Columns
Still Telling a Sonic Story
by Kurt Kassulke, CAS Growing up in Minnesota, I was the son of a doctor mom and stepdad, and a […]
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Columns
From VHS to VFX, a Career Is Born
It all started when I was four years old. I was being forced against my will to eat the most vile of all beans, the dreaded lima. In protest, I made a film starring my cabbage patch dolls to illustrate the grossness of the bean. Okay, you might ask, how does a four-year-old make a movie? With her father as camera operator, of course! I lined up the dolls, instructed my dad to set up our trusty VHS camera, and told him to start rolling. […]
Features
Guild Members Participate in Home Makeover Project
In a tremendous outpouring that embodies the true spirit of “taking care of our own,” volunteers from the Motion Picture Editors Guild joined others from the entertainment community in June to improve the safety […]
Features
Post-Post-Production: Sound Bites from Guild Retirees
Motion Picture Editors Guild retirees are goldmines of information; they are walking encyclopedias of the industry with priceless experience and wisdom to offer. While the technology may have changed, the necessity of navigating through the challenges of the craft and the politics still remains. […]
Features
Keeping the Story Moving: I. James Wilkinson (1897-1967)
Picture editor Irving James Wilkinson has unfortunately become the most obscure of the three original founders of the Society of Motion Picture Film Editors (SMPFE). Many sources, including the Guild’s own historical records (which were cited in the story on the beginnings of the SMPFE in the JAN-FEB 12 issue of this publication) had him confused with a similarly named contemporary, the sound editor James R. Wilkinson. […]
Union Made
Elmo’s World: From Covered Wagon to Worldwide Travel, the Recollections of One of the Guild’s Earliest Members
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. […]
Departments
Guild’s Goal for 2018:
More Member Involvement
More members attended our annual meetings on both coasts than have come in years (I hope it wasn’t the beer tasting alone!) and, apart from Board of Directors nominations, a long and lively discussion of working conditions occurred. […]
Guild
MPEG 2018 BOARD ELECTION RESULTS
Congratulations to the newly elected or re-elected members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s 2018 Board of Directors. The election results were announced December 14. […]
Committee News
Hidden Figures No More:
Discussing the Art of Mentoring
Editors Guild members filled the Dede Allen Seminar Room at the Guild’s LA offices on Saturday morning, October 14 for the Art of Mentoring, presented by the Diversity Committee’s African-American Steering Committee. […]
Guild
MPEG Statement on Workplace Harassment and Discrimination
Our union has long been an advocate of respectful workplace behavior, and its leadership strongly believes that members are absolutely entitled to work in a safe environment free from hostility and discrimination. […]
