Art of the Cut

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Greg Ng about editing the Kane Parson’s indie phenomenon, Backrooms . Greg was last on Art of the Cut for LongLegs . Greg is the nominee and winner of numerous Canadian Screen Awards, Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, and Leo Awards. His other work includes The Monkey, Keeper , and the TV series, Bones of Crows . We’ll be talking about how Backrooms was sculpte...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with editor Chris Tonick about the feature-film, The Furious. Chris has edited films like Kung Fu Games, Trigger Warning, and Black Friday . He was a producer on the Walter Murch documentary, Her Name Was Moviola. He’s also been part of the post teams of The Suicide Squad, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and John Wick 2. On this episode, we're discussing - among...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Terel Gibson, ACE about editing Boots Riley’s feature film, “I Love Boosters”.  Terel has been on Art of the Cut before for his work on the TV series “Skeleton Crew.”  His other work includes Sorry to Bother You, Ready or Not, Hawkeye, and The Astronaut.  If you're interested in reading along with today's podcast, check out the BorisFX blog site. bori...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with editor Sarah Broshar, ACE, on editing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day . Sarah has been on Art of the Cut several times, last for her editing of The Fablemans . She was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Spielberg’s The Post . Her credits also include Ready Player One, Pet Sematary , and West Side Story . This discussion will be about the rule when temping score...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with editor Doc Crotzer, ACE, about the HBO film, Miss you, Love You . Doc is an ACE Eddie winner for Roadhouse , and an ACE Eddie nominee for his work on the TV series, Glee . A frequent collaborator of Doug Liman, Doc’s other work includes the John Wick spinoff Ballerina , Sons of Anarchy , and producing, directing and editing the TV series Good Behavior . A dis...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Rachel Goodlett Katz, ACE, and Dylan Firshein - the editors of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Dylan’s been on the show before when we discussed the TV series, The Mandalorian , for which he’s been nominated for two Emmys. He also edited on The Book of Boba Fett . Dylan was also a first assistant editor on Solo: A Star Wars Story , and The Big Short. Rac...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with two of the editors of Apple TV’s Shrinking – James Refroe, who is also an associate producer on the show, and Sarah Lucky. Sarah has also edited Scrubs, I Love That for You, Senior Year, and Grace and Frankie. James has also edited Abbott Elementary, Bad Monkey, Superstore, Uncle Buck, and The Muppets. Our discussion today details the keys to editing comedy, h...

Today on Art of the Cut, the three editors of Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus , Skip Macdonald, ACE, Chris McCaleb, ACE, and Joey Liew, discuss editing the series. Skip’s been on Art of the Cut before for El Camino . He’s an Emmy winner and ACE Eddie winner for Breaking Bad, and a multiple Emmy nominee for Breaking Bad, Fargo, and Better Call Saul. And has ACE Eddie nominations for Pluribus, Breaking Ba...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Tamara Meem, editor of Remarkably Bright Creatures , now on Netflix. In addition to Tamara’s work on Remarkably Bright Creatures , she also edited Wander Darkly, First Match, The Sound of My Voice , and the TV series, The Decameron , and The Last Thing He Told Me . Tamara lives in Los Angeles, but is from Australia. Our discussion today is about how story is...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Andrew Marcus, the editor of The Devil Wears Prada 2. Andrew has edited Howard’s End , for which he was nominated for a BAFTA, Much Ado About Nothing, the 1994 Frankenstein movie, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Remains of the Day, American Psycho, and Under the Tuscan Sun , among many others. Our discussion today is about the freedom he has in the editor’s cut, th...

Today on Art of the Cut, we have the lead editor and the VFX editor of the documentary series, The Dinosaurs , from Netflix and Amblin’ Entertainment. Ben Lavington Martin, BFE was the lead editor on the series and cut the first episode. His other work includes The World According to Jeff Goldblum, David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive, One Strange Rock , and Nova , among many othe...

Today on Art of the Cut we discuss the documentary, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist with the editors of the film, Daysha Broadway, ACE, and Davis Coombe. The film was produced and directed by some of the same team that created the film Everything, Everywhere, All at Once . Daysha’s been on Art of the Cut before for The Black Lady Sketch Show , for which she won an Emmy and was nomina...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Joshua Raymond Lee, the co-editor of The Drama , and his first assistant editor, Devon Halliday. Joshua is an Emmy and ACE Eddie-nominee for editing the limited TV series, Ripley . He also edited, We Own This City and Monsterland , among others. Devon worked with Josh on Ripley and We Built this City . She also was an assistant editor on the TV series: And Jus...

