Art of the Cut

Today on Art of the Cut, we discuss the ACE Eddie nominated documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” with one of its editors, Amy Foote. Joe Bini and Brian A. Kates, ACE weren’t available, but are also nominated for the film. Amy’s credits include the documentaries Father Soldier Son, Hail Satan, A Matter of Taste: Serving up Paul Liebrandt, And Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story

Today on Art of the Cut, we discuss the Oscar nominated documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” with one of its editors, Amy Foote. Joe Bini and Brian A. Kates, ACE weren’t available, but are also nominated for ACE Eddies for the film. Amy’s credits include the documentaries, Father Soldier Son, Hail Satan, A Matter of Taste: Serving up Paul Liebrandt, and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story.

Today on Art of the Cut, we discuss the Oscar, BAFTA, and ACE Eddie nominated documentary Fire of Love with the editors of the film, Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput. Jocelyne’s credits include the documentaries People of a Feather, Fractured Land, Starlight & other Sounds: the music of Alexina Louie, and Power of the River. Erin’s credits include the documentaries Risk, The Seer and the Unseen...

Today on Art of the Cut, Sven Budelmann discusses his work on the film “All Quiet on the Western Front.” His editing on the film has been nominated this year for both a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie, and the film has been nominated for nine Oscars including Best Picture. Sven’s other work includes the feature film, The Physician -among many others - and TV series - with work on seven European TV series -...

Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-nominee Matt Chesse discusses the editing of "A Man Called Otto." Matt was nominated for an ACE Eddie and an Oscar for “Finding Neverland.” His other feature film credits include "Christopher Robin," "World War Z," "Quantum of Solace," and "Monster’s Ball."

Today on Art of the Cut, Billy Fox, ACE discusses editing “Devotion” - the dramatic film about the first black naval pilot during the Korean War. Billy has been on Art of the Cut in the past to discuss Only the Brave, Dolemite is my Name, and Straight Outta Compton. Other features include Hustle and Flow, Coming 2 America, and Footloose. TV series include FBI and Chicago Fire, Law and Order, Band...

Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-winning film editor Conrad Buff, ACE on editing Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” which stars Will Smith. Conrad has been on Art of the Cut in the past to discuss American Assassin and Huntsman: Winter’s War. The rest of his filmography includes a few small films that you might recognize. He was nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He...

Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-winning film editor Lee Smith, ACE, on editing Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light.” Lee and I have spoken numerous times before including on 1917, Dunkirk and Spectre. Lee was nominated for an Oscar for Master and Commander, nominated for another Oscar for “The Dark Knight,” nominated for an ACE Eddie and a BAFTA for Inception, and won an Oscar for Dunkirk. Other credits i...

Today on Art of the Cut, Chad Galster, ACE discusses cutting the series “Yellowstone.” Our discussion also covers spin-offs “1883” and “1923.” Chad cut the 2021 movie “Those Who Wish Me Dead” (also written and directed by “1883” creator Taylor Sheridan.) He’s also edited the features “A Score to Settle” and “Beautiful Boy” and the TV series “Mayor of Kingston,” “The Proposal,” “The Bachelor” and “...

Today on Art of the Cut, Steven Spielberg’s long-time collaborators - Oscar-winner, Michael Kahn, ACE, and Sarah Broshar, discuss editing “The Fablemans.” Sarah Broshar was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Spielberg’s “The Post.” Her credits also include “Ready Player One,” Pet Sematary,” and “West Side Story.” One of Michael Kahn’s early jobs as an editor was cutting “Hogan’s Heroes.” Then he went...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with two of the four editors of Avatar: The Way of Water. Joining us on the call are Stephen Rivkin, ACE and John Re-FUE-ah, ACE. Rivkin won an ACE Eddie for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He was also nominated for ACE Eddies for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He was nominated for an...

Today on Art of the Cut, Bob Ducsay, ACE discusses his work on Riann Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” I’ve spoken to Bob before. His credits are lengthy and include The Mummy, Van Helsing, Jack and the Giant Slayer, and Godzilla. He has worked with Riann Johnson since Looper, which was released in 2012, also on Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and on their previous film, Knives Ou...

Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-winning editor Tom Cross, ACE on editing Damien Chazelle’s "Babylon." I’ve been honored to have Tom on Art of the Cut five times before. Previously, we spoke about Joy, Hostiles, La La Land, First Man, and No Time to Die. Tom was nominated for a BAFTA, and ACE Eddie and WON the Oscar for Best Achievement in Film Editing for Whiplash . He was nominated for an ACE Eddi...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with the two editors of Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animation version of “Pinocchio” - Holly Klein and Ken Schretzmann, ACE. Holly Klein has been in the animation business since leaving college. She was an animator on Blues Clues and other kids TV shows and transitioned into editorial including work as an assistant editor on Coraline and Paranormal. Ken Schre...

Today, on Art of the Cut we’re talking about the film, The Banshees of Inisherin with Oscar-winning film editor, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, ACE.  Mikkel, who is from Denmark, joined us previously on Art of the Cut for the Sound of Metal , which won him the Oscar, and a BAFTA, and an ACE Eddie nomination. His other films include Beasts of No Nation, A Royal Affair, and The Outsider.

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with writer/director/editor Brett Morgen about his film “Moonage Daydream” about the iconic artist, David Bowie. This is no simple biopic. It’s a rich, philosophical montage connecting Bowie’s life and work with the culture that he is both affected by and speaking into. This interview came from numerous requests from Art of the Cut fans who loved the masterful edi...

Today on Art of the Cut, one of the most talked about films at the moment, the horror film, Barbarian, currently on HBOMax. With us to discuss this film today is Art of the Cut's first-ever guest host: multi-Emmy-winning editor, Stephanie Filo, ACE. Steph has been a guest on the show before and I saw her post several times about this film on Twitter as a self-proclaimed "fan-girl" of the film, so...

Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with the editors of Black Adam: John Lee and Mike Sale, ACE. Michael's credits include Red Notice, Central Intelligence, We're The Millers, The Hangover II, and Bridesmaids (for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie). John started his career as an assistant on the original Matrix movie. He was an additional editor on Inception and an associate editor on movies li...

Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with brothers, Sean and Ryan McIlraith. They are editors at Saturday Night Live and have edited many of the digital shorts that have gone viral over the last few years. Sean’s been on the show as an editor since 2013, and has also cut episodes of That's My Time with David Letterman, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and segments of NBC’s New Years Eve sh...

Today on Art of the Cut we are speaking with Oscar-nominated editor Jay Cassidy, ACE, about editing David O. Russell's "Amsterdam." Jay's been on Art of the Cut before for his editing of "A Star is Born" for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie. His first ACE Eddie win was for "An Inconvenient Truth." He received his first Oscar nomination for "Into the Wild." He was also nominated for an Oscar...

Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with Monika Willi about her work on director Todd Field's film "Tár," starring Cate Blanchett. Monika is based in Vienna, Austria and has won numerous film editing awards throughout Europe. Her editing work includes the features “The White Ribbon,” “Amour,” “Funny Games and she directed and edited the documentary “Untitled” which won the Austrian film award for Bes...

Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with Affonso Gonçalves, ACE about his work on Olivia Wilde’s, 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 Carol, The Lost Daughter, Beasts of the Southe...

Today, we’re talking with Terilyn Shropshire, ACE on editing “The Woman King.” The last time I spoke with Terilyn, she had just edited “The Old Guard.” So, two films in a row with powerful female warriors! Terilyn has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and she won an ACE Eddie for “Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story.” Terilyn’s other credits include another action flick with a stron...

Today on Art of the Cut we talk with ACE Eddie-nominated editor, Angela Catanzaro, ACE about editing the latest Predator movie, “Prey.” Angela last spoke with Art of the Cut about her film "The Protege" and before that for "Five Feet Apart." Her other features include "The Foreigner" and TV series including "Man in the High Castle," "Code Black," "Parenthood," "Suits" and "Friday Night Lights" (fo...

Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with ACE Eddie winning editor, James Wilcox, ACE about the Ron Howard film, “Thirteen Lives.” James won his ACE Eddie for the pilot episode of the Genius series “Einstein.” I last spoke with James when he edited “Hillbilly Elegy” which was also for Ron Howard. He also worked on the Aretha Franklin season of Genius as well as TV including Filthy Rich, Hand of G...