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ADR Addenda

After the publication of my article, “Automatic for the People,” in the last issue of CineMontage (Q1 2017), I received […]

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See Arnold Run
Solid Angle’s Sci-Tech Award-Winning Rendering Software

To win a Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is no small feat. After all, these prestigious awards, which are given at a formal reception a couple of weeks before the principal Academy Awards ceremony, recognize original technical innovations and developments that result in significant improvements in motion picture production and exhibition. […]

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An Appreciation of Jim Clark

Jim Clark, Picture Editor, May 24, 1931 – February 25, 2016, by Arthur Schmidt, ACE. Jim was obviously the best thing that happened to me in my editing career and, most importantly, he was my best friend. I’ll miss him greatly. […]

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Maciek Malish

Maciek Malish (Maciej Juliusz Malisz), 53, an acclaimed sound editor and winner of two Primetime Emmy Awards, passed away on September 12, 2015 after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle in Moorpark, California, near his home in Simi Valley. […]

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Howard Epstein

Veteran film editor Howard Epstein passed away July 24, 2016. He was 99 years old. Howard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended the University of Minnesota for a year before transferring to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. […]

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Flipping Reality – There’s Power in Post

In February 2013, about a year before the formation of the Guild’s Membership Outreach Committee, I and the other editors and assistant editors of the fourth season of Swamp People (2010-present) returned to work under an IATSE contract after a four-day work stoppage that “flipped” the previously non-union show. […]