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UNION MADE: Joy, Luck and an Altman Connection

May 1, 2008

My career has been filled with luck and many serendipitous moments that brought me to this space in time. […]

A Joint Venture: Cutting Stoned on Pineapple Express

July 1, 2008

To help navigate through all the improvised sequences, Alpert extensively used Avid’s Script Tool, an older but still useful utility on a movie such as ‘Pineapple Express’. […]

The Silent Revolutionary: Carol Littleton

January 1, 2010

Carol Littleton, ACE, has never been one to sit back and wait for something to happen. Instead, she makes things happen. […]

Hal Ashby, Bound for Glory

May 1, 2010

‘Being Hal Ashby’ examines the director’s tormented personal life and childhood, and traces the troubled personal skein into an exemplary body of work in motion pictures […]

The Zimmermen: A Hollywood Editing Dynasty

August 1, 2010

Such strong ties are borne at home. But for this family, they are also the result of years spent together in Hollywood’s cutting rooms. All three sons have learned the master craft of picture editing under the tutelage of the paterfamilias, otherwise known as “Big D.” […]

Film School Confidential: Does It Really Matter?

September 1, 2010

In the age of YouTube, making movies no longer seems complicated. With an expanding range of visual media and easy access to affordable camcorders and editing software, many can shoot and arrange scenes without a big crew. […]

Keeping the History Alive

May 1, 2011

A letter from Ray Daniels’ long time friend, Stuart Hersh […]

Game-Changer: Moneyball’s Christopher Tellfesen

September 1, 2011

It’s more about a man’s journey and struggle against conventional wisdom than it is about Baseball,” says editor Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E. The film he’s discussing is Moneyball, which opens September 23 through Columbia Pictures, and the man is Billy Beane, por- trayed by Brad Pitt. Based on Michael Lewis’ non-fiction book of the same name, it tells the story of Beane, a star high school athlete with a keen mind who played big league Baseball for five years, not particularly distinguishing himself. […]