Margaret Sixel
Margaret Sixel is an Australian film editor and Oscar winner .
Sixel was initially active as an assistant editor from the mid-1980s. From 1994 several productions followed in which she was involved as an independent editor. The 1997 documentary Australia: 40,000 Years of Dreaming was the first production she worked with director George Miller . This was followed by Piggy Babe in the Big City (1998), Happy Feet (2006) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
Her work on Mad Max: Fury Road taught her the British Academy Film Awards 2016 , the award in the category Best Editing one. In 2016 she was honored in the same category by the American Cinema Editors and the Australian Film Institute . In addition to other awards, she also received the Oscar in the Best Editing category .
Sixel and George Miller are married and have children together.
Filmography (selection)
- 1997: Australia: 40,000 Years of Dreaming
- 1998: Babe: Pig in the City (Babe: Pig in the City)
- 2006: Happy Feet
- 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road
Web links
- Margaret Sixel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sixel, Margaret |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1984 |