The year was 1976. The place was the New York brownstone of editor Ralph Rosenblum, ACE. And the film was Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, released the following year to wide acclaim and four Oscar wins. One day after work, Allen and Susan E. Morse, ACE — later his main editor, then an assistant editor — found themselves leaving the cutting room at about the same time. […]
In a CNN.com article about picture editor Kevin Tent, ACE, on the occasion of his Academy Award nomination for cutting director Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” (2011), actress Laura Dern was quoted as saying of the editor: “Kevin’s art lies in the genius of trusting human beings.” […]
Over the past two decades, editor Alisa Lepselter, ACE, has worked on a range of films. Her credits include a caper set in the cookie business, a farce focused on a filmmaker afflicted with blindness, and a crime story populated by England’s upper classes. […]
In this interview, Mark Goldblatt reflects on some of the enduring challenges that editors have always faced and discusses some newer issues, as well. […]
In the following articles you will find the complete lists of Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing Oscar winners to date, recipients of the archaic Special Effects. In addition, there is ‘Oscars That Should Have Been’. […]
Alex Mackie came to the U.S. from England and joined Local 700 to edit Danny Cannon’s Judge Dredd, she probably had no idea what career trails she was blazing. […]
The current season’s three picture editors offer their thoughts on all things Soprano. […]
A fireside chat with Dede Allen. […]
Arthur Schmidt described how his approach to editing has varied. […]
Frank Urioste and Peter Honess talk about their films, their careers and the changes they’ve seen in the business.
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