On a Saturday morning in late August, a crowd streamed down Dopey Drive on the Disney lot into the Disney Main Theatre, filling it to capacity, for EditFest LA 2018, the 11th annual edition of this celebration of the art and craft of editing presented by the American Cinema Editors (ACE). […]
The Editors Guild will broadcast a series of daily podcasts about “the big problem issues” of the new union contract as members prepare to vote in a ratification election. […]
The winners of the 70th Creative Arts Emmy Awards were announced at a two-night ceremony, Saturday, September 8 and Sunday September 9, at the Microsoft Theatre in Hollywood. Following are the winners in the post-production categories: […]
On Monday, September 3, an exciting new tradition began. How fitting that it was Labor Day when the First Annual Female Picture Editor Emmy Nominees celebration kicked off at the historic Culver Hotel in Culver City, California. […]
Opinion: Has our union has made a deal that doesn’t respect the labor of members? […]
Time is a huge challenge, with schedules for episodes getting shorter and shorter. I think it’s key to be honest with producers and post supervisors — if you’re drowning in material and feel you need extra support, say it! […]
Over the course of her long and accomplished career, assistant editor Christy Richmond has attended her share of screenings for studio executives. Sometimes, the higher-ups respond favorably; other times, their reactions are less than what the filmmakers might have expected. […]
Despite being buried under various deadlines while cutting ‘The Orville,’ Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi dramedy series that has its second season premiere in December on Fox, the show’s core editorial team still found time recently to convey the zeitgeist of what they consider to be an exceptionally collaborative editing room. […]
Over the summer and fall of 1988, the Motion Picture Editors Guild in Hollywood, then IATSE Local 776, made two very auspicious hires to its staff. On July 25, Adriana Iglesias (now Iglesias-Dietl) became assistant bookkeeper and, on October 17, Lisa Berniker (now Dosch) was named administrative assistant. […]
Logging and transcribing are key responsibilities in the making of reality TV, as well as documentaries and occasionally other televised fare, but few know the subtle differences between the two and what the purveyors of these crafts actually do. […]
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