January 2011

Although assistant editors do embrace the chance to learn more, the question becomes: How much work is too much per assistant? Does bringing this extra work in-house mean that an …

‘Hollywood Jobs’ is packed with vital information for anyone seeking a career in the media industries.

I love movies and TV shows. I love watching them and I love making them. I always have, for as long as I can remember. My career as an editor …

During the transition week between the Jimmy Carter and the Ronald Reagan presidencies 30 years ago this January, Hill Street Blues premiered on the NBC net- work.

If ever a single feature film illustrated the painstaking effort editors go through to bring disparate parts together to create a greater whole, David O. Russell’s The Fighter would be …

Things are not always what they originally appear to be. Throughout life, our experiences shape our personal growth.

In the summer of 1982, Disney and director Steven Lisberger introduced TRON, a landmark special effects film that took us into a dangerous, groundbreaking computer world. Computer graphics were in …

With some 190-plus films to his credit, not to mention 14 Academy Award nominations, it is perhaps hard to believe that such a seasoned re-recording mixers Greg P. Russell, CAS,got …

In such conflicts, we must make a choice:  Either stand together with our co-workers, or side with the employers out to undermine them.