The 1980s were very busy years for the East Coast Editors Guild, Local 771, and the period of its highest level of membership. By 1987, more than 1,200 people were working in features and at the television networks. […]
Moviolas and splicers, rewinders and synchronizers, photographs and books, the memories of post-production personnel… The history of the craft of editing is in the Guild Archive. […]
Consoles have evolved dramatically over the last two and a half decades. […]
Her emotional and gutsy style on films established her reputation as a premier actor’s editor. […]
In ‘The Last Waltz,’ released by United Artists 40 years ago in April 1978, director Martin Scorsese trained his cameras on what was intended to be the last concert of the Band at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom. […]
Few Americans, even those who work with motion picture sound, have heard of the Tagefon and Shorinofon systems, but readers interested in the intricacies of how sound first meshed with cinema can learn about these machines and the artists who used them. […]
From the age of six, Ada McGrath refuses to speak, yet film audiences first saw and heard how clearly she communicates on May 15, 1993, when Jane Campion’s ‘The Piano’ premiered at the 45th Cannes International Film Festival. […]
As a seven-year-old living in the jungles of Matute, Colombia, I was surrounded by an exotic land. My pets weren’t limited to the three dogs and six cats that roamed but also included a macaw named Ludwina, a howler monkey named Tarzan, several tortoises and an assortment of parrots and parakeets. […]
Midge Costin, MPSE, is making a documentary about motion picture sound and its editing. […]
Many of the first individuals who won Academy Awards in the picture editing and sound categories were pioneers in their respective fields. […]
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