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Maurice Schell on ‘All That Jazz’

December 2, 2016

by Peter Tonguette As personal projects go, Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz is hard to top. The 1979 musical drama […]

Tom Foligno on ‘The Aviator’

December 8, 2017

In 2004, after spending a decade working with Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE, assistant editor Tom Foligno finally got his first chance to be an editor. It wasn’t in the cutting room, however, but on the big screen. […]

DEDE’S DEVOTEES: Some Words from Her Admirers

January 1, 2008

A compilation of praise for award winning editor, Dede Allen […]

UNION MADE: The Symmetry of an Editing Career

March 1, 2008

Production felt like endless problem solving––whereas editing was about storytelling using a vocabulary of images and sounds, and that excited me. […]

Sam Peckinpah’s ‘The Wild Bunch’ (1969)

May 1, 2010

Warner Bros. released Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, firing a warning shot to the older generation that they better change with the times or risk irrelevance. […]

Longtime Assistants: The Heart and Soul of the Editing Room

July 1, 2012

Let’s hear it for the longtime assistant for enabling the editor to keep story as the primary focus. Assistant editors are the foundation of the editing room — organizing, interfacing and problem- solving. […]

Confessions of a ‘Preditor’: What Goes on Behind Reality TV’s Cutting Room Door?

March 1, 2005

Editing in the world of Reality Television is nothing like editing scripted drama, comedy or MOWs in television. It’s not the craft that’s dissimilar; it’s the approach, terminology and producer structure. […]

The Editor as Consigliore: Dan Lebental Partners with Director Jon Favreau for Sci-Fi Western

July 1, 2011

Through several TV projects and five feature films, the relationship between editor Dan Lebental, A.C.E., and director Jon Favreau has evolved to the point where Lebental views himself as Favreau’s creative consultant when it comes to helping the director figure out exactly where his movies are going. […]