The Rough Cut

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...

Hillbilly Elegy editor James Wilcox, ACE joins the Rough Cut to talk about cutting Ron Howard's new film.  James first collaborated with Howard on the series, Genius , and received an ACE Eddie award for his work on the episode, "Einstein - Chapter 1".  Unlike most feature editors who started their journey in post as an assistant, James actually started out as an editor, but working in news and sp...

In this episode of The Rough Cut, we debut the first in our series of podcasts celebrating the all too often unsung heroes of post production, the assistants!  Assistant editing in film and television can be a demanding, but crucial first step in an editor's journey.  On hand are three very talented and experienced assistants who share their insights, advice and experiences from the cutting room....

As one of the most revered series in television history, it should come as no surprise the the post team from Breaking Bad would know a thing or two about "breaking in" to the industry.  And not just breaking in, but staying in and staying at the top of your game.  Presented by Avid as a live Zoom webinar, editors Kelley Dixon ACE and Chris McCaleb ACE along with sound supervisor Kathryn Madsen en...

Da 5 Bloods editor, Adam Gough is on this edition of The Rough Cut to talk about his work on Spike Lee's latest film, now streaming on Netflix. For over a decade Adam was sharpening his storytelling skills in the cutting room before getting some much deserved recognition for his work on Alfonso Cuaron's Roma .  Not only did it grab him around 20 different award nominations, it also got his phone t...

The Trial of the Chicago Seven editor, Alan Baumgarten ACE is on the podcast this week to discuss his new film with writer/director, Aaron Sorkin .  This is the second time working together for Alan and Aaron, and since this is also only the second thing that Aaron Sorkin has ever directed, the basic math will tell you that Alan is his "go to" guy.  And why not?  Aside from doing Aaron's first fil...

Ted Lasso editors, Melissa McCoy and AJ Catoline join this episode of The Rough Cut podcast to tell us about what goes on in the cutting room to make the magic from the locker room. Ted Lasso is an AppleTV+ series developed by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly and Brendan Hunt, based on a character of the same name that Sudeikis first portrayed in a series of promos for NBC Sports' coverage...

The Queen's Gambit editor Michelle Tesoro ACE ( House of Cards, When They See Us ) first collaborated with writer/director Scott Frank in 2017 for his series, Godless .  In fact, The Queen's Gambit also reunites Michelle with fellow Godless alums Wylie Stateman (sound designer) and Steven Meizler (cinematographer).  The fusion of their collective talents has resulted in a critically acclaimed seri...

Inbal B. Lessner, ACE , is an Emmy®- and Eddie-nominated editor and producer. On her latest project, "Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult"—which she co-created with her filmmaking partner, director Cecilia Peck—she takes on the roles of lead editor, writer and executive producer. This four-part documentary series, premiering on STARZ, follows one young woman's perilous journey through the dark and crim...