AACTA Announces Nominees for 2022 Technical Craft Award Categories

Baz Luhrmann’s film, Elvis swept the Technical Craft categories, picking up a nomination across all nine film awards. Mystery Road: Origin earned six nominations across nine television categories.

AACTA today announce the nominees for the 2022 Technical Craft award categories encompassing nineteen awards across Film, TV and Documentary. The nominees include Oscar and BAFTA winning screen practitioners such as, Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge!), John Seale (The English Patient), Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Lesley Vanderwalt (Mad Max: Fury Road). The AACTA Awards will be presented across two in-room ceremonies on Monday December 5 and Wednesday December 7 at The Hordern in Sydney’s iconic Entertainment Quarter, home of Disney Studios.

The AACTA Award ceremonies will celebrate and honour the creatives behind the best films, TV, and digital entertainment from the past year, acknowledging the achievements of Australia's best productions and brightest screen practitioners.

AACTA CEO, Damian Trewhella said “Our screen practitioners are recognised as among the best in the world and I wish to congratulate all of this year’s nominees. We are very proud to be able to recognise these screen practitioners here in Australia and highlight the strength and importance of their role in our local industry. Celebrating these creatives, and the work they do, is paramount in promoting our industry to the next generation of creatives and helps to fulfil current labour shortages. As pioneers of Technical Craft awards, the AACTA Awards serves to stimulate the growth of this sector, and we look forward to honouring our incredible industry in December.”

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis swept the Technical Craft categories, picking up a nomination across all nine categories, closely followed by George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing, which earned eight nominations, Leah Purcell’s The Drovers Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson, picked up six nominations, and Thomas M. Wright’s The Stranger was nominated across five awards. Editor, Simon Njoo earned two nominations for his work on The Stranger and River.

The nominees for the Television Technical Craft categories were dominated by three productions; Mystery Road: Origin with six nominations, and Heartbreak High and Love Me each with four nominations. Award winning costume designer, Cappi Ireland (Love Me), returns this year following an incredible three nominations and a win for Best Costume Design for New Gold Mountain at the 2021 AACTA Awards.

After a successful year in 2017, the team behind the award-winning documentary, Mountain return with the sequel, River which picked up three nominations across four Documentary Technical Craft categories, alongside A Fire Inside, and Facing Monsters.

Brian Walsh, Executive Director of Drama & Senior Content Consultant for the Foxtel Group said: “The craft awards are essential as it is the creative minds and diverse skills of these artists that make the Australian film and television industry so strong. Massive congratulations to all nominated artists and a heartfelt thank you for your endless contribution to our creative industry.”

Wednesday’s ceremony will be broadcast on 10, at 7.30pm, and will be encored on Fox Docos, Saturday, December 10 at 7:30pm. The broadcast will also be available to stream on demand via Foxtel, Binge and AACTA TV.

See the full list of 2022 AACTA Award Technical Craft nominees

AACTA Award for Best Casting presented by Casting Networks

• Elvis - Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian
• Heartbreak High – Amanda Mitchell
• Love Me – Nathan Lloyd
• The Stranger – Anousha Zarkesh
• The Twelve – Kirsty McGregor

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Documentary

• A Fire Inside – Josh Flavell
• Anonymous Club – Danny Cohen
• Facing Monsters – Rick Rifici
• Mountain Adventure: Out of Bounds – Cam Batten, Caspar Mazzotti, Nick Robinson
• Puff: Wonders of the Reef – Daniel Stoupin, Pete West

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Film

• Blaze – Jeremy Rouse
• Elvis – Mandy Walker
• The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson – Mark Wareharm
• The Stranger – Sam Chiplin
• Three Thousand Years of Longing – John Seale

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television

• Heartbreak High – Simon Ozolins Episode 1
• Love Me – Earle Dresner Episode 4
• Mystery Road: Origin – Tyson Perkins Episode 3
• The Tourist – Ben Wheeler Episode 1
• The Tourist – Geoffrey Hall Episode 6

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Film

• Elvis – Catherine Martin
• Here Out West – Wendy Cork
• Pieces – Monique Wilson, Kristie Rowe
• The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson – Tess Schofield
• Three Thousand Years of Longing – Kym Barrett

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Television

• Firebite - Heather Wallace Episode 3
• Heartbreak High - Rita Carmody Episode 1
• Love Me - Cappi Ireland Episode 4
• Mystery Road: Origin - Terri Lamera Episode 3
• The Twelve - Xanthe Huebel Episode 10

