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Matt Villa | |
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| Occupation | film editor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Matt Villa is an Australian film editor, most famous for editing The Great Gatsby , for which he won Best Editing at the 3rd AACTA Awards alongside Jason Ballantine and Jonathan Redmond. Villa won his second AACTA Award the following year for Predestination .
In 2023, Villa was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Film Editing for the film Elvis . [1]
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
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| 1999 | Bangers | Andrew Upton | Short film |
| 2001 | Neophytes and Neon Lights | Shane T. Hall | |
| 2002 | Not Quite Cricket | Linda Kearns-Jesson | Short film |
| 2005 | Bride of Silence | Đoàn Minh Phượng | |
| Stories of Lost Souls | Various | Segment: Bangers | |
| 2007 | The Final Winter | Brian Andrews Jane Forrest | |
| 2009 | Daybreakers | The Spierig Brothers | |
| 2010 | Lest We Forget | Chris Godfrey | |
| 2011 | A Heartbeat Away | Gale Edwards | |
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby | Baz Luhrmann | AACTA Award for Best Editing FCCA Award for Best Editing Nominated — ASE Award for Best Editing |
| 2014 | Love Song Devotions | Amanda Hood | Short film |
| The Water Diviner | Russell Crowe | Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Editing Nominated — FCCA Award for Best Editing | |
| Predestination | The Spierig Brothers | AACTA Award for Best Editing [2] [3] FCCA Award for Best Editing | |
| 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Chris McKay | Also voices Killer Croc |
| 2018 | Winchester | The Spierig Brothers | |
| 2021 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Will Gluck | |
| 2022 | Elvis | Baz Luhrmann | AACTA Award for Best Editing |
| 2024 | Sleeping Dogs | Adam Cooper |
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