The Rough Cut

Editors - Kevin D. Ross ACE, Eric Litman, Adam Pearson and Daniel Williams The ONE PIECE editing team knew full well, going into this live-action adaptation of the beloved manga series, that they had a huge challenge on their hands.  Expectations were high and previous attempts to adapt other manga series had left those fanbases disappointed, to say the least.  Fortunately, they had a talented cre...

Editors - David Webb and Robert Frost H I JACK editors David Webb and Robert Frost have logged many sky miles together in the cutting room, but mostly with Rob as David's assistant.  That all changed when David tapped Rob to take on full editing duties for their previous collaboration, LITVINENKO (2022); a critically acclaimed series directed by Jim Field Smith for ITV. H I JACK is a seven-part mi...

Editors - Nick Olah, Marissa Mueller and Ivan Victor ACE THE AFTERPARTY editors; Nick Olah, Marissa Mueller and Ivan Victor ACE, not only got to have fun with the classic "Roshomon" style of storytelling for the Apple TV + original series, but they also got to do it by paying homage to their favorite film genres and filmmakers.  From erotic thrillers to film noir, from Hitchcock to Wes Anderson, n...

Editors - Diana Fishman, Adam Lichtenstein and Mary DeChambres ACE The JURY DUTY editing team had plenty of experience cutting unscripted tv before taking on the hit Freevee series.  But is it actually an unscripted show?  To hear their fellow JURY DUTY editor Steven Rosenthal tell it, they were "using the techniques of a reality show for the purposes of a sitcom".  The end result is a series unli...

Editor - Colby Parker Jr., ACE GRAN TURISMO editor Colby Parker Jr ACE has largely built his feature-film editing career on high-adrenaline action films, most notably for his work with director Peter Berg; including FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (2004), PATRIOTS DAY (2016), DEEPWATER HORIZON (2016) and MILE 22 (2018).  Colby even took a turn in the MCU, cutting ANT-MAN (2015) alongside Dan Lebental ACE.  By...

Editors - Justin Bourret ACE, Todd Zelin, Dave Canseco and Joseph Ettinger If THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES editors ever tire of working in postproduction, perhaps they can get a job at Cinnabon, because their cutting rooms have the unique distinction of being located in a mall.  But considering how much fun the quartet has working on the show and with one another, that career change might just have to...

Editors - Kelley Dixon, ACE and Josh Earl, ACE The OBI-WAN KENOBI editing team of Kelley Dixon, ACE and Josh Earl, ACE have long been friends outside of the cutting room, but "Obi-Wan" is the first project they've shared.  5x Emmy-winning editor, Josh Earl didn't have to think twice about Kelley Dixon's offer to join the Lucasfilm series, ostensibly as her assistant even though he's worked for yea...

Editors - Laura Zempel and Nat Fuller The Emmy®-nominated BEEF editing team of Laura Zempel and Nat Fuller came into this project with plenty of experience crafting storylines featuring complicated characters and situations.  Nat kicked off his career with another well-known Netflix property, STRANGER THINGS, starting as an assistant before transitioning to full editorial duties on the Duffer Brot...

Editor - Jennifer Lame ACE, Additional Editor - Mike Fay, 1st Assistant Editor - Nick Ellsberg and 1st Assistant Film Editor - Tom Foligno The OPPENHEIMER editing team of Jennifer Lame ACE, Mike Fay, Nick Ellsberg and Tom Foligno applied their collective storytelling talents to film technology both old and new.  While Jennifer and Mike worked to shape and refine Christopher Nolan's story into an i...

Editor - Nick Houy ACE, VFX Editor - Matt Garner and Apprentice Editor - Maya Rivera The BARBIE editing team of Nick Houy ACE, Matt Garner and Maya Rivera seemed to have as much fun in the cutting room as what audiences saw on the big screen.  Despite this being the first time the three worked together, they described the process of working on BARBIE to be an open, collaborative "family" atmospher...

Editors - Richie Edelson and Sarah Zeitlin The ABBOTT ELEMENTARY editing team of Richie Edelson and Sarah Zeitlin walked similar but separate paths in the early stages of their careers.  Each cut their editorial teeth in the world of unscripted and both took a turn at the same mockumentary sitcom format that they would employ in the show that finally united them as co-editors. Abbott Elementary is...

Editor - Eddie Hamilton ACE MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART 1 editor Eddie Hamilton ACE has been immersed in the TCEU (Tom Cruise Extended Universe) since 2015 when Eddie took the editorial helm of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION.  And with the exception of a quick return to his roots with director Matthew Vaughn for KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (2017), Eddie has spent all his subsequent...

