Art of the Cut

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with editor Laurent Sénéchal who is nominated for an Oscar for Best Editing and an ACE Eddie for his work on the Oscar Best Picture nominee, Anatomy of a Fall . His previous work - for the last nearly 20 years - has been in French and European TV and features.

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with editor Keith Fraase, about the Oscar Best Picture nominated film, “Past Lives.” Keith is also nominated for an ACE Eddie for Best Edited Dramatic Feature for the film. Keith’s past work includes the feature films: Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, Chappaquiddick, and Song to Song .  There's a lot of great exclusive and personalized visual content - time...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with editors Geraud Brisson, ACE, and Daniel Martens about their ACE Eddie nomination for their episode - the finale of Lessons in Chemistry . The series was also edited by Matthew Barbato, Laura Zempel, ACE, Jack Cunningham, and Lilly Wild. Geraud was previously a guest on Art of the Cut to discuss CODA when it won the Oscar for Best Picture. His other proje...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with editor Jon Poll, and additional editor, Kheireddine El-Helou. They’ve joined us to talk about The Color Purple. Jon’s credits include Father of the Bride, Bombshell, The Greatest Showman, Meet the Fockers, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, among many others. Kheireddine has also been an additional editor on films like Father of the Bride and Bla...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Hilda Rasula, ACE, about editing “American Fiction” which won the AFI’s Movie of the Year Award and was nominated for a Spirit Award, a Critic’s Choice award, a Golden Globe and the PGA for best picture and could be on the list for the Oscar. Hilda’s previous features include Moving On, Vengeance, French Exit and the TV series, Our Flag Means Death, among man...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, the editor of Oscar-shortlister, Poor Things . Yorgos was an ACE nominee for The Lobster . He was nominated for a BAFTA and an Oscar and won the ACE Eddie for The Favourite . In addition he’s edited The Killing of a Sacred Deer , and has over 100 international film credits. Yorgos was a previous guest on Art of the Cut for The...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with  Oscar-winning editor, Pietro Scalia, ACE about editing Michael Mann’s Ferrari. Scalia won the Oscar and an ACE Eddie for JFK. Was nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for Good Will Hunting.  Won a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie and was nominated for an Oscar for Gladiator. Won an Oscar and an ACE Eddie and was nominated for a BAFTA for Black Hawk Down. Nomin...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with  BAFTA nominee, Mark Everson, about editing Wonka. Mark has edited both of the Paddington movies, Dora and the Lost City of Gold , and Johnny English Strikes Again . His TV work includes Tracey Ullman’s Show , The Toast of London , and his BAFTA nomination for The Mighty Boosh . Please check out the transcribed interview - with visuals - at borisfx.com/b...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with  Emmy and ACE Eddie winning editor, Michelle Tesoro, ACE about editing Bradley Cooper’s Maestro. Michelle won an Emmy and an ACE Eddie for editing Queen’s Gambit.  She also edited the feature films Flag Day and On the Basis of Sex . And TV series including Fringe, House of Cards, When They See Us, and Ballers.

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with Oscar-winning editor Zach Staenberg, ACE about editing John Woo’s latest film, “Silent Night.”  Zach won an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for original Matrix film. He’s also been nominated for an Emmy and won an ACE Eddie for “Gotti.” His other work includes Ava, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Speed Racer, Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions. and Police Academy. If you...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with Oscar-winner, Claire Simpson and Sam Restivo about editing Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” Claire won an Oscar, a BAFTA, and an ACE Eddie for editing Platoon. She won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for The Constant Gardner. Other films include Nine, Wall Street, and T he Last Duel.  Sam Restivo has been an additional editor on several...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with Kevin Tent, ACE, about his long-time collaboration with director Alexander Payne and their latest film, “The Holdovers.” Kevin’s been on Art of the Cut before for his last Alexander Payne collaboration, “Downsizing” and for “The Peanut Butter Falcon.” Kevin has been nominated for numerous ACE Eddies for his work on Election, About Schmidt, Sideways and N...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with Kirk Baxter, ACE, about editing David Fincher’s latest: The Killer , which is now on Netflix. Kirk’s been on Art of the Cut before - for Gone Girl and for Mank . He was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He won an Oscar, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for The Social Network. He was nominated for an ACE Edd...

