MERLINEDEN

An Australian film editor, VFX supervisor, director and designer with over two decades of experience. Merlin has edited more than 12 feature films, as well as documentaries, animation and advertising.

His feature editing credits include We Bury the Dead, The Furnace, 1922, Hounds of Love, Rattlesnake, Devil’s Peak, How to Please a Woman and Whale Shark Jack.

He is co-founder and co-director of Siamese >, which produces and facilitates production and post-production.

Portrait of Merlin Eden
Danni Booth Photography

Film Editing

Whale Shark Jack artwork
Whale Shark Jack Editor · 2026 STAN
We Bury the Dead artwork
We Bury the Dead Editor / VFX Supervisor · 2025 UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT
Devil’s Peak artwork
Devil’s Peak Editor · 2023 UNIVERSAL PICTURES
How to Please a Woman artwork
How to Please a Woman Editor · 2022 UNIVERSAL PICTURES
The Furnace artwork
The Furnace Editor · 2020 UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT
Children of the Corn artwork
Children of the Corn Editor · 2023 RLJE FILMS
Rattlesnake artwork
Rattlesnake Editor · 2019 NETFLIX
1922 artwork
1922 Editor / VFX Supervisor · 2017 NETFLIX
Hounds of Love artwork
Hounds of Love Editor · 2016 ARROW FILMS
Prison Songs artwork
Prison Songs Editor / Colour Grade
Girt by Sea artwork
Girt by Sea Editor / Colour Grade
Kuru | The Science and the Sorcery artwork
Kuru | The Science and the Sorcery Editor / Colour Grade
Yagan documentary still
Yagan Editor / Colour Grading
War, Hate & the Lizard artwork
War, Hate & the Lizard Director / Editor / Colour Grade
Carmentis artwork
Carmentis Editor / Colour Grade
Dark Water artwork
Dark Water Editor
Victim artwork
Victim Editor / VFX / Colour Grade
Transmission short film poster
Transmission Editor / Colour Grade
Stump short film still
Stump Co-Editor / VFX / Colour Grading
ECU | World Ready artwork
ECU | World Ready Director / Editor
Bright Tomorrows Start Today artwork
Bright Tomorrows Start Today Director / Editor / Colour Grade
Water for Life | Oneness artwork
Water for Life | Oneness Director / Editor / Colour Grade
Meth Can Take Control campaign still
Meth Can Take Control Editor / Colour Grade
Harness the Rhythm commercial still
Harness the Rhythm Director / Editor
Royalty for Regions — small boy commercial still
Royalty for Regions Commercial
Browns Dairy commercial still
Browns Dairy Editor / Colour Grade
Give Luck a Chance commercial still
Give Luck a Chance Editor
Lucy Peach | Be So Good music video still
Lucy Peach | Be So Good Editor / Colour Grade
POPP promo still
POPP Director / Editor / Colour Grade
Screenwest trailer still
Screenwest Trailer Editor / Post Production
Game of Homes promo still
Game of Homes Editor / Colour Grade
Vietnam | The War That Made Australia artwork
Vietnam | The War That Made Australia Editor / Designer
These Final Hours artwork
These Final Hours Editor
Australia’s Secret Heroes title artwork
Australia’s Secret Heroes Editor / Designer / Colour Grade
Match artwork
MatchDirector / Editor
Beaufort Street Festival promo
Beaufort Street FestivalDirector / Editor
ScreenWest | The Heart of the Industry film thumbnail
ScreenWest | The Heart of the IndustryDesigner / Director / Editor
State Theatre Centre | Launch Film film thumbnail
State Theatre Centre | Launch FilmDirector / Editor / Colour Grade

VFX Supervision

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Directing

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Design

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Script Editing

Merlin offers script editing both as a focused extension of his editorial practice and as a standalone service for projects he is not editing. This work has formed part of his involvement on films including How to Please a Woman, The Furnace and We Bury the Dead.

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Photography

35mm, medium format and digital.

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Green mountain valley with waterfalls and low cloudsInterior lamp and mirror with a film light leakPalm trees and hills beneath evening cloudsBlack and white photograph of costumed participants beneath festival sparksBlack and white photograph of mist over mountain slopesBlack and white portrait of a train passengerBlack and white photograph through a gallery doorwayBlack and white photograph of a horse installation in a galleryIlluminated bus stop at duskEquestrian statue framed by green treesPortrait of a woman beside a painted backdropPassengers inside an underground trainBlack and white photograph of sunlight in a passageBlack and white photograph of a branch on a beachStorm clouds above a beach at duskBlack and white portrait of a man wearing glassesPortrait of a woman at an outdoor tableBlack and white portrait of a child holding a cameraBlack and white photograph of overhead wiresBlack and white photograph of a market interiorBlack and white photograph of a narrow streetBlack and white photograph of a person overlooking a mountain valleyBlack and white portrait of a child at the beachTwo women seated on stools outdoorsBaby lying in sunlightBlack and white portrait of two womenBlack and white portrait of a yawning childPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin EdenPhotograph by Merlin Eden
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