Features
Last Year’s Award Winners Discuss Their Work
Most recent award victors queried actually admitted, that if you’re good at what you do, you’ll get work––award winner or not. […]
Picture Editors
Book Reviews
Editing with an English Accent
Over 30 different editors were interviewed during the preparation for this book. The authors state that a wider appreciation of the critical role of editing in film production is long overdue. […]
Features
School Daze: Leander Sales Graduates from Cutting Room to Classroom
After a decade of editing films at Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule, Leander Sales decided to instruct others in the craft. […]
Features
Wise, Beyond His Years: Remembering Robert Wise
Robert Wise was always a hard worker–whether he was lugging film cans, syncing up reels of sound, looking for that one particular shot to make a scene play, staying on budget, getting the best performance from an actor or any of the myriad other jobs and positions he filled in his 72 years in the industry. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: When Bruce was Still Green: Bruce Green
Bruce Green feels that this mentorship was the key to his successful career and hopes that all editors and assistants take enough of an interest in someone to mentor him or her. […]
Features
Dede Afternoon: The Academy Pays Tribute to the Great Collaborator
Those of us gathered in the audience on this early November evening did not need an introduction to the guest of honor sitting among us: the editor, Dede Allen, ACE. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: Music in the Womb, Movies in the Blood
I’ve met and worked with people who are fascinating and talented. Movies are in my blood, and it has been a fulfilling, exciting and gratifying experience. […]
Features
The Wizards of Walpole: Ken Burns and Paul Barnes Chronicle American History
Ken Burns has always acknowledged the large part Paul Barnes, his chief picture editor, has played in the smooth operation and artistic prominence of Florentine Films. […]
Features
Cut of the Irish: Naomi Geraghty Emigrated to America to Find Her Career
CineMontage learned of the editor’s appreciation for collaboration—be it with her mentors, directors or assistants. […]
Features
Dede Allen to Receive Guild’s Fellowship and Service Award
The Motion Picture Editors Guild has selected veteran film editor Dede Allen, ACE, to be the 2008 recipient of the Guild’s prestigious Fellowship and Service Award. […]
