The Rough Cut

Editors - Josh Drisko, Steve Welch ACE, Trevor Penna From the creative team behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia comes the AppleTV+ original series, Mythic Quest!  Created in part by and starring Rob McElhenney, the series is about a video game studio that produces a popular online role playing game. Even though it's a "workplace comedy", the MQ team knows how to surprise an audience every now...

It's a Sin editor, Sarah Brewerton It's a Sin editor, Sarah Brewerton said, "Yes!" before ever reading the scripts for the British television miniseries written and created by Russell T. Davies ( Queer as Folk ).  The series follows a group of gay men who each move to London in 1981 as the fast-developing HIV/AIDS crisis in the United Kingdom impacts their lives.  Over the five episode arc, the gr...

Editor, Tatiana Riegel ACE Cruella editor, Tatiana Riegel ACE and director Craig Gillespie were already quite familiar with one another prior to their work on Disney's most recent reimagining of its iconic I.P..  Starting with Lars and the Real Girl in 2007, the two also worked together on Fright Night, Million Dollar Arm, The Finest Hours and the critically acclaimed I, Tonya .  I, Tonya  also no...

Editor - Dody Dorn ACE, Assistant Editor - Carlos Castillón Army of the Dead editor Dody Dorn ACE and asst editor Carlos Castillón were quite busy during the past year or so.  Not only did they edit the new film from Zack Snyder, but they also did his cut of Justice League during their "break". With Army of the Dead , Snyder is back doing what he does best, blending different genres into something...

Editors - Tai Erskine, Amelia Allwarden, John Daigle The PEN15 editing team of Tai Erskine, Amelia Allwarden and John Daigle (along with editor Matt McBrayer) form the post production backbone of Hulu's original series.  Starring and co-created by Maya Erskine (Tai's sister) and Anna Konkle, PEN15 is described as a "middle school as it really happened" comedy.  That is if two of your classmates we...

The Oscar®-Winning Sound and Picture Post Team from Bohemian Rhapsody Despite having faced many obstacles and an uncertain future, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody went on to become a global hit at the box office and achieve widespread critical acclaim; evidenced by the fact that the sound and picture post team members each walked away with an Oscar® in their respective categories.  Just two mon...

The Girlfriend Experience editor, Nick Carew The Girlfriend Experience editor, Nick Carew  started off the new season of his series with a bang , premiering his work at SxSW 2021 before it began its run on the STARZ network on May 2nd.   Based on the Steven Soderbergh movie of the same name (Soderbergh is also an exec producer on the show), The Girlfriend Experience is an anthology series with eac...

Editors - Rosanne Tan ACE and Todd Desrosiers The Falcon and the Winter Soldier editors; Rosanne Tan ACE and Todd Desrosiers teamed up to lend their super editing powers to Marvel Studio's second series for Disney+.  Set six months after the events of Avengers: Endgame, the show takes on social issues and conflicted characters, all within the framework of the big action and visual effects familiar...

Editor, Yorgos Lamprinos The Father editor, Yorgos Lamprinos, considers himself a "blue color" editor who never wants to be pigeonholed for a certain genre or project type.  That being said, his Oscar-nominated work on The Father may result in many offers to work on suspenseful, psychological dramas.  Although The Father was shot almost entirely on a soundstage in London, Yorgos (a native of Greec...

  Assistant Editor, Riccardo Bacigalupo Assistant Editor, Riccardo Bacigalupo seemingly started off his career already in the high speed lane of post production.  Working alongside editor, Eddie Hamilton, Riccardo was able to cut his teeth on such films as X-Men: First Class, Kick-Ass 2, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Mission Impossible: Fallout .  It was his experie...

  Editors - David Brenner ACE, Dody Dorn ACE, Carlos Castillón   Zack Snyder's Justice League editors David Brenner ACE, Dody Dorn ACE and Carlos Castillón joined forces, thought not all at the same time, to tackle one of the most discussed, debated and anticipated recuts in the history of filmmaking.   Thanks to incredible social media support from a dedicated fan base, the film found new life on...

Editor, Joshua Schaeffer Godzilla vs Kong editor, Joshua Schaeffer has been working in the Monsterverse for some time now, having had a hand in cutting Kong: Skull Island and Godzilla: King of Monsters with editors such as Bob Ducsay and Rick Pearson.  But for director Adam Wingard's latest entry in the franchise, Josh takes the lead among that crew.    Josh's love and enthusiasm for these big VFX...

Editor, Kristan Sprague Judas and the Black Messiah editor, Kristan Sprague wasn't exactly unfamiliar with director Shaka King going into this project.  The two had been friends all the way back to their teen years growing up in New York City.   And while their new film is not the first time the two have worked together, there's no question it's the project that made a name for both of them while...

