Biography

Darren Jonusas ASE has worked in television and films for over 35 years.

Most of Darren's experience lies in science, documentaries, drama and comedy. Many of his films have won Australian and international awards. Deborah Warner's "Richard II" won a Rocky and was nominated for an Emmy. "The Pacific Century" & "The 1900 House" both won Indies. "The Money or the Gun" won the UN Media Peace Prize and "Heartland", starring Cate Blanchett, won the AFI award for "Best Drama Series" and the Australian Human Rights Award. "The Human Body" won awards at RTS, the San Francisco Film Festival and BAFTA. Darren's episode, "The End of Life" was short-listed for "Best Editing" BAFTA. "Space with Sam Neil" won awards at RTS. "Human Instinct" was shortlisted for "Best Editing" BAFTA and nominated for an Emmy. "Seven Industrial Wonders" was shortlisted for 6 BAFTAs, including Best Editing. "Edge of Life" was shortlisted for "Best Editing" BAFTA and nominated for a Grierson Award. "The Six Billion Dollar Experiment" was nominated for "Best Editing" by the Royal Television Society. Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners was nominated for RTS, Grierson and won at BAFTA.

Darren has also been honoured with Accreditation by the Australian Screen Editors Guild.

At the Television Show in London, Darren presented workshops on editing. He ran training & support for Avid in England and Europe. At the ABC, he trained drama & doco editors and also supervised courses at The National Film and Television School at Pinewood.

Darren has been on the jury to decide the BAFTA award for "Best Editing in a Factual Programme". He judges editing awards for the Australian Screen Editors Guild. He has also researched and directed location shooting for BBC Science.

Australian but now living in England with his lovely (English) wife, 27 year old daughter and 24 year old son, Darren is 57 years old.

Darren has been using Avid since it first came to England in 1991 and Final Cut Pro for the last several years.
- IMDb mini biography by: Darren Jonusas