Around the Guild
Atlanta Training Session Aims at Keeping Worker Skills Up to Date
In November, the Guild sponsored a two-day Avid workshop in Atlanta to help members there keep their work skills up […]
Unions
Around the Guild
Installation Dinner for New Board Members Kicked Off New Year: PHOTOS
On the evening of Jan. 7, the MPEG board, staff and guests came to Santa Monica to celebrate the newly […]
Departments
In Memoriam: James H. Gilbody, Negative Cutter
APRIL 7, 1944 – DEC. 31, 2022 James Harris “Jim” Gilbody died on December 31, 2022. Jim is survived by […]
Board of Directors
After a Year of Turmoil, MPEG Board Members Speak Out on Past Challenges, Future Goals
After a Historic Basic Agreement Vote, MPEG Board Members Look Ahead to New Challenges […]
Getting Organized
ROB CALLAHAN: Why We Need Shop Stewards in Our Union
A healthy union is one in which people take an interest in governance, run for office, and engage fully in the democratic process. […]
Featured Stories
What Our Members Do: Shay Xueyi Yang, Assistant Editor
“My dad had a large collection of DVDs when I was young, and our family would always watch something together during weekends. I started to get obsessed with immersing myself in movies, and the idea of being a filmmaker began to grow.” […]
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: How a 1941 Disney Animators’ Strike Changed Hollywood
By Betsy McLane Jake Friedman deserves a rousing hurrah for writing “The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s […]
Union Made
Union Made: How a Trailer Editor Got Her Start
By Thea Huang I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. As a kid, I enjoyed playing sports — basketball […]
Features
Cathy’s Column: Transparency and What It Means to Our Union
One could say that, for our union, all this focus on transparency is the result of the last IA Basic Agreement ratification vote. That is certainly a piece of it, but it goes well beyond our union. It is a recurring mantra in new stories and social media posts everywhere. […]
Union Made
Union Made: The ‘USC Mafia’ and How It Advanced One Editor’s Career
A long, long time ago, in 1976, I was a grad student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and learned the craft of film editing. I edited an award-winning short, “F.N.G.”, which led to a teaching assistant position working with an Oscar-winning professor. […]