Pip Karmel

Philippa "Pip" Karmel (born 1963) is an Australian filmmaker. As a film editor, she has worked exclusively with director Scott Hicks in a notable collaboration from 1988 through 2007; their work together includes the 1996 film Shine. She has directed and written several films, including Me Myself I, which was released internationally.

Early life and education Philippa "Pip" Karmel was born in 1963 in Adelaide, South Australia.

She studied visual arts in Adelaide. She subsequently studied film directing and editing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. Karmel has now edited several additional films with Hicks.

Me Myself I Karmel worked throughout the 1990s on the film Me Myself I (2000), which she wrote and directed. Karmel's script explores the choices made by an unmarried woman who has become a successful journalist; in the film, the woman enters an "alternate reality" in which she is married to a former beau and has three children. The film was mainly seen in Australia, but was internationally distributed and widely reviewed.

Screenplays Karmel wrote a screenplay for a film adaptation of Geraldine Brooks' 2001 novel, Year of Wonders, a story of a 17th-century plague year in an English village. Karmel was slated to direct the film, but it was still "in development" in 2012.

Karmel and Vincent Sheehan wrote a screenplay for a comedy What Alice Forgot, and in 2012 received a grant to support further development of a film.

In August 2020, it was announced that Karmel would be writing the script for a screen adaptation of The Mothers, written by Genevieve Gannon.

Karmel's editing of Shine (1996) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing,

Editor Ana Who (documentary) (Karmel, 1984). Sebastian and the Sparrow (TV) (Hicks, 1988). Shine (Hicks, 1996). The Ultimate Athlete (documentary, Hicks, 1996). Won Australian Film Institute Award for Best Tele-feature. Me Myself I (2000). Karmel also wrote the screenplay.