The year was 1976. The place was the New York brownstone of editor Ralph Rosenblum, ACE. And the film was Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, released the following year to wide acclaim and four Oscar wins. One day after work, Allen and Susan E. Morse, ACE — later his main editor, then an assistant editor — found themselves leaving the cutting room at about the same time. […]
In the following articles you will find the complete lists of Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing Oscar winners to date, recipients of the archaic Special Effects. In addition, there is ‘Oscars That Should Have Been’. […]
“I try to cut every film I do with a fresh eye; I don’t go with a pattern or anything. I just read it, assimilate it and cut it.” – Anne V. Coates […]
Robert Wise’s memories were remarkably precise and full of stories about editing ‘Citizen Kane’. […]
Letters from our readers regarding the ‘Moviola Mavens’, 1930’s editing, and documentary editing. […]
Letters from our readers regarding ‘The Grande Dame of Documentary’ and ‘Blow-Up’ […]
After 40 years, this manifesto of the emerging baby-boomer generation still holds its mystique. […]
For those who love documentary and know the many values that editing brings to a film, van Dongen deserves to be celebrated now, and always. […]
The results of a survey of Editors Guild members to name their choices for the best edited film of all time, taking into consideration picture, sound and music editing, as well as re-recording mixing […]
I was born on April 30, 1913, in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. I’m 99 years old. I guess you’d say I’m old. Weightlifting for me is standing up… I’m so old they’ve discontinued my blood type… I can remember when the Dead Sea first got sick… Jokes, no matter their quality, should make you laugh. And laughter keeps you young. And I love to laugh. […]
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