Mark Atkin ASE
Mark Atkin is an Australian editor and filmmaker. Over the last 30 years he has edited all types of productions including feature films; Seeing Red, Only the Brave, Mallboy, Nowhere Boys: Book of Shadows, Force of Destiny – telemovies; Secret Bridesmaid’s Business and Saved – television drama series; Seachange, MDA, The Slap, Nowhere Boys, Mrs Biggs, Glitch, Safe Harbour, Stateless, Clickbait, Fires and Irreverent – documentaries; Pozieres, The Edge of the Possible, Immigration Nation, Jabbed, First Contact, DNA Nation, Harry Seidler: Modernist, Filthy, Rich & Homeless, Addicted Australia and Off Country.
After graduating from Swinburne’s Film and Television School in 1981, Mark worked in many facets of filmmaking; as a sound recordist and sound-editor, camera assistant and operator, script writer, full time lecturer at Swinburne and as a director/producer of music videos and documentaries. In 1990, editing became the primary focus of his career.
In 2004, Mark was accredited by the Australian Screen Editors Guild. In 2012, he received an Australian Screen Editors award for Best Editing in a Television Drama for The Slap. Mark has won two AACTA awards for best editing in television series; in 2014 for Mrs Biggs and in 2020 for Stateless.
