Union Made
I Cut My Teeth on Kinescopes
My interests in film and theatre started at Roy Elementary School in Northlake, Illinois, when I got to do lighting for school plays. […]
Television
Guild
What Our Members Do: Yasuhiko Inoue
My job is to dance with footage and strike a pose or two in the routine; I find the best moment, rhythm, angle in the footage. […]
Guild
What Our Members Do: Telon Weathington
“I log and transcribe reality footage and interviews in real time. When I am logging footage, I am typing detailed descriptions of the scenes and noting what is important. When I am transcrib- ing, I am typing what is said in the interviews word for word.” […]
Features
Longtime Assistants: The Heart and Soul of the Editing Room
Let’s hear it for the longtime assistant for enabling the editor to keep story as the primary focus. Assistant editors are the foundation of the editing room — organizing, interfacing and problem- solving. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: Growing Up with Moviemaking — And Never Leaving
When I saw the ending montage of my character walking into the sunset to the Doors’ “Not to Touch the Earth,” I was floored at the raw emotion it invoked in me. It was a defining moment and my first encounter with the power of image and music. […]
Features
UNION MADE: All in the Filmmaking Family
Many of the editors I met asked me why I didn’t want to become a director like my dad. To me, editing was far more interesting than directing — and you didn’t need a small army of people to do it.
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Union Made
I Married an Editor’s Daughter…
I met Sandy, my future wife there and we soon married. She was a film editor’s daughter––but I had no idea how that would change my life… […]
Features
The Spies Next Door: Editors Track the KGB in Suburbia for ‘The Americans’
Screenwriters aren’t the only ones benefitting from the richness of material now playing on cable television, or streaming from Netflix. The complexity of subject matter and shooting styles, previously the domain of theatrical film, are allowing series editors to stretch their legs as well. […]
Book Reviews
How-To Advice from Award-Winning TV Editors
Cutting It in Hollywood: Top Film Editors Share Their Journeys by Mitchell Danton, ACE Introduction by Michael Kahn, ACE Hollywood […]
Features
Monty the Mentor: In-Demand TV Editor DeGraff Eager to Help Any Assistant Who Asks
The editing career of Monty DeGraff has been in sync with some of television’s cultural icons. Mentoring younger editors has also become an important focus for him. […]
