Letters to the Editor
A True Pioneer in Recording Overlapping Dialogue
Giving credit to John Stephens for the development of a portable, 59-pound, battery-operated 8-track machine. […]
Departments
Departments
Totally Involved in the Cutting Room
“Editing a film is making the film as much as shooting it or writing it is.” Woody Allen told me that when I interviewed him in 1996 for “DGA Magazine,” for which I served as editor. […]
Book Reviews
Early on, a Woman’s Place Was in the Cutting Room
“Great film editing begins with great pictures,” said Barbara “Bobbie” McLean in a 1977 interview in Film Comment magazine. She could make such a gracious statement with authority at that point, after cutting for more than 60 years, beginning as […]
Getting Organized
Honor Thy Ancestors
Union staff can’t take the place of the membership. That means you have a role, too. […]
MPEG Diversity
Editors Guild Forms Diversity Committee
The mission of this newly formed committee is to foster initiatives that promote the Editors Guild’s commitment to diversity, and inclusion for all of our current and future members.
Committee News
Enter the Drag Queen:
LGBTQ Committee Holds First Event
Adorned in every color out in the galaxy, gorgeous drag queens strutted the runway with pizzazz and style in the Editors Guild’s Dede Allen Seminar Room, in clips on screen, though not in person, on a Saturday evening in early April. […]
Departments
Unions’ Cliffhanger: The Fate of Labor Dangles on the Brink of Catastrophe
Conflict between labor and management is nothing new. The period of post-WWII prosperity in which US union density reached its peak was decidedly not an era of labor peace. […]
Committee News
Salsa Night Fever at ‘Dede’s Disco’
The Guild’s Dede Allen Seminar Room was transformed into “Dede’s Disco” on a Saturday night, April 21, as members experienced an exciting evening of salsa dancing, Cuban food and socializing at Salsa Night Fever. […]
Departments
The Cutting Room Challenge
Given the veritable obstacle course of a workflow that the 22-strong picture editorial crew on American Ninja Warrior endures to get the hit sports/reality show to air each week, perhaps the next concept in competition-oriented reality TV programming should be about just that. […]
Departments
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – Thanks for the Mentoring
Thanks for the wonderful article on my friend Monty DeGraff (“Monty the Mentor,” ‘CineMontage’ Q1 2018). Lynne and Monty have been a part of my wife’s and my circle of friends for 20 years — sharing many dinners, talking shop and generally enjoying each other’s company. […]
