Tail Pop
Why Fox Nearly Pulled the Plug On the Original ‘Star Wars,’ the Biggest Space Epic of All Time
The lights came on… Shock. Silence. “Oh man, we’re just working on a schlock low-budget Roger Corman sci-fi,” we thought. […]
Picture Editors
2024
Cut to Black: Ray Artis, Television Editor
Ray has an eclectic lane of projects from Jazzin at the White House to Jimmy Fallon’s “That’s My Jam!” Please join us in celebrating Ray Artis today! […]
Behind the Scenes
Affonso Gonçalves Talks Editing Todd Haynes’ Drama ‘May December’
“I can’t pick sides. That’s the great thing about being an editor.” […]
Behind the Scenes
Thelma Schoonmaker Talks Editing Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of The Flower Moon’
“Marty never wants to repeat himself,” said Schoonmaker, the three-time Oscar-winning editor best known for her work with director Martin Scorsese on film classics such as “Raging Bull” and “Goodfellas.” “He gets a great new idea he wants to challenge himself with, and I’m being challenged with him,” she added. “There’s never any boredom.” Their latest challenge is the Apple-financed $200 million production, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” adapted by the writer Eric Roth and Scorsese from the 2016 non-fiction book by David Grann. […]
Behind the Scenes
How Jennifer Lame and the Post Team Helped Turn ‘Oppenheimer’ Into an Epic Smash
Working with film took Lame back to the dawn of her career. Lame noted that most editors her age and younger have worked only in the digital world, so the film workflow may not be familiar to them. “My first job was working on a film movie, ‘Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.’ That was shot on film, the dailies were screened on film – everything. I feel lucky to have had that early opportunity to work with film.” […]
Features
Hollywood Ending: Alisa Lepselter Cut What May – or May Not – Be Woody Allen’s Last Film, ‘Coup de Chance’
“In making a film, it is key to have a first-rate cinematographer and a first-rate editor,” Allen said. […]
Behind the Scenes
For the Post-Production Team of HBO’s ‘Righteous Gemstones,’ the Devil’s in the Details
“So much of the tone of the show is set in the edit bay, and we are super-fortunate to have a group of editors that work in collaboration.” […]
Features
IN MEMORIAM: Arthur Schmidt, Editor of ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Forrest Gump,’ 1937-2023
For director Robert Zemeckis, Schmidt was the editor of, among other classic films, the “Back to the Future” trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), “Forrest Gump” (1994), and “Contact” (1997). He won two Oscars during his multi-decade partnership with Zemeckis: for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” (1988) and for “Forrest Gump.” […]
In Memoriam
IN MEMORIAM: Ralph H. Martin, Editor, 1930 – 2023
NOVEMBER 15, 1930 – OCTOBER 22, 2023 Ralph Martin passed away in October, just shy of 93 years old. He […]
In Memoriam
IN MEMORIAM: Doug Ibold, Emmy-Nominated Editor, 1940-2023
JANUARY 23, 1940 – NOVEMBER 8, 2023 It is with an extremely heavy heart we announce the passing of our […]
