---
name: "Margaret Sixel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaret-sixel"
fi1m_id: "margaret-sixel"
imdb_id: "nm0803459"
tmdb_id: 58067
wikidata_id: "Q20020631"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T19:07:27.704507+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."
---

# Margaret Sixel

## Identity

Margaret Sixel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/margaret-sixel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** margaret-sixel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0803459
- **TMDB ID:** 58067
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20020631
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sixel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20020631, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803459/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58067

Editor. Born 1 January 1950 in South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, South Africa
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Doug Mitchell](https://film.one/person/doug-mitchell.md), [George Miller](https://film.one/person/george-miller.md), [Nico Lathouris](https://film.one/person/nico-lathouris.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 88 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Science Fiction 2, Animation 1, Comedy 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $937m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sixel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20020631, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803459/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58067

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga*](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Margaret Sixel is an Australian and South African film editor. She studied film editing at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, where she earned a Specialist Extension Certificate in 1989.

She has collaborated extensively with director George Miller, her husband since 1995, editing his films including *Babe: Pig in the City* (1998), *Happy Feet* (2006), *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), *Three Thousand Years of Longing* (2022) and *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024). For *Mad Max: Fury Road* she won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, becoming the first South African-born editor to receive an Oscar.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *Happy Feet* (2006), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-feet.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *Three Thousand Years of Longing* (2022), Editor
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *Happy Feet* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-feet.md)
- *The Big House* (2001), Editor
- *Babe: Pig in the City* (1998), Editor
- *40,000 Years of Dreaming* (1996), Editor
- *Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story* (1994), Editor
- *Flirting* (1991), Dialogue Editor
- *The Great Gold Swindle* (1984), Assistant Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2016: Best Film Editing (won), for *Mad Max: Fury Road*

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

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