For a picture editor working in independent films, there are few things more exhilarating than having your film accepted in a major film festival — especially if it does not yet have a distributor, and particularly if the fest is the premier showcase for indie films: the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. This year, the festival ran January 24 to February 3. […]
Longtime classic Disney character Donald Duck’s mischievous nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie made their very first appearance 82 years ago in a February 1937 Donald Duck Sunday newspaper comic strip (only three years after Donald himself was created). By October of that year, the triplets had their own strip, Donald’s Nephews, and six months later, in April 1938, the three ducklets made their animated debut in a cartoon short of the same name. […]
This year, for the first time since the Academy started giving an Oscar for Best Editing in 1934, all five editors were nominated for their work on movies based on actual events, with casts largely portraying historical figures. Two of the […]
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (edited by John Ottman, ACE) and ‘The Favourite’ (edited by Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy) respectively at the 69th Annual ACE Eddie Awards on February 1. […]
The nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, honoring the films of 2018, have been announced. Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories. […]
The British Academy of Television Arts (BAFTA) have announced the nominees for their 2019 Film Awards. BAFTA presents awards in two post-production categories: Editing and Sound. […]
Revered film editor Richard Marks, ACE, whose best known works include Serpico (1973), Apocalypse Now (1979) and You’ve Got Mail (1998), died on December 31. He was 75. […]
I grew up in Santa Clarita during the 1970s. In my early teens, I’d go to work with my dad, Leonard Kroll, who, at the time, was the head of post-production at 20th Century-Fox. […]
The American Cinema Editors (ACE), the honorary society of the world’s top film editors, has announced nominations for the 69th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing outstanding editing in 11 categories of film, television and documentaries. […]
‘Welcome to Marwen’ is a Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures feature starring Steve Carell that takes place in the real world, as well as a world populated by dolls. It was released by Universal on December 21. […]
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