Book Reviews
Revisiting Some Classic Texts of Film Editing
The re-publication of this invaluable tome by Karel Reisz and Gavin Millar is a cause for celebration among editors and filmmakers. […]
Picture Editors
Features
Finding Moments of Humanity: The Instinctual Editing Style of John F. Burnett
Midway through George Cukor’s Rich and Famous (1981), there is a scene that, all by itself, encapsulates the witty banter that was the director’s signature. The heroine of the film, a celebrated writer played by Jacqueline Bisset, is in her room at the Algonquin Hotel, ostensibly to be interviewed by a young Rolling Stone journalist (Hart Bochner). […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: History + Photography = Documentary Editing Career
I was fortunate to fall into picture editing. […]
Features
Sustaining Suspense on the High Seas: Christopher Rouse Cuts ‘Captain Phillips’
Film flows deeply through the blood of editor Christopher Rouse, A.C.E., as a third-generation participant in the industry. […]
Features
Randy Roberts: 2014 ACE Heritage Award Honoree
Hollywood mythology has it that a determined person can start in the mailroom and end up at the top of the business. While very few people actually make that myth become a reality, Randy J. Roberts, A.C.E., is living proof that it can happen. […]
Features
Richard Halsey: 2014 ACE Career Achievement Award Honoree
Richard Halsey, A.C.E., lives by three rules: Be organized, listen to your intuition and always tell the truth. These are rules that the editor applies to his work, as well as to his life. Of course, Halsey says, it’s not always easy. […]
Features
Robert C. Jones: 2014 ACE Career Achievement Award Honoree
Robert C. Jones grew up in the film industry; his father, Harmon Jones, was a feature film editor (Gentleman’s Agreement, Panic in the Streets, among others) and later TV director (Rawhide, Perry Mason and Death Valley Days). […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: From the Art House to the Cutting Room
I was on the path of the confused college looking primarily for an interesting career and secondarily for a way to earn a living. My two goals never seemed to want to co-exist. […]
Features
Whatever it Takes, Just Make it Work: Neil Benezra and Anthony Redman
CineMontage interviewed the pair in late May about the new film and working with Abel Ferrara. […]
Features
‘Interstellar’ Exploration (of Space as Well as Filmmaking)
Few people are privy to the secrets of filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s new science-fiction adventure Interstellar — and those who are aren’t talking. One person who knows Interstellar more intimately than most is editor Lee Smith, ACE, […]
