Julie-Anne De Ruvo, ASE

Editor

Julie-Anne De Ruvo is an award-winning screen editor whose prolific body of work spans across television, feature films and documentary filmmaking.

Most recently, Julie-Anne edited Dustfall, an upcoming Australian drama for the ABC releasing in 2026, directed by Emma Freeman and produced by Soapbox Pictures and Moonriver Productions. The series is based on the novel The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis. Other recent highlights include 4 episodes of the romantic comedy Two Years Later (Hoodlum Entertainment/ Paramount+, 2026) and 5 episodes of the highly anticipated second season of the critically acclaimed dark comedy, Deadloch (Guesswork/ Amazon Studios, 2025).

Prior to that, Julie-Anne edited the 2024 four-part crime drama Swift Street, directed by Tig Terera, for Magpie Pictures and SBS. The series went on to have its international premiere at Canneseries and has received unwavering acclaim. She also edited the first season of the critically successful Deadloch (dir. Gracie Otto/Guesswork, Amazon Studios, 2023), and the first season of hit series Love Me (dir. Emma Freeman/Aquarius Films, Warner Bros, Binge, 2021), starring Hugo Weaving. Other credits include all three seasons of the award-winning drama The Newsreader (dir. Emma Freeman, Werner Productions/ABC, 2021-25), with her work on the show’s finale earning her an AACTA nomination for Best Editing in Television, Bump, Romper Stomper, among many others.

Julie-Anne has received six nominations and four wins for Best Editing across television Comedy and Drama from the Australian Screen Editor's Guild. Her ASE awarded television credits include: the second series of The Letdown (dir. Trent O’Donnell/ Giant Dwarf, 2019); season two and three of Please Like Me (dir. Matt Saville/ Guesswork Television, 2015, 2016) as well as The Beautiful Lie (dir. Glendyn Ivin/ Endemol Shine, 2015).

On the feature film side, Julie-Anne edited the Stan original film, One More Shot (dir. Nicholas Clifford/ Goodthing Productions, Truce Films), which premiered at SXSW, screened at MIFF 2025, and is now streaming on Stan. She also edited Head South (dir. Jonathan Ogilvie, 2023), which had its world Premiere at the 2024 Rotterdam Film festival; she also co-edited Undertow (Emerald Productions, 2018) for director Miranda Nation and received an AACTA Award nomination for Best Editing in a Feature Film with Nick Meyers for their work on the film. Julie-Anne also edited the horror-comedy, Better Watch Out (dir. Chris Peckover/ Storm Vision Entertainment, 2016).

Julie-Anne has edited several acclaimed Documentaries, some of which include, Morgana (dirs. Isabel Peppard, Josie Hess/ House of Gary, 2018) and Horror Movie: A low budget nightmare (dir. Gary Doust/ Fridgejam Productions, 2017). She also co-wrote and edited the feature documentary Girls Can’t Surf (dir. Christopher Nelius/ Finch, 2020) which follows the journey towards equal opportunity in women's professional surfing.

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