Features

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.

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.

Farrel Levy and Stan Salfas talk about how a television series is put together, how editing has prepared them to be effective directors and how working in television has made it easier to balance work and family.

‘Superman Returns’s team of assistant editors, led by Liza Espinas-Regnier, had their hands full, getting this show onto the screen.