Art of the Cut

Today on Art of the Cut, the editor of Oscar-contender Sentimental Value , Olivier Coutté. Olivier’s is a Danish editor whose previous work includes Thelma, Oslo August 31st, Beginners, and The Apprentice , for which he was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award. He also won the Tribeca Jury Award for Best Editing of a narrative feature for Bridgend. Our conversation today will cover struct...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-winning director, Laura Poitras, who also edited the documentary, Cover Up, with fellow editors, Amy Foote, ACE and Peter Bowman. Cover Up is available to watch now on Netflix. Laura’s documentaries have been nominated for three Oscars - for All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, My Country, My Country, and CitizenFour, which won the Oscar. She’s also been no...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-winning director, Raoul Peck and editor Alexandra Strauss. Both have been on Art of the Cut in the past for Raoul’s film, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found . Raoul is an Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning and Emmy-winning director/producer for his documentary I Am Not Your Negro . He was also a winner of Cannes Golden Eye Award for Ernest Cole: Lost and Found and...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with the three editors of the Netflix TV series, Black Rabbit: Vikash Patel, Cedric Nairn-Smith, and Kyle Reiter, ACE. Vikash is an Emmy winner for his work on Top Chef, and an Emmy nominee for Ozark. His other work includes TV series Revolution and The Sympathizer. Cedric Nairn-Smith has been on Art of the Cut in the past for Daredevil: Born Again. His other work...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-nominated editor, Sandra Adair, ACE, about the Richard Linklater film, Blue Moon. Sandra was last on Art of the Cut for her last collaboration with Linklater, Hit Man . Before that we spoke about her film Where’d you Go, Bernadette. She was nominated for an ACE Eddie for her work on School of Rock . And she was nominated for an Oscar and won an ACE Eddie...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with multi-Emmy nominated editor Tricia Reidy, ACE about editing Ken Burns’ documentary series, The American Revolution. Tricia has edited for Ken Burns and Florentine Films since college starting with the documentary series The Civil War which she edited with Paul Barnes and Bruce Shaw. Also, Frank Lloyd Wright (Emmy nomination for editing), and The War , (also no...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-nominated editor Tom Eagles, ACE, about editing the film Nuremberg . Tom was on Art of the Cut previously to talk about The Harder They Fall . Before that I spoke to Tom about his BAFTA and Oscar-nominated film - and WINNER of the 2020 ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature film, JoJo Rabbit. Tom has also edited films like Hunt for the Wilderpeople and TV ser...

Today we’re speaking with Oscar-nominated Australian-born editor, Paul Machliss, ACE. We’ll be talking about his latest collaboration with director Edgar Wright, “The Running Man.” Paul last chatted on Art of the Cut when he cut Wright’s “Last Night in Soho,” and before that for “Baby Driver” for which he won a BAFTA, and was nominated for an ACE Eddie and an Oscar.  Paul was also nominated for an...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with multi-Oscar-nominated editor, Myron Kerstein, ACE, about editing Jon Chu’s Wicked for Good. Chu and Kerstein last worked together - of course - on Wicked . And before that on tick, tick… BOOM. Before THAT they collaborated on In the Heights. And before THAT on Crazy Rich Asians - and we’ve talked about ALL of those films here on Art of the Cut. Kerstein’s pre...

Today, we’re talking to Evan Schiff, ACE about editing Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein which is available now on Netflix. Evan’s feature editing career includes Nobody, Southside With You, John Wick Chapter 2 AND Chapter 3 , and Birds of Prey , among others. Today: A discussion of the importance of editing speed while collaborating, the advantage of having the time for many screenings, and how b...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, the editor of Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, Bugonia . Yorgos has been on Art of the Cut before for Poor Things and for The Favourite for which he was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA, and won an ACE Eddie. He was also an ACE Eddie nominee for The Lobster . In addition he edited The Killing of a Sacred Deer among over 100 oth...

Today on Art of the Cut we talk with multi-Oscar winning editor Kirk Baxter, ACE about editing Oscar-winning director, Kathryn Bigelow’s film, A House of Dynamite, now playing on Netflix. Kirk’s been on Art of the Cut before to discuss Gone Girl , Mank , and The Killer and the TV series, Mindhunter . His other films include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , Social Network , The Curious Case of Ben...

