Growing up in Tucson in the late ’70s and ’80s, I enjoyed cartoons. Some I learned were originally Japanese produced and were re-picture-edited, re-dubbed and re-marketed to US audiences. Later, I got an idea that I wanted to be a part of this — and create better-sounding — animation. […]
Television has its own way of telling stories, on screen and in the cutting room.
Since 2010, Rizzoli & Isles has been entertaining television audiences with the snappy banter between its two leads, Detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) and Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander), and the complex murder mysteries they solve. […]
Farrel Levy and Stan Salfas talk about television as a medium, why it can be fulfilling for an editor and how they nurture the work of their assistants. […]
Most recent award victors queried actually admitted, that if you’re good at what you do, you’ll get work––award winner or not. […]
“Let the editor do his job and cut it first before you come in.” Michael BerenBaum’s advice for directors […]
People ask me how I got started in music editing. To be honest, it was a total fluke. […]
A very summer, my family got invited to the Paramount Studio picnic by my uncle, Al Zuniga. New movie and TV stars would appear; most notably for me were the Cartwrights from Bonanza. Al was Paramount’s trailer editor and his job really intrigued me. […]
By the time I was 25, I was a store manager working long hours with little respect and a low level of creativity. I needed a change. […]
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.” […]
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