Art of the Cut

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with the editors of the HBO series, Lanterns, which recently had its season finale. We spoke with Emily Greene, ACE, Matthew Colonna, ACE, and supervising editor, Vikash Patel. Vikash - or Viks - has been on the show before for Black Rabbit and Ozark. He was nominated for Emmys for both those shows. He also won an Emmy for Top Chef. Viks’ other work includes The Sy...

Today on Art of the Cut e speak with Conor O’Neill and Oscar-winning editor Stephen Mirrione, ACE, about editing Alejandro Inarritu’s Digger. Stephen’s been on Art of the Cut before for F1 and The Revenant, for which he was nominated for an Oscar award BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. He was nominated for another BAFTA  and an ACE Eddie for Birdman. He was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA and won an ACE...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Oscar-nominated editor Dody Dorn, ACE, about her work on David Ayer’s film, Heart of the Beast. Dody’s been on Art of the Cut before for Power Rangers and Army of the Dead. Her other work includes Memento , for which she was nominated for an Oscar, Fury , and Insomnia , among many other film and TV shows. Today’s discussion includes things like re-purposing t...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Oscar-nominated editor Christopher Tellefsen, ACE, about his work on The Whisper Man. Chris has been on Art of the Cut before for The Menu, The Many Saints of Newark, A Quiet Place, and Assassin’s Creed. He has an Oscar nomination for Money Ball. He has ACE Eddie nominations for The Menu, Joy, Money Ball, Analyze This , and Man on the Moon. Chris was an assis...

Today on Art of the Cut, the Emmy-winning editors for Best Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program: Sean Combs: The Reckoning, a four part doc-series from Netflix. Interviewed for the project were Charles Divak, ACE, Jeremy Siefer, ACE, Evan Wise, ACE, and Benjamin Kast, ACE. Unable to join in the call were editors Adam Goldstein, ACE, Jack Gravina, ACE, and Jonathan Miller.  Charles Divak has be...

Today on Art of the Cut, the Emmy-winning editors for Best Picture Editing for a Limited Series: Kevin Ross, ACE and Max Koepke (KEP-key) and their HBO series, DTF St. Louis . Kevin has been on Art of the Cut in the past for his work on Stranger Things for which he was an Emmy and ACE Eddie nominee. His other work includes Yellowjackets and Halt and Catch Fire , among others. Max has also been on...

Today on Art of the Cut, Carsten KoorPANek discusses the editing of a film that is very unusual: Coyote versus Acme. Firstly, it’s a combination of live action and animation, and second, the studio decided not to release it after it was already completed. Only years later did another company swoop in and buy the distribution rights and decide to release the film that had been languishing in a vaul...

Today on Art of the Cut, editor Sam Restivo, talks about editing Ridley Scott’s “The Dog Stars” with co-editor, Oscar-winner, Claire Simpson. Sam has been on Art of the Cut before for Gladiator 2 and Napoleon . He was also an additional editor on House of Gucc i, The Last Duel , and The Greatest Showman . Today’s discussion includes topics like the importance of setting up the movie with its medit...

Today on Art of the Cut, editor John Axelrad, ACE, and additional editor, Taylor Bynum, discuss editing the summer blockbuster, The End of Oak Street. John has been on Art of the Cut for a full decade with Lost City of Z, Antebellum, Ad Astra, and Chevalier. He also edited Spaceman and Papillon , among many others with editing credits going back almost 25 years. Taylor was a first assistant promot...

Today on Art of the Cut, the editors of Spider-Man Brand New Day : Nat Sanders, ACE,  Harry Yoon, ACE, and Gina Sansom. Nat has been on Art of the Cut before Just Mercy, and for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, He was nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for editing Moonlight. He’s also edited If Beale Street Could Talk and Short Term 12, among others. Harry has been on Art of the Cut...

Today on Art of the Cut, editor Sierra Neal, ACE, discusses her Emmy-nominated work on the Netflix documentary Marty, Life is Short. Sierra has been on Art of the Cut several times on the documentaries, Jim Henson: Idea Man, for which she received an Emmy, and for three other documentaries, Music by John Williams, Pavarotti , and The Beatles: Eight Days a Week . She was also an additional editor o...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Angel Gamboa Bryant, ACE, who is nominated this year for Emmys for both The Upshaws – for Outstanding Picture Editing For A Multi-Camera Comedy Series - and Wanda Sykes Legacy – for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming. Angel has been nominated for nine total Emmys and four ACE Eddies. Her other credits include the feature film Off the Rails , a...

Today on Art of the Cut, Amy Duddleston, ACE and Keiko Deguchi, ACE, the Emmy-nominated editors of HBO’s Task . Amy’s been on Art of the Cut in the past to discuss Mare of Easttown for which she received two Emmy nominations and won an ACE Eddie. Her other work includes the feature film, High Art, and TV series including The Umbrella Academy, American Gods, and Dexter. Keiko’s work includes Love a...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with the editors of the Emmy nominated Netflix mini-series, Death by Lightning . With us today are Joseph Krings, ACE, Anna Hauger, ACE, Michael Ruscio, ACE, and Joe Leonard, ACE. Additional Editors, Bridget Case and Derek Desmond were not on the call, but we want to acknowledge their part on the series and in the show’s Emmy nomination. Anna has been on Art of the...

Today on Art of the Cut we discuss Olivia Wilde’s film, The Invite, with its two editors, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, and Anthony “Ant” Boys, ACE. Yorgos worked on the edit through the assembly cut then Ant took over for most of the rest of the edit.  Yorgos has been on Art of the Cut before multiple times for Bugonia, Poor Things , and The Favourite . Yorgos is a Greek editor and graduate of the L...

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...