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with Dean Zimmerman, ACE about the limited Netflix series, All the Light We Cannot See, directed by his long-time collaborator, Shawn Levy. Dean’s been on Art of the Cut before for “Free Guy” and “Stranger Things” and “Mazerunner.” He’s part of a legendary editing family, headed by his father Don Zimmerman, who just received the Lifetime Achievement Award fro...

Today on Art of the Cut, it’s my pleasure to speak with legendary editor Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE, about working with her legendary director, Martin Scorsese, about their latest film, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Thelma’s filmography includes editing eight Oscar Best Picture nominated films.  She was nominated for her first Oscar for Best editing for “Woodstock” in 1971. Her co-editor on that film...

Today on Art of the Cut, it’s my pleasure to speak with Errol Morris’s longtime editor, Steven Hathaway. This discussion is about Morris’s latest documentary, The Pigeon Tunnel, about one of the world’s most famous novelists… and spy, John le Carre. The film recently released in theaters and is currently streaming on Apple Plus. Hathaway has edited several films for Morris including American Dharm...

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 Birth/Rebirth, which was in theaters earlier this year and is now available on Amazon Prime or Apple TV. Previously, Taylor has edited A Black Lady Sketch Show, Dahmer: Monster - The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, and Pose. She’s also been an assistant editor on Bladerunner 2...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Darrin Navarro, ACE, who started his career with the legendary Roger Corman and has edited films including The Lovers, The End of the Tour, Killer Joe and I Love Dick .  Darrin has worked with legendary director William Friedkin for years, starting as an assistant editor. Novarro talks about The Caine Mutiny Court Martial - his final collaboration with Friedk...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with one of the editors of the movie The Burial. Edited by Lee Percy, ACE and Jay Cassidy, ACE - BOTH have been guests on Art of the Cut in the past. This time around, we spoke with Lee about his work on the film. Lee previously spoke to Art of the Cut about his work on The Mountain Between Us. Lee won an ACE Edie back in 1995 for his work on the film, Against the...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with four members of the editorial team for Gareth Edwards film, “The Creator.” Joining me to discuss the challenges and rewards of this film are Oscar winning editor, Joe Walker, ACE. Also Oscar-nominated editor, Hank Corwin, ACE. We’ll also be talking to Scott Morris, and an old friend Job ter Burg, ACE - NCE, who served as additional editor. Walker’s credits -...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with director, Rudy Valdez, and his editor Viridiana Lieberman about the new documentary, Carlos about guitar legend, Carlos Santana.  Rudy is a two-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. His HBO documentary The Sentence was a Sundance Audience Award-winner. He’s also worked on numerous other projects as a cinematographer. Viri, also worked on The Sentence with Rudy a...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Lucy Donaldson, the editor of Kenneth Branagh’s latest film, “A Haunting in Venice.”  Lucy’s feature film work includes Unspoken, Breaking News in Yuba County, Ma, Stuck, and Choice. 

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with the editors of Gran Turismo - Colby Parker, Junior, ACE, Austyn Daines, and co-editor, Eric Freidenberg. Colby’s been on Art of the Cut before for his work on Mile 22. Colby was nominated for an ACE Eddie for his work on Ant-Man. His other work includes Patriot’s Day, Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor and Battleship. Austyn has edited the feature film “Demonic...

Today on Art of the Cut, a little change of pace. August was the 30th anniversary of the movie, The Fugitive, directed by Andrew Davis and edited by Don Brochu, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Dov Hoenig, Richard Nord and Dennis Virkler. Why so many editors? You’ll soon find out as I talk to director Andrew Davis about the evolution of the film through editing, his thoughts on being one of the first...

Today on Art of the Cut, Jennifer Lame, ACE, discusses editing Oppenheimer with some of the key members of her editing team: Additional Editor, Mike Fay, First Assistant editor (Avid) Nick Ellsberg, and First Assistant Editor (film), Tom Foligno. Jennifer Lame was an early Art of the Cut guest when she edited Manchester By the Sea, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. She has...