Editor - Nena Erb, ACE JOY RIDE wasn't the film Emmy-winning editor Nena Erb ACE was looking for when she asked her agent to see what was out there, but Nena WAS the editor that JOY RIDE was looking for.  Fortunately, they found each other, because together they created a film that broke boundaries, not to mention the mold, when it comes to how Asian women are portrayed in comedy features.  After...

Editors - Mike McCusker ACE, Andrew Buckland ACE and Dirk Westervelt ACE The INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY editing team of McCusker, Buckland and Westervelt have been amping up the action in the cutting room for a while now.  First joining up for James Mangold's LOGAN (2017); the team would collaborate once more on Mangold's FORD V FERRARI (2019) before finding themselves at the editorial...

Editor - Randy Trager, ACE NIMONA editor, Randy Trager, ACE makes a return trip to The Rough Cut to share the inside story of how his latest film went from dead on the cutting room floor to live and loud on Netflix.  Beginning its development life under the banner of Blue Sky studios and its parent company 21st Century Fox, NIMONA and the rest of the Blue Sky team were moved under Disney during th...

Editors - Jason Ballantine ACE and Paul Machliss ACE While THE FLASH editors Jason Ballantine ACE and Paul Machliss ACE* both hail from Australia, this latest entry in the DCEU would be their first time meeting one another.  Both editors have been advancing their careers away from their homeland for quite some time.  Jason has worked in LA for the past ten years, while Paul has been in London for...

Editors - Franky Guttman and Ali Greer ACE While BARRY editors Franky Guttman and Ali Greer ACE worked independently on their own episodes of the series (the finale being the lone exception), the pair worked closely with one another and Bill Hader to review and refine each episode.  This was a process the two not only enjoyed, but credit for helping the show to maintain its high quality throughout...

Editors - Melissa McCoy, ACE and A.J. Catoline, ACE Ted Lasso editors, Melissa McCoy and A.J. Catoline re-join this episode of The Rough Cut podcast to tell us about what goes on in the cutting room to make all 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 f...

Editors - Timothy A. Good, ACE and Emily Mendez THE LAST OF US editors Tim Good, ACE and Emily Mendez are the perfect example of mentoring in action.  Paying forward the mentoring he received from editor Norman Buckley, ACE, Tim has always looked for ways he could elevate assistants into the first chair.  Building on her work with Tim on THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY, Emily was more than ready to grab the...

Editors - Craig Hayes, Varun Viswanath ACE, Chris Chandler and Trevor Penna The Blindspotting editing team of Craig Hayes, Varun Viswanath ACE, Chris Chandler and Trevor Penna collectively crafted a show unique in both its structure as well as its visual style.  On the audio side, the show is underscored by a soundtrack that pays homage to the Bay Area roots of Blindspotting creators, Rafael Casal...

Editor - Greg O'Bryant EXTRAPOLATIONS editor, Greg O'Bryant has once again teamed up with writer/director Scott Z. Burns, this time to take on the challenge of creating an entertaining, educational and hopefully motivational series about the future effects of climate change.  Delivered as an anthology series, one of the more daunting tasks for the team would be managing the often dramatic shifts i...

Editors - Fred Raskin ACE and Greg D'Auria GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: VOL. 3 editors Fred Raskin and Greg D'Auria find themselves in familiar territory; collaborating on a James Gunn project.  But their twenty-year plus relationship dates back much further than their work with Gunn.  The two first collaborated on Tarantino's KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (2003). In James Gunn's final installment of the "Guardia...

Editors - Glenn Garland ACE, Bob Ducsay ACE, Paul Swain, Shaheed Qaasim The POKER FACE editing team of Garland, Ducsay, Qaasim and Swain might sound like a formidable name for a law firm, but their real talents lie in making a great "howcatchem" show with noted director and series creator, Rian Johnson. POKER FACE is a murder mystery series stylized as a character-driven, case-of-the-week mystery,...

Editor - Kristi Shimek INVITATION TO A MURDER editor Kristi Shimek, like the protagonist of her new film, is not afraid of a challenge when it comes to figuring out how to piece a complex story together.  Having already amassed a credit list that is both long and varied, Kristi is equally comfortable cutting a classic whodunnit as she is with a rom-com or a grizzly horror flick.  Part of that comf...

Editor - Ryan Folsey RENFIELD editor Ryan Folsey never went to summer camp and never went to film school.  His formative years were spent on the lot at Universal Studios and on location with his father, editor George Folsey Jr. (ANIMAL HOUSE, THE BLUES BROTHERS, COMING TO AMERICA, MICHAEL JACKSON'S THRILLER).  It was there that Ryan learned and fell in love with the craft of editing.  In his profe...