About Elliott

Elliott Magen is a film editor based on Cameraygal land (Sydney). He has a passion for projects with a social conscience that challenge conventional modes of storytelling. His editing works span across documentaries, dramas and multi-screen video art installations.

His latest editing project is the feature documentary MAKE IT LOOK REEL (Dir: Kate Blackmore, 2024). Other documentary credits include THE AUSTRALIAN WARS – Episode 3 (Dir: Rachel Perkins, 2022), which won the 2024 AACTA Award Winner - Best Documentary or Factual Program award. He also edited IT ALL STARTED WITH A STALE SANDWICH (Dir: Samantha Lang, 2019), SERVANT OR SLAVE (Dir: Steven McGregor, 2016), and THE GLASS BEDROOM (Dir: Kate Blackmore, 2017) for which he was the winner of the 2017 Australian Screen Editors’ Digistor Award for Best Editing in Open Content.

Elliott has collaborated on video artworks for artists such as Jonathan Jones, Deborah Kelly and Lynette Wallworth, including her immersive feature full-dome film, CORAL: REKINDLING VENUS which screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

 Elliott has also worked on the 2022 AACTA Award winning short drama FINDING JEDDA (Dir: Tanith Glynn-Maloney, 2021) and WE CIRCLE SILENTLY (Dir: Kate Blackmore, 2023)  which was selected to screen at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival.

Many of his works have been screened at major festivals around the world including the Sundance Film festival, Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Antenna Film Festival, San Francisco Green Film Festival, Adelaide Film Festival and the Buenos Aires Festival of International Independent Cinema.

Festivals + Awards / Nominations

MAKE IT LOOK REAL
(Dir. Kate Blackmore)
2024 Adelaide Film Festival - World Premiere

MITAYERO
(Dir. Kate Vinen)
2024 Antenna Documentary Film Festival

THE AUSTRALIAN WARS
(Dir. Rachel Perkins)
NOMINATION - 2023 Australian Screen Editors Guild Awards - Best Editing in Documentary/Documentary Series (EP3)
WINNER - 2024 AACTA Award Winner - Best Documentary or Factual Program

WE CIRCLE SILENTLY
(Dir. Kate Blackmore)
2023 Sydney Film Festival

FINDING JEDDA
(Dir. Tanith Glynn-Maloney)
WINNER - 2022 AACTA Awards - Best Short Film
2022 Melbourne International Film Festival

IT ALL STARTED WITH A STALE SANDWICH
(Dir. Samantha Lang)
2019 Sydney Film Festival

THE WOMAN AND THE CAR
(Dir. Kate Blackmore)
2018 Adelaide Film Festival

CICLO
(Dir. Esteban Kaufer)
WINNER - 2018 International Green Film Festival - Best Wildlife Film - Special Festival Director Award.
2018 San Fransico Green Film Festival

THE GLASS BEDROOM
(Dir. Kate Blackmore)
WINNER - 2017 Australian Screen Editors ‘Ellie’ Awards - Best Editing in Open Content

SERVANT OR SLAVE
(Dir. Steven McGreggor)
WINNER - 2016 Antenna Documentary Film Festival - Audience Award
NOMINATION - 2017 AACTA Award for Best Documentary Television Program
2016 Melbourne International Film Festival
2016 Harlem International Film Festival, New York

FOOTPRINTS
(Dir. Cornel Ozies)
2015 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

CORAL: REKINDLING VENUS
(Dir. Lynette Wallworth)
2013 Sundance Film Festival - New Frontiers Program
2013 Sundance Institute - National Screenings
2012 Buenos Aires Festival of International independent Cinema
WINNER - 2012 DomeFest Awards - Domie Award in the Art Category
NOMINATION - 2013 Sheffield DocFest - Innovation Award
2014 World Economic Forum - China