Rodrigo Balart

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Rodrigo Balart is an Australian film editor, best known for Restraint, Road Train & Black Water, the latter of which he was nominated for Best Editing at the 2007 AFI Awards. He was also nominated for the ASE Award for editing the telemovie Hawke. He won the 2017 AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television for Seven Types of Ambiguity.{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Ricki |title=ARC EDIT signs Rodrigo Balart to the roster |url=https://campaignbrief.com/arc-edit-signs-rodrigo-balart/ |website=Campaign Brief |access-date=10 February 2025 |language=en-AU |date=23 October 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Convery |first1=Stephanie |title=Aacta awards 2017: Lion and Ali's Wedding sweep early categories |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/04/aacta-awards-2017-lion-and-alis-wedding-sweep-early-categories |access-date=10 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=4 December 2017 |quote=Monday’s luncheon also covered awards in the television industry, which were led by Seven Types of Ambiguity, the six-part drama based on the novel by Elliot Perlman. That series won three of the five awards it was nominated for: best direction in a television drama or comedy, best cinematography in television, and best editing.}}

Filmography

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Year

! Film

! Director

! Notes

2005

|Mind the Gap

|Rachel Givney

|rowspan=2|Short film

rowspan=2|2007

|Skin

|Claire McCarthy

Black Water

|David Nerlich
Andrew Traucki

|Nominated—AACTA Award for Best Editing
Nominated—FCCA Award for Best Editor
Nominated—Inside Film Award for Best Editing

rowspan=4|2008

|Newcastle

|Dan Castle{{cite magazine |last1=Thompson |first1=N. P. |title=Seattle International Film Festival 2008: Newcastle |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/siff-34-dispatch-four-newcastle/ |access-date=10 February 2025 |magazine=Slant Magazine |date=2 June 2008}}

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The Eternity Man

|Julien Temple

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Restraint

|David Denneen

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Cannot Buy My Soul

|Paul Goldman

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rowspan=2|2009

|Echo

|Jim Lounsbury

|rowspan=3|Short film

Into My Arms

|Angus Stevens

rowspan=4|2010

|Stay Awake

|Rebecca Rocheford Davies

David Campbell on Broadway

|Larry Meltzer

|TV documentary

Road Train

|Dean Francis

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Hawke

|Emma Freeman

|Telemovie
Nominated—ASE Award for Best Editing in a Television Drama

rowspan=2|2012

|Storm Surfers 3D

|Justin McMillan
Christopher Nelius

|Documentary
Nominated—AACTA Award for Best Editing in a Documentary

Bait 3D

|Kimble Rendall{{cite magazine |last1=Lodge |first1=Guy |title=Bait |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/bait-1117948126/ |access-date=10 February 2025 |magazine=Variety |date=29 August 2012}}

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rowspan=3|2014

|Schapelle

|Khoa Do

|Telemovie

INXS: Never Tear Us Apart

|Daina Reid

|Miniseries

Chalk an Australian Perspective

|Andi Mether

|Also co-writer

2015

|Sucker

|Ben Chessell

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2016

|Red Dog: True Blue

|Kriv Stenders

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2017

|The Butterfly Tree

|Priscilla Cameron

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2018

|In Like Flynn

|Russell Mulcahy

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