Tania Nehme

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Tania Nehme
BornSeptember 1966 (age 57–58)
Occupation Film editor
Years active1986–present

Tania Nehme (born September 1966) is an Australian film editor. She has edited a number of films directed by Rolf de Heer and won and been nominated for many awards for her editing work.

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Early life and education

Tania Nehme was born in September 1966 [1] and is from South Australia. [2]

She graduated from the Flinders Drama Centre at Flinders University in Adelaide in 1983, [3] and in 1990 gained an AFTRS Certificate from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. [4]

Career

Nehme has worked as a film editor since 1986. She began her career by working on commercials, documentaries, and short drama films. [5] [3]

While studying at AFTRS in 1989, she edited a short film called Once In Time, directed by Isou Morimoto, which earned a nomination in the 1991 AFI Awards. [5] [3]

In 1995 she edited her first feature film, Rolf de Heer's Epsilon , and went on to several more of De Heer's films, including The Quiet Room (1996), Dance Me to My Song (1998), The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001; released 2004), The Tracker (2002) and Alexandra's Project (2003). After their collaboration on Ten Canoes (2006), she also edited a documentary about the making of the film, called The Balanda And The Bark Canoes. Both films won awards. In collaboration with de Heer, Molly Reynolds, and the Yolngu people of the Arafura Swamp, she worked on Twelve Canoes , a spin-off educational project made for television. [3] Also for De Heer, along with directors Martin Butler and Bentley Dean, she edited the 2012 comedy drama The King is Dead . [3]

She also edited Richard Flanagan's 1998 film adaptation of his novel, The Sound Of One Hand Clapping . [3]

In 2007 Nehme edited a silent feature film Dr. Plonk . [3]

In 2009, she edited the award-winning documentary feature Contact , directed by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean, [3] which tells the story of 20 Martu people who in 1964 became the last people in the Great Sandy Desert to have come into contact with Europeans. [6]

She edited Tanna (released 2015) which was Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards in 2017, [7] and the 2016 documentary about Liz Jackson, A Sense of Self. [8]

In 2022 she edited Matt Vesely's debut feature, the sci-fi thriller Monolith , for which her work drew praise from reviewers. [9] [10]

She edited Sally Aitken's 2024 documentary feature Every Little Thing , which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. [11]

Apart from feature films, she worked on Barron Television children's series Chuck Finn , the SBS Australia documentary Kumarangk 5214, and a short feature funded by the Australian Film Commission called The 13th House. [5] In 2013, she edited the four-episode documentary series First Footprints , directed by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean and narrated by Ernie Dingo, which premiered on 14 July 2013 on ABC Television. The series won the Walkley Documentary Award in 2013. [12] [13]

Other activities

Nehme was on the jury at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival, along with Madeleine Parry and Larissa Behrendt. [14]

In 2020 she was a guest lecturer at a 5-day development workshop called the Aboriginal Short Film Initiative, run by filmmakers Beck Cole and Warwick Thornton at South Australian Film Corporation's Adelaide Studios. [15]

Recognition and awards

Selected filmography

YearFilmDirectorNotes
1989Once in a TimeIsao MorimotoShort drama film [19]
1995 Epsilon Rolf de Heer [5]
1996 The Quiet Room [5]
1997Almost Alien
1998 The Sound of One Hand Clapping Richard Flanagan [5]
Dance Me to My Song Rolf de Heer [20] [5]
2001Heather Rose Goes to CannesChris CorinDocumentary
2002 The Tracker Rolf de HeerBest Editor nominations at 2002 AFI Awards and Film Critics Circle Awards; also nominated as part of the sound team [5]
2003 Alexandra's Project Best Editor nominations at the 2003 AFI and Film Critics Circle Awards; also nominated as part of the sound team [5]
The 13th HouseShane McNeil
2004 The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Rolf de HeerWinner, Best Editor at the IF Awards; nominations for Best Editing at the Film Critic's Circle and AFI Awards [5]
2006 Ten Canoes 7th feature film with Rolf de Heer; [5] AFI Award for Best Editing; [21] Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2006, Best Editing
2007 Dr. Plonk Feature
Done Dirt CheapDebbie CarmodyTV short
2008Casualties of WarJeni LeeDocumentary
2009Jacob Dena Curtis Short Drama
2009 Twelve Canoes Rolf de Heer
Contact Martin Butler
Bentley Dean 		Documentary
2011Top DogFiona Percival
2012 The King is Dead Rolf de Heer
Martin Butler
Bentley Dean		Comedy drama
2013First FootprintsTV series [22] [12]
2013 Charlie's Country Rolf de HeerFeature film
2015 Another Country Molly Reynolds Feature documentary
Still Our Country
Tanna Bentley Dean
Martin Butler		Nominated for Best Foreign Film, Academy Awards 2017 [7]
2016A Sense of Self Liz Jackson
Martin Butler
Bentley Dean
Tania Nehme		2017 Walkley Award for best documentary [8]
2019/2020AyaanAlies SluiterShort film, starring Babetida Sadjo, Trevor Jamieson, and Gary Sweet [23]
2020 Yer Old Faither Heather Croall Documentary
2021 My Name is Gulpilil Molly Reynolds Documentary about Yolngu actor David Gulpilil
2021Facing Monsters Bentley Dean Documentary; with Meredith Watson Jeffrey [24]
2022 Monolith Matt Vesely Sci-fi thriller [4]

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