// ABOUT DAVE

Dave is a prolific editor with a passion for storytelling.


For over 30 years Dave has worked as a film and television editor in Australia cutting six feature films, over 200 episodes of television, hundreds of TVCs and more than 50 short films that have played at festivals worldwide. Recent work includes the final season of JACK IRISH starring Guy Pearce, two NETFLIX series IRREVERENT and DESERT KING (out late 2024), SCRUBLANDS on STAN and all three seasons of the NBC / Universal TV series LA BREA.

In 2019 he received his ASE ACCREDITATION from the AUSTRALIAN SCREEN EDITORS GUILD (ASE) and in 2022 he became an INTERNATIONAL PARTNER of the AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS (ACE).

Dave is a graduate of the nation's leading film school the AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION & RADIO SCHOOL (AFTRS) with an MA in Editing for Drama and won the COMPLETE EDITOR AWARD in his graduating year (1998).

Dave's other awards include BEST EDITING IN AN AUSTRALIAN FILM at Flickerfest (2000) and the Australian Screen Editors BEST EDITING AWARD (TV NON-DRAMA) for BONDI VET (2009). 


He also edited the LOGIE AWARD winning documentary TRISHNA & KRISHNA: THE QUEST FOR SEPARATE LIVES (2011) and the ASTRA AWARD winning documentary  THE PEOPLE SPEAK (2014).