The Rough Cut

Editor, William Goldenberg ACE AIR editor William Goldenberg ACE ("Billy" to his friends) re-joins The Rough Cut to discuss his new film with director Ben Affleck.  A highly accomplished editor, Billy has been nominated for an Oscar® a total of five times for THE INSIDER, SEABISCUIT, THE IMITATION GAME, ZERO DARK THIRTY and ARGO.  The latter two nominations came on the same year, with Billy ultima...

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - Editor Dan Lebental ACE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES editor, Dan Lebental ACE makes his fourth appearance on The Rough Cut.  Dan was on previously to discuss SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (2019), ELF (2003) and BAD BOYS FOR LIFE (2020). Based on Hasbro's beloved role playing game, Dan's new film is about a charming thief and a band of unlikely adven...

John Wick: Chapter 4 - Editor Nathan Orloff, Asst. and Additional Editor Nicholas Lundgren JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 editor, Nathan Orloff and assistant and additional editor, Nicholas Lundgren first joined forces in their early days at JJ Abrams' Bad Robot studio, with their initial collaborative effort being director Morgan Dameron's DIFFERENT FLOWERS (2017).  For director Chad Stahelski's latest ins...

Editors - Laura Jennings and Adam Gerstel Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania editors Laura Jennings and Adam Gerstel jumped in with both feet when director Peyton Reed suggested that he wanted to have a "unified" cutting room unlike any Marvel movie that had come before.  The result?  A director's cut driven by two editors, one Avid, a pair of dueling Bluetooth keyboards, and no regrets! In Ant-Man...

Editors - Yvette M. Amirian, ACE and Matt Friedman, ACE When it comes to learning editing in film school, who better to learn from than ACE editors?  When they aren't in the cutting rooms themselves, editors Yvette M. Amirian, ACE and Matt Friedman, ACE are in the classrooms of two of the most prestigious film schools in the world.  Yvette has returned to the institution where she received her own...

Editor - Chris McCaleb, ACE TO LESLIE editor Chris McCaleb ACE has been exploring the art and craft of editing since 2000, working closely with filmmakers like Michael Mann, John Sayles, and Vince Gilligan over the years.  In 2006, McCaleb co-founded the filmmaking collective Big Fantastic, where he was involved in the writing, directing, producing and editing of over 400 episodes of original onli...

Editor - Matt Chesse, ACE A MAN CALLED OTTO editor Matt Chesse ACE once again finds himself cutting with frequent collaborator, director Marc Forster.  The pair have been working together since 2000 and have joined forces on such films as; MONSTER'S BALL(2001), FINDING NEVERLAND (2004), THE KITE RUNNER (2007), QUANTUM OF SOLACE (2008) and CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (2018).  For their latest project, the tw...

Editor - Doc Crotzer, ACE SHOTGUN WEDDING editor Doc Crotzer ACE has plenty of experience cutting comedy, but most of that came from his ACE Eddie-nominated work on the hit tv series, GLEE.  Prior to SHOTGUN WEDDING, Doc's only real studio feature film experience was in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy film, CHAOS WALKING (2021); which didn't exactly afford him the opportunity to go for laughs.  That all change...

Editor - Jeff McEvoy M3GAN editor Jeff McEvoy doesn't exactly spend his free time going down the rabbit hole that is TikTok.  More often he can be found getting in some exercise in the cutting room or on the hiking trails.  So he was just as surprised as anyone when the trailer for his Blumhouse horror movie about a "killer robot doll" blew up on the social media site most famous for showcasing lo...

Editor - Stephen E. Rivkin ACE AVATAR - THE WAY OF WATER editor Steve Rivkin was no stranger to crafting an epic sci-fi film with director James Cameron.  Rivkin was on hand for the original, record-shattering film that spawned what would become a fantasy franchise.  Still, with WAY OF WATER, there would be new challenges to overcome, not the least of which would be working with ground-breaking un...

Editor - Sven Budelmann ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT editor Sven Budelmann knew he was in for a challenge in remaking the classic German anti-war novel.  Not only was the novel already brought to the big screen as a 1930 Oscar® winner for Best Picture, but adding to the task was that this film would be the first ever adaptation made by German filmmakers.  Fortunately Sven would be collaborating...

Editor - Daysha Broadway, ACE I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY editor Daysha Broadway, ACE returns to The Rough Cut podcast with both an Emmy® in hand for her work on HBO'S A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW and her first feature film as an editor.  A Los Angeles native, Daysha began her career with a Master's Degree in Film Editing from Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University.  Prior to her f...

Editors - Michael Kahn ACE and Sarah Broshar THE FABELMANS editors Michael Kahn ACE and Sarah Broshar have been working together for sixteen years, going back to the film 10 ITEMS OR LESS (2006), written and directed by Brad Silberling.  At that time, Sarah was in the cutting room as an apprentice.  It would be five more years before Sarah would work with both Michael Kahn AND Steven Spielberg on...

