Tania Nehme (born September 1966) is an Australian film editor. She has edited a number of films directed by Rolf de Heer and won and been nominated for many awards for her editing work.
Early life and education Tania Nehme was born in September 1966 and is from South Australia.
She graduated from the Flinders Drama Centre at Flinders University in Adelaide in 1983, and in 1990 gained an AFTRS Certificate from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Career Nehme has worked as a film editor since 1986. She began her career by working on commercials, documentaries, and short drama films.
While studying at AFTRS in 1989, she edited a short film called Once In Time, directed by Isou Morimoto, which earned a nomination in the 1991 AFI Awards.
In 1995 she edited her first feature film, Rolf de Heer's Epsilon, and went on to several more of De Heer's films, including The Quiet Room (1996), Dance Me to My Song (1998),The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001; released 2004), The Tracker (2002) and Alexandra's Project (2003). After their collaboration on Ten Canoes (2006), she also edited a documentary about the making of the film, called The Balanda And The Bark Canoes. Both films won awards. In collaboration with de Heer, Molly Reynolds, and the Yolngu people of the Arafura Swamp, she worked on Twelve Canoes, a spin-off educational project made for television. Also for De Heer, along with directors Martin Butler and Bentley Dean, she edited the 2012 comedy drama The King is Dead.
She also edited Richard Flanagan's 1998 film adaptation of his novel, The Sound Of One Hand Clapping.
In 2007 Nehme edited a silent feature film Dr. Plonk.
In 2009, she edited the award-winning documentary feature Contact, directed by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean, which tells the story of 20 Martu people who in 1964 became the last people in the Great Sandy Desert to have come into contact with Europeans.
She edited Tanna (released 2015) which was Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards in 2017, and the 2016 documentary about Liz Jackson, A Sense of Self, which won a Walkley Award.
In 2022 she edited Matt Vesely's debut feature, the sci-fi thriller Monolith, for which her work drew praise from reviewers.
She edited Sally Aitken's 2024 documentary feature Every Little Thing, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. She edited, along with Andrea Lang, Tracey Rigney's documentary feature about the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy of the 1980s and 1990s, titled Kumarangk: Sacred Women's Business, which has its world premiere at the 2026 Adelaide Film Festival on 17 October 2026. Nehme had previously (2001) edited the SBS Australia short documentary film Kumarangk 5214 on the same topic, directed by Jessica Wallace and co-produced by Wallace and Rebecca Summerton.
Nehme has worked on TV series, including Barron Television children's series Chuck Finn (1999-2000), as well as a short feature funded by the Australian Film Commission called The 13th House. In 2013, she edited the four-episode documentary series First Footprints, directed by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean and narrated by Ernie Dingo, which premiered on 14 July 2013 on ABC Television. The series won the Walkley Documentary Award in 2013.
Other activities Nehme was on the jury at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival, along with Madeleine Parry and Larissa Behrendt.
In 2020 she was a guest lecturer at a 5-day development workshop called the Aboriginal Short Film Initiative, run by filmmakers Beck Cole and Warwick Thornton at South Australian Film Corporation's Adelaide Studios.
Recognition and awards 1991: Nominated, AFI Award for her work on the 1989 short drama film Once in a Time 2002: Nominated, Best Editor, AFI Awards, for The Tracker 2002: Nominated, Best Editing for Film, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, for The Tracker 2003: Nominated, Best Editing for Film, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, for Alexandra's Project 2003: Nominated, Best Editor, AFI Awards, for Alexandra's Project 2004: Winner, IF Award for Best Editing, for The Old Man Who Read Love Stories 2004: Nominated, Best Editor, AFI Award, for The Old Man Who Read Love Stories 2004: Nominated, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2004, for The Old Man Who Read Love Stories 2006: Winner, AFI Award for Best Editing for Ten Canoes 2006: Winner, Best Editing, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for Ten Canoes 2006: Winner, Best Documentary at the Critics Circle Awards, shared with Rolf de Heer and Molly Reynolds, for The Balanda And The Bark Canoes 2017: Winner, Walkley Documentary Award in the Walkley Awards, for A Sense of Self; awarded to Liz Jackson, Martin Butler, Bentley Dean, and Tania Nehme 2021: Winner, AFTRS Award for Best Editing in a Short Drama at the Ellie Awards, Australian Screen Editors, for Ayaan 2021: Nominated, Dendy Award for Australian Short Film at the Sydney Film Festival, for Ayaan 2021: Winner, Best Editing in the AACTA Awards, for My Name Is Gulpilil.
Selected filmography Year Film Director Notes1989Once in a TimeIsao MorimotoShort drama film 1995EpsilonRolf de Heer1996The Quiet Room1997Almost Alien 1998The Sound of One Hand ClappingRichard FlanaganDance Me to My SongRolf de Heer2001Heather Rose Goes to CannesChris CorinDocumentary2002The TrackerRolf de HeerBest Editor nominations at 2002 AFI Awards and Film Critics Circle Awards; also nominated as part of the sound team2003Alexandra's ProjectBest Editor nominations at the 2003 AFI and Film Critics Circle Awards; also nominated as part of the sound teamThe 13th HouseShane McNeil2004The Old Man Who Read Love StoriesRolf de HeerWinner, Best Editor at the IF Awards; nominations for Best Editing at the Film Critic's Circle and AFI Awards2006Ten Canoes7th feature film with Rolf de Heer; AFI Award for Best Editing; Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2006, Best Editing2007Dr. PlonkFeatureDone Dirt CheapDebbie CarmodyTV short2008Casualties of WarJeni LeeDocumentary2009JacobDena CurtisShort Drama2009Twelve CanoesRolf de HeerContactMartin ButlerBentley DeanDocumentary2011Top DogFiona Percival2012The King is DeadRolf de HeerMartin ButlerBentley DeanComedy drama2013First Footprints TV series2013Charlie's CountryRolf de HeerFeature film2015Another CountryMolly ReynoldsFeature documentaryStill Our CountryTannaBentley DeanMartin ButlerNominated for Best Foreign Film, Academy Awards 20172016A Sense of SelfLiz JacksonMartin ButlerBentley DeanTania Nehme2017 Walkley Award for best documentary2019/2020AyaanAlies SluiterShort film, starring Babetida Sadjo, Trevor Jamieson, and Gary Sweet2020Yer Old FaitherHeather CroallFeature documentary2021My Name is GulpililMolly ReynoldsDocumentary about Yolngu actor David Gulpilil2021Facing MonstersBentley DeanDocumentary; with Meredith Watson Jeffrey2022MonolithMatt VeselySci-fi thriller
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