AACTA Award for Best Editing in Documentary

• Ablaze - Tony Stevens
• Clean - Nguyet Sang Louis Dai, Lachlan McLeod
• Franklin - Johanna Scott
• River - Simon Njoo
• We Were Once Kids - Shannon Swan

AACTA Award for Best Editing in Film presented by Spectrum Films

• Blaze - Dany Cooper
• Elvis - Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond
• Nude Tuesdays - Nick Meyers
• The Stranger - Simon Njoo
• Three Thousand Years of Longing - Margaret Sixel

AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television

• Bump - Ariel Shaw Episode 2
• Muster Dogs - John Unwin, Orly Danon, Fiona Strain, Brendon Cain Episode 1
• Mystery Road: Origin - Nicholas Holmes Episode 3
• Surviving Summer - Amelia Ford Episode 7
• The Twelve - Mark Perry Episode 10

AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup presented by HASK

• Elvis - Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas
• Gold - Jennifer Lamphee
• The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson - Beth Halsted, Simon Joseph, Jennifer Lamphee
• Three Thousand Years of Longing - Lesley Vanderwalt
• Wyrmwood: Apocalypse - Rachel Scane, Helen Magelaki, Mariel McLorey

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Documentary

• A Fire Inside - Matteo Zingales
• Age Of Rage - The Australian Punk Revolution - Dale Cornelius
• Facing Monsters - Tim Count
• Puff: Wonders of the Reef - Hilton Mowday
• River - Piers Burbrook de Vere, William Barton, Richard Tognetti

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Film

• A Stitch In Time - Angela Little
• Elvis - Elliott Wheeler
• Falling For Figaro - Cezary Skubiszewski
• The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson - Salliana Seven Campbell
• Three Thousand Years of Longing - Tom Holkenborg

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Television

• Aftertaste - Benjamin Speed Episode 3
• Born To Spy - Diego Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg Episode 4
• Mystery Road: Origin - Vincent Goodyer Episode 3
• Savage River - Bryony Marks Episode 1
• The PM's Daughter - Caitlin Yeo, Basil Hogios Episode 9

AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Film

• Elvis - Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Beverley Dunn
• Interceptor - George Liddle
• The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson - Sam Hobbs
• The Stranger - Leah Popple
• Three Thousand Years of Longing - Roger Ford

AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television

• Firebite - Amy Baker Episode 3
• Heartbreak High - Marni Kornhauser Episode 1
• Love Me - Josephine Ford Episode 4
• Mystery Road: Origin - Herbert Pinter Episode 3
• The Tourist - Scott Bird Episode 1

AACTA Award for Best Sound in Documentary

• A Fire Inside - Luke Mynott
• Facing Monsters - Xoe Baird, Ric Curtin, Jeremy Ashton
• Franklin - Emma Bortignon
• River - Tara Webb, Robert Mackenzie
• Unseen Skies - Blair Slater, Mick Boraso, Cameron Grant, Sam Hayward

AACTA Award for Best Sound in Film

• Bosch & Rockit - Sam Hayward
• Elvis - David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, Michael Keller
• The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson - Liam Egan, Nick Emond, Leah Katz, Robert Sullivan, Tom Heuzenroeder, Lee Fidess
• The Stranger - Andy Wright, Will Sheridan, Beth Bezzina, Chris Goodes
• Three Thousand Years of Longing - Robert Mackenzie, Ben Osmo, Yulia Akerholt, James Ashton

AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television

• Aftertaste - Micheal Darren, Pete Smith,  Josh Williams, Leah McKeown Episode 3
• Mystery Road: Origin - Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Trevor Hope Episode 3
• Savage River - Manel Lopez, Stuart Morton, Diego Ruz Episode 1
• Summer Love - Scott Findlay Episode 1
• Troppo - Joel McLean Episode 8

AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation

• DC League of Super-Pets – Sharna Hackett, Feargal Stewart, Christian So, Miles Green, Eitenne Marc
• Elvis – Tom Wood, Fiona Crawford, Julian Hutchens, Joshua Simmonds, Adam Hammond
• Spider-Man: No Way Home – Kelly Port, Julia Neighly, Brendan Seals, Kilou Picard
• Thor: Love and Thunder – Jake Morrison, Lisa Marra, Dan Oliver, Dan Bethell, Ian Cope
• Three Thousand Years of Longing – Chris Spry, Alastair Stephen, Roy Malhi, Chris Davies

Documentary and Short Film nominees were announced earlier this year, click here for more information. The remaining nominees for the 2022 AACTA Awards will be announced on Sunday 23 October 2022.

For information and nominee assets, click here.