Features - - Page 21

Night of the Living Dolls:
The Making of ‘Welcome to Marwen’

December 28, 2018

‘Welcome to Marwen’ is a Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures feature starring Steve Carell that takes place in the real world, as well as a world populated by dolls. It was released by Universal on December 21.

[…]

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.

[…]

A Spoonful of Sonics: Immersing ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ in Songs and Sounds

December 19, 2018

Released in 1964, director Robert Stevenson’s original ‘Mary Poppins,’ starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson and Glynis Johns, set a benchmark in the Walt Disney Studios canon of full-energy musicals.

[…]

Talking ‘Beale Street’
The Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders Interview

December 19, 2018

On their first film as co-editors, Joi McMillon, ACE, and Nat Sanders, ACE, made a name for themselves in the independent filmmaking world with the runaway indie hit ‘Moonlight’ (2016), as did their writer-director, Barry Jenkins.

[…]

Way Down Below the Ocean…
Music Fit for the King of Atlantis

December 19, 2018

Although they are still in the frenzy of the final mix in early October, co-music editors Paul Rabjohns and J.J. George somehow find time to usher a visitor onto a Warner Bros. mixing stage to discuss their one-year-plus adventure editing the music track for a new superhero epic, James Wan’s ‘Aquaman.’

[…]

Wild Was ‘The Wind’

December 19, 2018

Few directors were more familiar with the pleasures and perils of film editing than Orson Welles.

[…]

A Justice for All:
Michelle Tesoro Edits ‘On the Basis of Sex’

December 19, 2018

In a year that’s featured contentious debates over the #MeToo movement, ‘On the Basis of Sex,’ which opens on Christmas Day, is the most timely holiday present imaginable.

[…]

Lee Dichter: Meticulous Mixer, Maestro, Magician, Mensch

December 19, 2018

When Lee Dichter, CAS, was informed that he would receive the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s 2018 Fellowship and Service Award, it did not take long for the veteran sound re-recording mixer to accept.

[…]

Inheritors of ‘The Wind’:
Murawski and Segal Finish Welles’ Final Film

October 31, 2018

Orson Welles was looking forward to editing ‘The Other Side of the Wind.’ In 1970, before he had even begun shooting what became his now-fabled unfinished (until this year) film, Welles discussed his post-production plans in a conversation with his friend, actor-director-writer Peter Bogdanovich.

[…]

Sisters Doin’ It for Themselves:
Joe Walker on Editing Distaff Heist Film ‘Widows’

November 12, 2018

As a teenager growing up in West London in the UK, Joe Walker, ACE, had two interests: music and film. He was in bands, wrote music and mucked about with his parents’ 8mm film gear.

[…]