Tania Nehme (born September 1966) is an Australian

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. She has edited a number of films directed by

Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951) is a Dutch Australian film director. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in the Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old.

and won and been nominated for many awards for her editing work, including an

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for Best Editing for the 2006 film ''

Ten Canoes ''Ten Canoes'' is a 2006 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starring Crusoe Kurddal. The title of the film arose from discussions between de Heer and David Gulpilil about a photograph of ten canoeists poling ...

''.

Career

Nehme is a graduate of the

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, and has worked as a film editor since 1986. She began her career by working on

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and short drama films. In 1991 she was nominated for an

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for her work on a short drama film, ''Once in a Time''. Apart from

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s (some of which are listed below), she worked on Barron Television children's series ''

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'', the

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documentary ''Kumarangk 5214'', and a short feature funded by the

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called ''The 13th House''.

Selected filmography

References

* 1966 births Living people Australian film editors Walkley Award winners Australian women film editors {{Australia-film-bio-stub