---
name: "Brian Kavanagh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-kavanagh"
fi1m_id: "brian-kavanagh"
imdb_id: "nm0442538"
tmdb_id: 1311627
wikidata_id: "Q4964286"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1935"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:29:17.995195+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Brian Kavanagh

## Identity

Brian Kavanagh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-kavanagh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-kavanagh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0442538
- **TMDB ID:** 1311627
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4964286
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kavanagh_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4964286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1311627

Editor. Born 1 January 1935 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1935, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kavanagh_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4964286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1311627

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith*](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brian Kavanagh is an Australian film editor, director, producer and writer. Born in Melbourne in 1935, he began his career editing documentaries and television series before moving into feature films.

He edited *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978) and *Long Weekend* (1978), and collaborated with director Fred Schepisi on several projects. Other editing credits include *The Devil's Playground* (1976), *The Odd Angry Shot* (1979) and *Frog Dreaming* (1986).

Kavanagh received the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Editing for *Frog Dreaming* in 1986 and was awarded lifetime membership of Australian Screen Editors in 1997. He has also directed and produced features such as *A City's Child* (1971) and *Double Deal* (1983), and has written crime novels.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Once Upon a Twilight* (2021), series, Director, Editor
- *Cubbyhouse* (2001), Editor
- *Sex Is a Four Letter Word* (1995), Editor
- *Frauds* (1993), Additional Editor
- *Going Sane* (1987), Editor
- *Five Days* (1986), Editor
- *Departure* (1986), Director, Producer
- *Double Deal* (1983), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *...Maybe This Time* (1981), Producer
- *Long Weekend* (1979), Editor
- *The Odd Angry Shot* (1979), Editor
- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)
- *The Devil's Playground* (1977), Editor
- *A City's Child* (1971), Director
- *The Naked Bunyip* (1970), Editor

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