Today on Art of the Cut we talk with Tyler Nelson, ACE, about editing Tron Ares. Tyler’s been on Art of the Cut before numerous times including for his editing of The Batman, Creed III, and Mindhunter. He’s also been an editor on Love, Death and Robots and Shadow and Bone. Today’s discussion includes a discussion of the use of previs, building rip-o-matics with Shot Deck, and juggling the power of...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-nominated editor Barry Alexander Brown, ACE about editing Spike Lee’s latest film, Highest 2 Lowest. Barry’s been on Art of the Cut before to discuss editing BlacKkKlansman, for which he was nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie.  He was also nominated for an Oscar for The War at Home, a documentary he co-directed. His other films with Spike include so...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Brian Kates, ACE, about editing Bill Condon’s Kiss of the Spider Woman . Brian’s work includes feature films like The Savages, Killing Them Softly, and Shortbus . Also documentaries like All the Beauty and the Bloodshed for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie, and TV series like Succession, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, f or which he won an Emmy, and T reme ....

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with three members of the post team for Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, One Battle After Another.  Joining us are editor Andy Jurgensen, associate editor, Jay Trautman, and film assistant editor, Andrew Blustain. The film was shot in two different film formats including VistaVision and the film was finished in a variety of formats, leading to a complicated and...

Today on Art of the Cut, it’s my pleasure to speak with ACE Eddie-winning and Emmy-winning editor, Taylor Mason, ACE, about the film Him .  Taylor has been on Art of the Cut before for the feature film, Birth/Rebirth . She has also edited A Black Lady Sketch Show, Dahmer: Monster - The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, and Pose . She’s also been an assistant editor on Bladerunner 2049, Dune, and DC League of...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Bob Joyce about editing “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.” Bob’s been nominated for a Emmy and an ACE Eddie for editing “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life.” Among other films his other work includes two other Rob Reiner features, Shock and Awe, and LBJ.  Today’s discussion is about the collaboration process with director Rob Reiner, using a synced recording of...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-nominated editor, Andrew Weisblum, ACE, about cutting Darren Aronofsky’s film, Caught Stealing. Andrew’s been on Art of the Cut before to discuss The French Dispatch, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and tick, tick, BOOM! - for which he was nominated for an Oscar and won an ACE Eddie. He was also nominated for an Oscar for editing Black Swan. His other w...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with editor Matt Villa, ACE about working with Ron Howard on his new film, Eden . Matt’s been on Art of the Cut before for his editing of Elvis, for which he was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie . His other films include The Great Gatsby, Peter Rabbit 2 , and The Lego Batman Movie for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie. Today’s discussion is ab...

Today on Art of the Cut we’re speaking with editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, ACE, and first assistant editor, Matt Absher about editing Nobody 2 . Elisabet has been on Art of the Cut before for Atomic Blonde, Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings, Bullet Train, and The Fall Guy. Elisabet has also edited Love Hurts, Kate, Deadpool 2, and John Wick. Matt was on Art of the Cut with Elisabet for The...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Joe Murphy about editing the new Zach Cregger movie, Weapons . We last spoke to Joe and director Zach Cregger about their last collaboration, Barbarian . Joe’s other editing work includes features like Swallow, Don’t Come Back from the Moon and Beach Rats . His TV episodic work includes A Friend of the Family . This week’s episode features an in-depth discussi...

Today on Art of the Cut I’m speaking with Emmy-nominated editor, Susan Vaill, ACE, who’s joined by her assistant editor, Stephanie Goldstein to discuss editing the HBO series, Hacks .   Susan edited 70 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and also directed three episodes. She won an ACE Eddie for editing Hacks, and this is her second Emmy nomination for the show. She’s also edited Abbott Elementary, The Tim...

Today on Art of the Cut, Eric Kissack, ACE is here to discuss his Emmy-nominated editing on Seth Rogen’s TV series, The Studio . In addition to his Emmy nod for The Studio, Eric’s been nominated for three ACE Eddies and an Emmy for The Good Place, and an Emmy for Veep, among lots of other films and TV series. In this episode, Eric discusses the difficulties of editing a show that’s supposed to bas...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re in conversation with the Emmy-nominated editors of The Penguin . They are (in order of their nominated episodes) Henk van Eeghen, ACE, Meg Reticker, and Andy Keir. Henk has been on Art of the Cut before for The Morning Show . Henk has won two Emmys and an ACE Eddie. His other past work includes the TV series Lost, Watchmen , and Fargo. Meg has been nominated for five...