---
name: "Luke Doolan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/luke-doolan"
fi1m_id: "luke-doolan"
imdb_id: "nm1029112"
tmdb_id: 223690
wikidata_id: "Q21063067"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "4 February 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-25T10:09:37.803159+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."
---

# Luke Doolan

## Identity

Luke Doolan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/luke-doolan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** luke-doolan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1029112
- **TMDB ID:** 223690
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21063067
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Doolan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21063067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1029112/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/223690

Editor. Born 4 February 1979 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 4 February 1979, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Doolan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21063067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1029112/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/223690

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Animal Kingdom*](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*They Will Kill You*](https://film.one/film/they-will-kill-you.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Luke Doolan is an Australian film editor, director and cinematographer. He is a member of the Blue-Tongue Films collective.

Doolan edited *Animal Kingdom* (2010), for which he received the AACTA Award for Best Editing. His other editing credits include *The Square* (2008), *The Gift* (2015), *Colossal* (2017), *Gringo* (2018), *Sting* (2024) and *They Will Kill You* (2026). He directed and edited the short film *Miracle Fish* (2009), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and won two AACTA Awards.

He has also worked in editorial roles on projects including *Backtrack* (2015) and various television series.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *They Will Kill You* (2026), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/they-will-kill-you.md)
- *Animal Kingdom* (2010), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *They Will Kill You* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/they-will-kill-you.md)
- *Ice Road: Vengeance* (2025), Editor
- *Sting* (2024), Editor
- *Gringo* (2018), Editor
- *Colossal* (2017), Editor
- *The Gift* (2015), Editor
- *Backtrack* (2015), Editor
- *Florence Has Left the Building* (2014), Thanks
- *Cryo* (2012), Additional Editor, Director
- *Monkeys* (2011), Producer
- *Animal Kingdom* (2010), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md)
- *Miracle Fish* (2010), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Inside the Square* (2009), Producer, Editor
- *Being Carl Williams* (2009), Cinematography
- *Return to Sleepaway Camp* (2008), Assistant Art Director, Graphic Designer
- *Ten Empty* (2008), Editor
- *The Square* (2008), as Smithy's Mate · Editor
- *The List* (2008), Director of Photography, Editor
- *Netherland Dwarf* (2008), Thanks
- *Spider* (2007), Editor, Pre-Visualization Coordinator
- *Crossbow* (2007), as Lounge · Editor
- *The IF Thing* (2005), Editor, Director of Photography
- *Lucky* (2005), Editor
- *Powderfinger: These Days - Live in Concert* (2004), Editor
- *Fuel* (2004), Editor
- *Sold Out* (2004), Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- *The Hitch*, Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2010: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Miracle Fish*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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