LATEST WORK & NEWS
NOMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2023
THE LAST DAUGHTER and THE DEFENDERS are nominated for Best Editing in a Feature Documentary, while the trailer for MONOLITH is nominated for Best Editing in a Trailer or Promo at the 2023 ASE 'Ellie' Awards
features
THE DEFENDERS
documentary, 2023 (co-editor)
THE LAST DAUGHTER
documentary, 2022
EMBRACE KIDS
documentary, 2022
Watch the trailer here
LOVE IN THE TIME OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS
documentary, 2017
Excerpt
television & streaming
SHARK WEEK 2021: RAGING BULLS
42min factual entertainment, Discovery Channel
SHARK WEEK 2020: ABANDONED WATERS
42min factual entertainment, Discovery Channel
GETTING THEIR ACTS TOGETHER
58min documentary, 2020, ABC Arts
Watch on ABC iView here
ARE YOU TOUGHER THAN YOUR ANCESTORS
10 x 24min factual series, 2020, ABC Kids
(editor of 5 episodes)
Watch on ABC iView here
ROBERT MCFARLANE: THE STILL POINT
27min documentary, 2017, ABC1
Trailer
LESSONS FROM A MIDDLE CLASS ARTIST
5 x 8min web series, 2018, ABC iView
Watch the full series here
HANNAH GADSBY'S OZ
3 x 30min series, 2014, ABC1
Watch the full series here
WASTELANDER PANDA: EXILE
6 x 10min web series, 2015, ABC iView
Watch the full series here
shorts
ICE BALL
14min documentary, 2020
DEMONIC
28min documentary, 2018
RUNNING 62
14min documentary, 2018
MAKING A MARK
55min documentary, 2017
Trailer
awards & nominations
2023 - NOMINATION: Best Editing in a Feature Documentary - The Last Daughter
2023 - NOMINATION: Best Editing in a Trailer or Promo - Monolith Feature Film Trailer
2023 - NOMINATION: Best Editing in a Feature Documentary - The Defenders
2020 - WINNER: Best Editing in Open Content - Ice Ball
2020 - NOMINATION: Best Editing in a Documentary & Series - Getting Their Acts Together
2019 - NOMINATION: Best Editing in a Documentary - Demonic
2017 - NOMINATION: Best Editing in a Documentary Non-Feature - The Still Point
2015 - NOMINATION: Best Editing in Open Content - Wastelander Panda
2014 - NOMINATION: Best Editing in a Documentary Series - Hannah Gadsby's Oz
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCREEN AWARDS
2021 - NOMINATION: Best Editing
2020 - WINNER: Best Editing
2013 - NOMINATION: Best Editing
bio & contact
David is an award winning editor who has collaborated with directors and producers from around Australia to deliver a diverse range of film and television work. His desire to bring the director’s vision to life comes from the storytelling skills he has crafted through more than a decade of experience in the film industry.
Through this time he has helped documentary and drama projects achieve international recognition and has received 8 nominations and 1 award from the Australian Screen Editors Guild for his work.