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Bernadette Murray is an award-winning editor and filmmaker with two decades of experience across feature, documentary, and short film.

Her practice centres on character-driven storytelling, with a focus on precision, restraint, and emotional clarity. She is known for shaping rhythm and pacing, holding tension, and anchoring emotional tone. Her work often explores intimacy, identity, and transformation, and extends across both narrative and observational forms.

Bernadette’s credits include The Opposition, Lone Wolf, China Love, and Back to Nature. Her films have screened at major international festivals including Rotterdam, Hot Docs, Sydney Film Festival, and CPH:DOX.

She is currently producing her first feature film, The First Dress, directed by Melissa Anastasi and developed through the Venice Biennale College Cinema program. As a producer, Bernadette brings an editorial sensibility and visual intuition to shaping projects from development through to final cut.

In parallel with her screen work, she creates video installations and music videos, with work presented at VIVID Sydney at the Sydney Opera House, Art Pharmacy, and Craft Victoria. She has collaborated with artists including Gordi, Hermitude, Children Collide, Jack Ladder, Jaala, Tilman Robinson, and David Bridie. Her recent installation series Changeable Water was exhibited at Craft Victoria in 2021.

Bernadette holds a Graduate Diploma in Editing from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), a Graduate Diploma in Animation from RMIT University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from the University of New South Wales. She has also taught editing workshops at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and AFTRS.