Steven Robinson (film editor)

Steven Robinson is a multi award winning Australian film editor, who works in drama and documentary, features and television. He has won two AACTA/AFI awards for Best Editing and is notable for his work on the Kath & Kim comedy series and the feature film Kath & Kimderella (2012) and the feature documentary John Farnham Finding the Voice (2023)

He won the AACTA award for Best Editing on the feature documentary In the Shadow of the Hill (2016) and the AFI Award for Best Editing for Inside the Firestorm (2010), and Best Editing at the Australian Screen Editors Awards for Choir of Hard Knocks (2007).[1] He won Best Editing at the 2023 Valencia International Film Festival - Cinema Jove for the Comedy-Drama Web Series “Triple Oh !” He has been nominated ten times for Best Editing at the Australian Screen Editors Awards.[2]

Other significant credits include:


Year Film Notes
1989 Pesto: A Death Sentence Short film.

Also Director & Writer with John Nicoll

1990 The Magistrate International drama min-series starring Franco Nero
1991 The Monk, the Princes and the Forest 60 min Documentary ABC Natural History Unit
1992 Wombats: Bulldozers of the Bush 30 min Documentary ABC Natural History Unit
1993 Attitude Youth Current Affairs Program ABC Television
1993 MRA 15th Anniversary Toy Run Documentary for the Motorcycle Riders Association.

Also Director & Writer

1994 TVTV Media & Pop Culture Magazine Program
1995 World Regional Geography Open Learning ABC TV Education Unit Also Producer & Writer
1995 Bookchat Arts Magazine Program ABC Television Also Field Producer
1996 Recovery Youth Magazine Program ABC Television Segment Editor
1996 Home Truths Documentary Series ABC TV Feature
1997 Rule 61: The Case Against Radovan Karadzic Feature Documentary
1998 They Shoot Crocodiles Don’t They? 60 min. Documentary ABC Natural History Unit
1998 Driven Crazy Children's Drama Series
1999 Eye of the Storm: Monsoon 60 min. Documentary ABC Natural History Unit
1999 Survival of the Species 3 x 30 min. Documentaries Dept.of Education, Employment & Training

Also Director & Writer

2000 Something in the Air Season 1 Drama Series ABC Television
2001 Something in the Air Season 2 Drama Series ABC Television
2001 Kath & Kim Season 1 Comedy Series ABC Television
2002 MDA Season 1 Drama Series. ABC Television
2002 The Art of Bill Henson Documentary ABC Television Arts.
2003 Inside the Square Documentary ABC Television Arts.
2003 KISS Symphony Music Concert ABC Arts Television
2003 From the Heart: The Kimberleys Documentary ABC Natural History Unit
2003 MDA Season 2 Drama Series ABC Television
2003 The Company You Keep Documentary ABC Television
2003 Kath & Kim Season 2 Comedy Series ABC Television
2004 Made in Heaven Documentary ABC Television
2004 Silversun Drama Series. ABC Television
2004 Kath & Kim Season 3 Comedy Series ABC Television
2005 Outback House Documentary Series ABC Television
2005 MDA Season 3 Drama Series ABC Television
2005 Da Kath & Kim Code Television Feature Film
2006 Dusty: Little by Little Documentary Series ABC Television Also Associate Producer
2006 Beyond the Backyard Documentary ABC Television
2007 Choir of Hard Knocks Documentary Series ABC TV

Winner Best Editing 2077 Australian Screen Editor [3]

2008 Menzies & Churchill at War Drama-Documentary
2008 Monash: The Forgotten Anzac Drama-Documentary
2008 Embedded with the Murri Mob Documentary SBS TV
2008 Whatever Happened to That Guy? Comedy Series Foxtel
2008 Kath & Kim Season 4 Comedy TV Series
2009 Alone in a Crowded Room Documentary ABC Television
2009 Bed of Roses Season 2 Drama Series ABC Television
2009 The Trial Also Co-Writer

Documentary SBS TV

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [4]

2009 Inside the Firestorm Feature Documentary

Winner Best Editing 2010 AFI Awards [5]

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [6]

2010 Frank & Jerry Feature Film
2010 Penguin Island Documentary Series ABC Television
2010 The Ball Documentary ABC TV

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [7]

2010 Charles Bean’s Great War Drama-Documentary
2010 Bed of Roses Season 3 Drama Series ABC Television
2011 Donydji Short Documentary

Also Director, Writer & Cinematographer

2011 The Family Documentary Series SBS TV
2011 Neighbours Drama Series Channel 10
2012 Gallipoli from Above Documentary ABC Television
2012 Kath & Kimderella Feature Film
2012 Dirty Business: How Mining Made Australia Documentary Series SBS TV
2013 Possum Wars Documentary Series ABC TV
2013 Slide Show Sketch Comedy Series Channel 7 Television
2013 It’s a Date Season 1 Comedy Series

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [8]

2013 Dancing with the Stars Reality Series
2014 Little Stars Feature Documentary
2014 First Contact Season 1 Documentary Series SBS TV
2015 Open Slather Sketch Comedy Series - Foxtel
2015 Sperm Donors Anonymous Documentary SBS TV

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [9]

2015 Putuparri and the Rainmakers Feature Documentary

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [10]

2016 Long Lost Family Documentary Series Channel 10
2016 DNA Nation Documentary Series SBS TV

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [11]

2016 First Contact Season 2 Documentary Series SBS TV
2016 In the Shadow of the Hill Feature Documentary

Winner Best Editing AACTA Awards 2016 [12]

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [13]

2017 Filthy Rich & Homeless Season 1 Documentary Series SBS TV

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [14]

2017 Heroes Documentary ABC Television
2017 From Music into Silence Feature Documentary
2018 Filthy Rich & Homeless Season 2 Documentary Series SBS TV
2018 Outback Rabbis Feature Documentary
2018 Nolan: Australia’s Maverick Artist Documentary ABC TV
2018 Every Family has a Secret Documentary Series SBS TV
2019 House Rules Season 7 Reality Series
2019 Secrets of Our Cities : Footscary Documentary Series SBS TV
2019 Filthy Rich & Homeless Season 3 Documentary Series SBS TV

Nominated Best Editing Australian Screen Editor [15]

2019 Playing For Keeps Season 2 Drama Series Channel 10
2020 Lady Lash Short Documentary
2020 Addicted Australia Documentary Series SBS TV
2020 Wild Things Feature Documentary

Nominated Best Sound AACTA Awards 2020

2021 Conquering Cancer Feature Documentary
2021 Books That Made Us Documentary Series SBS TV
2022 The Endangered Generation ? Feature Documentary
2022 I Am Kanaka Short Documentary
2023 Meet the Neighbours Documentary Series SBS TV
2023 Triple Oh! Comedy/Drama Web Series

Winner Best Series & Best Editing 2023 Valencia International Film Festival - Cinema Jove

2023 Alone Australia Documentary Series SBS TV
2023 John Farnham Finding the Voice Feature Documentary

Winner Best Documentary AACTA Awards 2024

2024 Welcome to Yiddishland Feature Documentary Also Co-Writer

Premiere Sydney Film Festival 2024

2024 Killjoy Feature Documentary
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