter Sciberras |
| 2019 (9th) | The Nightingale | Simon Njoo |
| 2020s |||
| 2020 (10th) | The Invisible Man | Andy Canny |
| 2020 (10th) | Babyteeth | Steve Evans |
| 2020 (10th) | I Am Woman | Dany Cooper |
| 2020 (10th) | True History of the Kelly Gang | Nick Fenton |
| 2020 (10th) | Undertow | Julie-Anne De Ruvo, Nick Meyers |
| 2021 (11th) | Nitram | Nick Fento |
| 2021 (11th) | The Dry | Alexandre de Franceschi, Nick Meyers |
| 2021 (11th) | Friends and Strangers | James Vaughan |
| 2021 (11th) | High Ground | Jill Bilcock, Karryn de Cinque, Hayley Miro Browne |
| 2021 (11th) | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Matt Villa |