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 widely recognized film Shine (1996). She has directed and written several films, including Me Myself I (2000), which was released internationally.

Early career

Karmel is the daughter of Peter Karmel, who was an Australian economist, professor, and university administrator. She studied visual arts in Adelaide. She was an assistant editor in the mid-1980s. She worked for editor Andrew Prowse on several films including Call Me Mr. Brown (1985), which was Scott Hicks' first feature film. She subsequently studied film directing and editing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. She interrupted her studies to edit Hicks' feature, Sebastian and the Sparrow (1988), which was her first feature credit as an editor. Her graduate film was Sex Rules (1989), a short film.