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Last Year’s Award Winners Discuss Their Work
Most recent award victors queried actually admitted, that if you’re good at what you do, you’ll get work––award winner or not. […]
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School Daze: Leander Sales Graduates from Cutting Room to Classroom
After a decade of editing films at Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule, Leander Sales decided to instruct others in the craft. […]
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Wise, Beyond His Years: Remembering Robert Wise
Robert Wise was always a hard worker–whether he was lugging film cans, syncing up reels of sound, looking for that one particular shot to make a scene play, staying on budget, getting the best performance from an actor or any of the myriad other jobs and positions he filled in his 72 years in the industry. […]
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He’ll Take Manhattan: Michael Berenbaum on ‘Hollywoodland’
“Let the editor do his job and cut it first before you come in.” Michael BerenBaum’s advice for directors […]
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Dede Afternoon: The Academy Pays Tribute to the Great Collaborator
Those of us gathered in the audience on this early November evening did not need an introduction to the guest of honor sitting among us: the editor, Dede Allen, ACE. […]
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The Wizards of Walpole: Ken Burns and Paul Barnes Chronicle American History
Ken Burns has always acknowledged the large part Paul Barnes, his chief picture editor, has played in the smooth operation and artistic prominence of Florentine Films. […]
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Cut of the Irish: Naomi Geraghty Emigrated to America to Find Her Career
CineMontage learned of the editor’s appreciation for collaboration—be it with her mentors, directors or assistants. […]
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David Bilow Assists in Retooling Storylines
by Robin Rowe One of the biggest challenges for assistant editor David Bilow––Joe Hutshing’s right-hand man––in the post-production work on Lions […]
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Dede Allen to Receive Guild’s Fellowship and Service Award
The Motion Picture Editors Guild has selected veteran film editor Dede Allen, ACE, to be the 2008 recipient of the Guild’s prestigious Fellowship and Service Award. […]
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A Joint Venture: Cutting Stoned on Pineapple Express
To help navigate through all the improvised sequences, Alpert extensively used Avid’s Script Tool, an older but still useful utility on a movie such as ‘Pineapple Express’. […]
