Returning: Creatives

ABC Arts series Creatives returns next profiling Australian success stories.

Film Editor Jill Bilcock (The Dressmaker, Road to Perdition, Muriel’s Wedding, Strictly Ballroom) features next week.

From drawings made deep down on the ocean floor to photographs of surfers riding the surface as it breaks; from still life paintings of formidable women and stunning still life, to photographs of the bustling city and its characters; from the work of our most awarded cinematic editor to a dancer who battles unbelievable odds, Creatives captures a wide cross section of artists and their work.

Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing focuses on the life and work of one of the world’s leading film artists, Academy award nominated film editor Jill Bilcock. Australia’s most iconic films Strictly Ballroom, Muriel’s Wedding, Moulin Rouge! Red Dog, and The Dressmaker bear the unmistakable look and sensibility of Bilcock’s visual inventiveness. But it was her brave editing choices in Romeo+Juliet that changed the look of cinema the world over, inspiring one Hollywood critic to dub her a “Russian serial killer on crack”.

With a back-story as colourful and surprising as her films, and featuring commentary from Cate Blanchett, Baz Luhrmann, Rachel Griffiths, Richard Lowenstein, Rob Sitch and Fred Schepisi this documentary is a wonderful insight into the art of editing and the profound impact it has on storytelling.

10pm Tuesday March 14 on ABC.