BLM and Beyond: The MPEG Women’s Steering Committee Examines How Race Impacts Gender in the Post Environment
“There is no doubt that it is important to have representation in the room.” […]
Diversity
After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment
If history is a guide, one of the surest ways to get an Oscar is by being a nondisabled person playing a disabled character. About 25 actors have won Oscars for such performances, including Jamie Foxx for Ray (2005) and Angelina Jolie for […]
Guild President Alan Heim Issues MPEG Statement on Diversity
“We hope that our industry will be able to celebrate other landmarks of diversity in the days ahead.” […]
A Message from the Diversity Committee
Dear Members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, While we continue to grieve the tragic murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud […]
Cut to Black: Hugh Robertson, Picture Editor
First African American to be nominated for an Oscar in Film Editing for “Midnight Cowboy” […]
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.’” […]
Why the World Pride Parade and LGBTQ Awareness Matter to the Guild
This weekend, I will proudly march with members of Local 700, alongside IATSE members from the vast number of crafts within the union. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]