Elvis, 2021
AWARDS/HIGHLIGHTS
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Predestination
Director: Michael and Peter Spierig
Production Co.: Blacklab Entertainment
Winner
- AACTA award Best Editing 2015
- Film Critics Circle award Best Editing 2015
Nominated
- Australian Screen Editors award Best Editing 2015
The Water Diviner
Director: Russell Crowe
Production Co.: Fear Of God Productions
Nominated
- AACTA award Best Editing 2015
- Film Critics Circle award Best Editing 2015
The Great Gatsby
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Production Co.: Warner Bros Studios
Winner
- AACTA Best Editing award 2014
- Film Critics Circle award Best Editing 2014
Nominated
- Australian Screen Editors award Best Editing 2015
Australia
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Production Co.: Twentieth Century Fox
Nominated
- Australian Screen Editors award Best Editing 2015
CURRENT PROJECTS
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Baz Luhrmann “Elvis” project
Director: Baz Luhrmann
(due for completion November 2021)
BIO
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With over 20 years' experience, Matt Villa's passion and
commitment to the film making process has provided him the opportunity to collaborate on some of the finest Australian and international film productions.
Matt won both the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award and the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) Award for Best Editing for his work on Baz Luhrmann’s big screen adaptation of the classic The Great Gatsby. The film marked his third collaboration with Luhrmann, following the films Moulin Rouge! and Australia.
In 2014, Matt received dual AACTA Award and FCCA Award nominations for his work on both The Water Diviner and the sci-fi thriller Predestination, winning both awards for the latter.
Additional film credits include Daybreakers, Winchester, Peter Rabbit 2 and the animated features The Lego Batman Movie and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.
He is current working on Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis”
bio pic starring Tom Hanks.
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