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Cut to Black: Jacques Gravett, Picture Editor
Picture Editor on tjhe upcoming Apple TV+ pilot and series “Swagger.” Producted by Reggie Bythewood and NBA star Kevin Durant.
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Cut to Black: Leander Sales, Picture Editor
My intro to picture editing was “Do the Right Thing”!”
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Empathy for Showrunners? Yes, and Much More at MPEG’s Workshop for Newly Promoted Assistant Editors
“You have to work your courage muscle to develop a sense of self-confidence.”
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LGBTQ Guild Members See Progress, and Room for Improvement, in Industry Anti-Discrimination Efforts
“My mother had a tough time at first. She said, ‘You’ve had 22 years to figure this out, and you’ve given me five minutes. So give me some time.’”
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Out and About:
LGTBQ Committee Discusses Visibility in the Workplace
In late January, the LGBTQ Steering Committee presented a discussion at the Guild entitled “Working It Out: Being LGBTQ in Post-Production.” About 30 members participated and, even for a Diversity Committee event, the group was…well, diverse.
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Look What THEY Did!
Guild Celebrates Women’s History Month
On March 23, 2019, the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s Women’s Steering Committee organized an evening celebration in the Guild’s Dede Allen Seminar Room honoring Women’s History Month.
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A Celebration of Emmy Proportions!
Pan Pacific and Asian-American Committee Honors Its Own
Three-dozen enthusiastic MPEG members gathered in the Editors Guild’s Dede Allen Seminar Room in Los Angeles to celebrate the careers of five members of Pan Pacific and Asian descent who were nominated for Emmy Awards in 2018.
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Calling Out Anti-Mom Bias in the Workplace
On a Saturday in late June, over 40 women members gathered at the Guild’s LA headquarters for a roundtable entitled “#MomsToo.” Amy Adrion, who directed “Half the Picture” (2018), which “celebrates the groundbreaking work of female film directors and investigates the systemic discrimination” against women in Hollywood, was also in attendance.
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Not-So-Secret Agents:
The Art of Negotiating Revealed
During the last week of June, the Editors Guild Diversity Committee’s African-American Steering Committee hosted “The Art of Negotiation,” an eye-opening panel to show how agents serve below-the-line talent as well as those above the line.
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Put the ‘You’ in Union
What was your last interaction with the Editors Guild? If your answer is “paying my dues” or “attending orientation,” this article is for you. Actually, it’s not; it’s for every member. But if those were your answers, I implore you to read on.
