Features
‘Inside Voices’ Panel Helps Industry Parents of Trans and Gender-Diverse Kids
“I was pretty clueless about what it means to be transgender, and so I didn’t respond well.” […]
Diversity
Departments
PPASC: How Richard Chew and Other Film Pioneers Raised Asian American Visibility
Asian American picture editors Chew, Lisa Lassek and William Hoy, ACE, discussed their influences, their careers and the cultural experiences that shaped them during a “Celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month” Zoom seminar hosted by Edie Ichioka, ACE, on May 15 and presented by MPEG’s Pan Pacific Asian Steering Committee. The panel also deconstructed examples of their work and offered advice to members in the well-received session. […]
Committee News
PPASC: Tom Cross and Ai-Ling Lee Give Master Class on Editing, Career and Life
“It’s not about realism after a certain point. It’s about emotional value.” […]
Features
Sounds Like Family: How Skywalker Sound Has Helped Boost Women’s Careers
“The company believes that building diverse crews makes both good sense and is creatively beneficial.” […]
Industry
THR: Scott Rudin Avoided Answering for Abusive Behavior for Decades
“Rudin relied on intimidation, NDAs and industry relationships to continue his bullying,” writes Tatiana Siegel in The Hollywood Reporter. “I find it impossible to imagine that people who worked with him […]
Cover Story
Changing Minds: Stevie Waichulis Talks Being a Trans Person in Post
It always upset me that people felt that I needed to change in their eyes, that I was never good enough in my own skin or attire. My true identity was constantly challenged through the early years of my career. […]
Guild
Group Interview: A Special Guild Panel Talks Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
“It’s very important for editors, producers, show-runners and the department heads to take a close look at their own crews.” […]
Awards
Cannes Jury Counts Five Women Including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mati Diop
The 74th Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its jury which includes five women; a majority in the nine-person group including President Spike Lee. The jury includes French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop […]
Awards
Oscars: Elections Turn Film Academy Board Majority-Female for First Time
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 54-person board of governors will look considerably different when it next meets in July, the result of this year’s Academy board elections that took place […]
Industry
HFPA Calls Criticism ‘Disappointing,’ Says It is Ready ‘To Make this a Reality’
After two members of the Hollywood Foreign Press resigned their memberships on Thursday calling it “a toxic place for working journalists,” the two vowed to form a competing group — “a transparent […]