Editors - Tim Roche, Zene Baker ACE, Nona Khodai ACE WandaVision editors; Tim Roche, Zene Baker ACE and Nona Khodai ACE joined forces to wield their super editing powers on Marvel Studio's first series for Disney+.  Set three weeks after the events of Avengers: Endgame, the show centers around the MCU characters Wanda Maximoff and Vision, living an idyllic suburban life in the town of Westview, Ne...

Editor, Doc Crotzer ACE Chaos Walking editor, Doc Crotzer ACE would be the first to tell you that most of the time when you're working on a movie or tv show, you're trying to remove noise; audible noise, visual noise, story noise.  But in his new film with director Doug Liman, Doc and his team worked very hard to add it in.  Why would they do that?  Because the noise in Chaos Walking is the outwar...

Editor, Jeff Groth ACE Cherry editor, Jeff Groth ACE had a tough act of his own to follow, coming off of his ACE Eddie and Oscar nominated work on Todd Phillips' Joker , but follow it he did with his old friends, directors Joe and Anthony Russo.  The Russo brothers turned to Jeff for his editorial expertise in adapting Nico Walker's 2018 novel of the same name into a cinematic experience both styl...

Filmmaker, Chloe Zhao Nomadland filmmaker Chloe Zhao is as "indie" as it gets, but she may not be able to hold onto that title much longer considering that she just finished directing the new Marvel film Eternals , due out in November 2021.  But for now let's keep our attention on her indie cred and how she started turning heads in the film world.  We'll start with her debut feature, Songs My Brot...

Editor, Harry Yoon ACE Minari editor, Harry Yoon ACE joins The Rough Cut to tell us about cutting this amazing movie from Korean American writer and director, Lee Isaac Chung. Minari is a semi-autobiographical take on Chung's upbringing and tells the story a family of South Korean immigrants who try to make it in rural America during the 1980s.  Jacob Yi, the father played by Steven Yeun, dreams o...

Editor, Fred Thoraval Promising Young Woman editor, Fred Thoraval could make a claim to knowing a thing or two about editing movies about revenge.  Taking a quick glance at his IMDB page not only reveals revenge tales like Unforgettable and Peppermint, but also the Liam Neeson classic... Taken .  But in talking to Fred we meet an editor who readily embraces all kinds of storytelling; which comes i...

Editor, Tariq Anwar One Night in Miami editor, Tariq Anwar has a career that spans over fifty years and features such memorable films as American Beauty and The King's Speech.  For his latest movie, Tariq collaborated with actor and first time director Regina King to turn Kemp Powers' play into a critically acclaimed film that's currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.  With such an extensive re...

Editor - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Supervising Sound Editor - Nicolas Becker Sound of Metal editor Mikkel E.G. Nielsen and Supervising Sound Editor Nicolas Becker took the aspects of collaboration between picture and sound to new levels for director Darius Marder's narrative feature debut.  Despite being a scripted film, the movie has a strong documentary style and an innovative approach to immersing t...

Editors - Craig Alpert ACE, James Thomas, Michael Giambra Borat - Subsequent Moviefilm editors; Craig Alpert ACE, James Thomas and Mike Giambra drop in on this episode of The Rough Cut to talk about bringing Sacha Baron Cohen's most notorious character back in 2020.  Although Cohen had stated he was retiring his Borat character back in 2007, largely due to the fact that everybody now knows who Bor...

Editor, William Goldenberg ACE News of the World editor, William Goldenberg ACE ("Billy" to his friends), joins The Rough Cut to discuss his new film with director Paul Greengrass.  News of the World is the second film Billy has done with Paul, their first being the film 22 July .  Based on a book of the same name by author Paulette Jiles, News of the World follows Captain Jefferson Kidd (played b...

Editor, Richard Pearson ACE Wonder Woman 1984 editor, Richard Pearson ACE checks in on this episode of The Rough Cut to share his experience cutting Patty Jenkins' new super hero blockbuster.  Rick's no stranger to the DC Extended Universe or the Marvel Cinematic Universe either for that matter.  Rick co-edited the much discussed Justice League and also cut Iron Man 2 alongside Rough Cut "three-ti...

Editor, Stephen Mirrione ACE The Midnight Sky editor, Stephen Mirrione ACE has spent the past twenty-five years building an impressive body of work.  Unlike many editors who begin their journey into post production as assistants, Stephen made a name for himself right away as an editor in the indie film world.  His work with directors Doug Liman ( Getting in, Swingers, Go ) and Jill Sprecher ( Cloc...