Editor - Tom Cross, ACE BABYLON editor Tom Cross, ACE first really made a name for himself working alongside director Damien Chazelle on their breakout film, WHIPLASH (2014).  Among the many accolades garnered by the film was Cross's Oscar® win for Best Film Editing.  Chazelle and Cross would follow that up with another hit movie, LA LA LAND (2016), for which Cross was again nominated for an Oscar...

Editor - Brad Wilhite SPIRITED editor Brad Wilhite had plenty of experience cutting for laughs, but when you put it to music, that's a whole different story.  Brad didn't even like musicals before he took the job of cutting SPIRITED.  But with a little research and a little help from editorial angels like Myron Kerstein ACE, Tom Cross ACE and Debra Neil-Fisher ACE, Brad soon found the Christmas sp...

Editor - Bob Ducsay, ACE GLASS ONION editor Bob Ducsay ACE has forged a tight collaborative bond with director Rian Johnson, going back to their first film, LOOPER (2012).  And although GLASS ONION is only their fourth feature together, the quality of their work has been recognized by audiences, critics and the industry at large.  The pair were recently honored with the inaugural Variety Creative...

Editors - Ken Schretzmann ACE and Holly Klein PINOCCHIO editors Ken Schretzmann ACE and Holly Klein each have a background rich with experience in animation.  But while Ken's is in editing CGI-animated features like TOY STORY 3 (2010) and CARS (2006), Holly's earlier work was actually as an animator for TV shows such as BLUES CLUES and WONDER PETS!  Together they took on the roles of Animatic Edit...

Editor - A. Sreekar Prasad RRR editor A. Sreekar Prasad not only knows how to cut a great movie, he knows how to do it quickly when required.  But despite having a massive fourteen film credits to his name in 2022 alone, Sreekar's time on RRR was actually spread out over three years, with a constant cycle of cutting scenes and turning them over to VFX to accommodate for the huge role CGI played in...

Editor - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, ACE THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN editor Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, ACE makes his return to The Rough Cut, having previously appeared on the show to talk about the film that would land him an Oscar® for Best Film Editing, SOUND OF METAL (2020).  In addition to the delicate challenge of filling the void left by the passing of editor Jon Gregory, director Martin McDonagh's freque...

Black Adam - Editor, Mike Sale ACE BLACK ADAM editor, Mike Sale ACE is no stranger to the action comedy genre - emphasis on comedy.  With films to his credit such as; FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (2008), BRIDESMAIDS (2011), THE HANGOVER II (2011), WE'RE THE MILLERS (2013), CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (2016), SKYSCRAPER (2018), SPENCER CONFIDENTIAL (2020) and RED NOTICE (2021), it should be obvious to anyone...

Writer / Director - Matthew Gentile and Editor - Matt Allen Friends and fellow American Film Institute vets, Matthew Gentile and Matt Allen, turned their long walks in Los Feliz into a collaborative indie filmmaking venture that would become their first project together, AMERICAN MURDERER.  Prior to this film, Matthew Gentile was biding his time as a script reader and making a name for himself dir...

MAKING THE CUT AT PIXAR authors - Bobbie O'Steen and Bill Kinder MAKING THE CUT AT PIXAR co-authors Bill Kinder and Bobbie O'Steen are experts in the field of post production. Kinder was the founding Director of Editorial and Post Production at Pixar from 1996–2014 and O'Steen is a teacher and film historian, specializing in editing, as well as the author of The Invisible Cut and Cut to the Chase...

Director / Composer - Michael Giacchino and Editor - Jeffrey Ford ACE WEREWOLF BY NIGHT'S Michael Giacchino and Jeffrey Ford have had many occasions to work together in the past, but never quite like this.  While WEREWOLF BY NIGHT is Michael's first time in the director's chair for Marvel Studios, he's been the composer on five of their features, two of which were also cut by Marvel stalwart, Jeff...

Amsterdam - Editor, Jay Cassidy ACE AMSTERDAM editor, Jay Cassidy ACE has cultivated an impressive career spanning almost fifty years and approximately sixty different projects.  Cassidy has worked extensively with directors such as David O. Russell and Sean Penn, as well as documentarian Davis Guggenheim.  Thrice-nominated for an Oscar for his work on Penn's INTO THE WILD (2008); as well as Russe...

The Woman King - Editor, Terilyn A. Shropshire ACE For over twenty years editor Terilyn A. Shropshire ACE and director Gina Prince-Bythewood have worked hand-in-hand to entertain and inspire audiences with films dating back to Gina's directorial debut, LOVE & BASKETBALL (2000).  Following their hit action film, THE OLD GUARD (2020) , Teri and Gina have joined forces once again to create an epic ta...