To this day, I’m not sure how I get jobs. I try to have a plan. I even try to network and keep informed. But jobs come and go for the most quixotic reasons.
The Made in NY incentive program, featuring a unique package of tax credits, free outdoor advertising and vendor discounts, has boosted the industry in a big way and we’ve seen a significant increase in employment and local revenues.
I joined the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Board of Directors, eventually becoming the first woman president in 1984, and also served on the Executive Committee of the Sound Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
People seem to have the impression that I sit in a big office with millions of films which I loan out to interested borrowers… My actual job involves locating stock shots or establishing shots to include in various television shows and feature productions.
The Editors Guild, along with Local 52 and other New York production unions, will continue to lobby the politicians in the future and promote our industry.
During the transition week between the Jimmy Carter and the Ronald Reagan presidencies 30 years ago this January, Hill Street Blues premiered on the NBC net- work.