Today, on Art of the Cut, we discuss Baz Luhrman’s “fever dream” EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert . I say, “fever dream” because Luhrman won’t label the film as either concert film nor documentary. The film was edited and produced by Jonathan Redmond. Redmond has been on Art of the Cut before for Luhrman’s scripted narrative feature, Elvis (2022). Jonathan has edited the film The Great Gatsby and TV...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Joel Negron,ACE about editing Project Hail Mary . Joel was last on Art of the Cut for his work on the Disney film, Jungle Cruise . Joel’s other work includes Thor: Ragnarok, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Cocaine Bear, and 21 Jump Street. Today we’re discussing cutting a six-hour first assembly down to about 2 hours, his approach to exploring dailies, and h...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with four of the editors on the buzzy new Amazon Prime series, Young Sherlock . With us are Cheryl Potter, Calum Ross, Phil Hookway, and Tim Murrell. Cheryl’s been on Art of the Cut before, starting back when she was an additional editor for Pietro Scalia, ACE, on Ridley Scott’s The Martian . We’ve also talked to her about the TV series, Snowpiercer . Her other cre...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Nathan Schauf about his ACE and Annie-winning editing of the Oscar-winning Sony Pictures Best Animated film, KPOP Demon Hunters currently available on Netflix. Nathan’s other work includes Overwatch: Origin Stories, World of Warcraft: Harbingers , and additional editing on Penguins of Madagascar, among many other projects. Today’s discussion includes how the m...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Axel Geddes, ACE about the latest Pixar film, Hoppers . Axel and I talked previously about Toy Story 4 for which he won an ACE Eddie. He also has Annie nominations for Best Editing for Toy Story 4 , Toy Story of Terror , and Lightyear . His other credits include Finding Dory , and second editor or additional second editor work on Lightyear, Turning Red, Toy St...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Yvette M. Amirian, ACE, who just won the ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film (non-theatrical) with her work on A Winter’s Song. Yvette (and her editorial team) received an ACE Eddie nomination for Best Edited Reality Series for Whale Wars . She was also an editor on John Singleton's L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later , which was nominated for...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with director/editor Josh Safdie and his co-editor co-producer and co-writer, Ronald Bronstein. Safdie and Bronstein are nominated this year for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing for Marty Supreme . Safdie has an additional nomination for the film for Best Achievement in Directing. The pair has worked together for almost two decades on such...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Stephen Rivkin, ACE, who was one of the editors on James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash . The other editors included Cameron himself, Nicholas de Toth, Jason Gaudio, and John Refoua.  Steve’s been on Art of the Cut before when we discussed the previous Avatar film – The Way of Water . Steve also edited the first Avatar film, for which he was nominated along wi...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with editor Mark Strand, ACE, who is nominated for an ACE Eddie for Best Edited Drama Series for his work on HBO’s The Pitt . In addition to The Pitt, Mark’s work includes Shameless, Animal Kingdom, Rizzoli and Isles, Longmire, Nip/Tuck , and others. Our discussion includes  how the show was not supposed to have any music, how geography matters to the editing, and...

Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with editor Viridiana Lieberman about the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-nominated Best Documentary, The Perfect Neighbor . The film was also nominated for the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, and the Audience Award at SXSW, it won the Cinema Eye Honors Award for Best Directing and Viri was nominated for Best Editing. Viri was also nominated for an ACE Eddie and won t...

Today on Art of the Cut a discussion of the Oscar-nominated Best Picture, Train Dreams with editor Parker Laramie. Parker was the 2025 Winner of the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award at Sundance for the documentary André Is an Idiot . He has also been nominated for 2 Emmys and a Cinema Eye Honors Award for his writing and editing on the non-fiction program, Allen v. Farrow . His other work includes...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Affonso Gonçalves about editing Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet. Affonso has been on Art of the Cut previously for Don’t Worry, Darling, Affonso has been nominated for an Emmy and won an ACE Eddie for his work on the TV series True Detective. He was nominated for another ACE Eddie for his work on the documentary, The Velvet Underground. His other work includes the films C...