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Richard Marks: ACE 2013 Career Achievement Award Honoree

March 1, 2013

It was the news that the American Cinema Editors (ACE) had selected him for a Career Achievement Award that prompted Richard Marks to revisit his life’s work. […]

Good Will Fracking: Billy Rich Mines ‘Promised Land’ for the Main Story

January 1, 2013

For as long as he has been a director, Gus Van Sant has also been an editor. While most of his subsequent efforts have been cut by such distinguished editors as Curtiss Clayton, Pietro Scalia, ACE, and Elliot Graham, ACE, Van Sant continues to drift in and out of his cutting rooms. […]

Sidney Wolinsky and David Chase Make Sure the ‘60s Will ‘Not Fade Away’

January 1, 2013

The idea for Not Fade Away had been in David Chase’s mind for a long time, though it took the buzz following the end of The Sopranos for him to be able to make it his debut as a feature filmmaker. […]

Give Them Some Credit!: How Post-Production Practitioners Received On-Screen Acknowledgment

November 1, 2012

In his study of silent films, The Parade’s Gone By…, author Kevin Brownlow described editing as “the hidden power.” “Editors are passed over by film historians because their work, when successful, is virtually unnoticeable,” Brownlow wrote. […]

Finding Moments of Humanity: The Instinctual Editing Style of John F. Burnett

September 1, 2012

Midway through George Cukor’s Rich and Famous (1981), there is a scene that, all by itself, encapsulates the witty banter that was the director’s signature. The heroine of the film, a celebrated writer played by Jacqueline Bisset, is in her room at the Algonquin Hotel, ostensibly to be interviewed by a young Rolling Stone journalist (Hart Bochner). […]