2024
Cut to Black: Did You Know? Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Picture Editor
This editor was part of the French New Wave.
Year: 2024
2024
Cut to Black: Alexandria “Allie” Krystin, Assistant Editor
This animation assistant loves working on projects that help other people survive and feel seen.
Features
WHAT OUR MEMBERS DO: Alexis Lain, Assistant VFX Editor
WHERE ARE YOU CURRENTLY EMPLOYED? Universal Studios. CURRENT PROJECTS? I recently finished Paramount’s “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” and […]
2024
Cut to Black: Ray Artis, Television Editor
Ray has an eclectic lane of projects from Jazzin at the White House to Jimmy Fallon’s “That’s My Jam!” Please join us in celebrating Ray Artis today!
Behind the Scenes
For the Post-Production Team of HBO’s ‘Righteous Gemstones,’ the Devil’s in the Details
“So much of the tone of the show is set in the edit bay, and we are super-fortunate to have a group of editors that work in collaboration.”
Behind the Scenes
Thelma Schoonmaker Talks Editing Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of The Flower Moon’
“Marty never wants to repeat himself,” said Schoonmaker, the three-time Oscar-winning editor best known for her work with director Martin Scorsese on film classics such as “Raging Bull” and “Goodfellas.” “He gets a great new idea he wants to challenge himself with, and I’m being challenged with him,” she added. “There’s never any boredom.” Their latest challenge is the Apple-financed $200 million production, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” adapted by the writer Eric Roth and Scorsese from the 2016 non-fiction book by David Grann.
Behind the Scenes
Affonso Gonçalves Talks Editing Todd Haynes’ Drama ‘May December’
“I can’t pick sides. That’s the great thing about being an editor.”
Behind the Scenes
Past Production: How the ‘Maestro’ Team Recreated the Music – and Marriage – of Leonard Bernstein
“The whole goal was: ‘How do we keep Lenny’s heartbeat and human nature alive through the whole thing?’”
Book Reviews
Book Review: How ‘The Exorcist’ Became THE Monster Horror Hit of the Early 1970s
The late filmmaker William Friedkin was fond of describing his 1973 horror masterpiece “The Exorcist” as being a meditation on “the mystery of faith.”
Features
IN MEMORIAM: Arthur Schmidt, Editor of ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Forrest Gump,’ 1937-2023
For director Robert Zemeckis, Schmidt was the editor of, among other classic films, the “Back to the Future” trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), “Forrest Gump” (1994), and “Contact” (1997). He won two Oscars during his multi-decade partnership with Zemeckis: for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” (1988) and for “Forrest Gump.”
