Elliott Magen

Elliott Magen is a film editor based on Cameraygal land (Sydney, Australia). He has a passion for projects with a social conscience that challenge conventional modes of storytelling. His editing works span across documentaries, dramas and multi-screen video art installations.

His latest project is the feature documentary 'Make It Look Real' (Dir: Kate Blackmore, 2024), for which he was the Editor + Executive Producer, was selected to screen at SXSW 2025. Other documentary credits include 'The Australian Wars' - Episode 3 (Dir: Rachel Perkins, 2022), which won the 2024 AACTA Award Winner - Best Documentary or Factual Program award. He also edited 'It All Started With A Stale Sandwich' (Dir: Samantha Lang, 2019), 'Servant or Slave' (Dir: Steven McGregor, 2016), and 'The Glass Bedroom' (Dir: Kate Blackmore, 2017) for which he was the winner of the 2017 Australian Screen Editors' Digistor Award for Best Editing in Open Content.

Elliott has collaborated on video artworks for artists such as Jonathan Jones, Deborah Kelly and Lynette Wallworth, including her immersive feature full-dome film, 'Coral: Rekindling Venus' which screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

Elliott has also worked on the 2022 AACTA Award winning short dramas 'Finding Jedda' (Dir: Tanith Glynn-Maloney, 2021) and 'We Circle Silently' (Dir: Kate Blackmore, 2023) which was selected to screen at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival.

Many of his works have been screened at major festivals around the world including the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Antenna Film Festival, San Francisco Green Film Festival, Adelaide Film Festival and the Buenos Aires Festival of International Independent Cinema.