Dany Cooper

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Dany Cooper
Born
Australia
Occupation film editor

Dany Cooper is an Australian film editor, best known for her work on Candy , Queen of the Damned and The Sapphires . Cooper is a member of the ASE guild.

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Filmography

YearFilmDirectorNotes
1990Beyond El RoccoKevin LucasDocumentary
1993 Black River
1995 Angel Baby Michael Rymer AACTA Award for Best Editing
Ladies Please!Andrew SawDocumentary
1996Naked: Stories of MenVariousTV show
River Street Tony Mahood
1997 The Well Samantha Lang Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Editing
Allie & Me Michael Rymer
1999 In Too Deep
2000 The Monkey's Mask Samantha Lang
2001 Perfume Michael Rymer
Hunter Carson
2002 Queen of the Damned Michael Rymer
Haunted VariousTV show
2004 Battlestar Galactica
2006Bye Bye Tim Gary Eck Short film
Candy Neil Armfield ASE Award for Best Editing in a Feature Film
Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Editing
2007 December Boys Rod Hardy
Bionic Woman VariousTV show
2008 Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger Cathy Randall
2010 Beneath Hill 60 Jeremy Sims ASE Award for Best Editing in a Feature Film
FCCA Award for Best Editor
Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Editing
Oranges and Sunshine Jim Loach ASE Award for Best Editing in a Feature Film
Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Editing
Nominated – Inside Film Award for Best Editing
2011The SellersMaia HorniakTelemovie
Waiting for the Turning of the EarthDavid GilesShort film
2012 The Sapphires Wayne Blair AACTA Award for Best Editing [1]
Nominated – AFCA Award for Best Editing
Nominated – ASE Award for Best Editing in a Feature Film
Nominated – FCCA Award for Best Editor
2013 The Turning The Turning EnsembleNominated – AACTA Award for Best Editing
Redfern Now VariousTV show
2014StuffedWarwick YoungShort film
2015 Deadline Gallipoli Michael Rymer Episode 1
Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Television Editing
Holding the Man Neil Armfield ASE Award for Best Editing in a Feature Film
Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Editing
Nominated – FCCA Award for Best Editor
2017 Breath Simon Baker
Cargo Ben Howling
Yolanda Ramke
2018 Measure of a Man Jim Loach
2019 Judy and Punch [2] Mirrah Foulkes Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Editing
I Am Woman Unjoo Moon
The Commons Rowan Woods TV show, 2 episodes
2021 The Drover's Wife Leah Purcell
2022Blaze Del Kathryn Barton Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Editing
Carmen Benjamin Millepied
TBA The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Glendyn IvinTV show

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References

  1. "Editor Dany Cooper takes home AACTA (Australian Academy Award) for Editing The Sapphires, and Production Designer Simon Bowles is honored by British Film Designers Guild for his work on Hyde Park on Hudson. | Sandra Marsh & Associates". sandramarsh.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. Grater, Tom (23 October 2019). "'The Nightingale', 'Lambs Of God' Lead 2019 Australian Academy Awards Nominations". Deadline. Retrieved 4 April 2020.