The Rough Cut

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...

Director - Doug Liman Director Doug Liman sat down with us at his NYC office in 2011 to discuss his early beginnings in the film business as well as his thoughts on; film school, editing and "making it" in Hollywood. Doug Liman is known for directing the films; SWINGERS (1996), GO (1999), THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002), MR. AND MRS. SMITH (2007), JUMPER (2008), FAIR GAME (2010), EDGE OF TOMORROW (2014...

CRAFTY APES - VFX PRODUCER, SARAH McCULLEY and VFX SUPERVISOR, KOLBY KEMBER With offices in; Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, Montreal, Atlanta, New York City and Vancouver, Crafty Apes is a full-service visual effects company. Beginning as a VFX studio for film and TV, Crafty Apes has grown to include a talented roster of creative and production supervisors that offer set supervision, VFX consultation a...

Editor - James D. Wilcox, ACE THIRTEEN LIVES editor James D. Wilcox joins the Rough Cut to talk about cutting Ron Howard's latest 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".  From there, James would do another episode of Genius ("Aretha"), as well as cutting Howard's adaptation of the J.D....

Editors - Julia Bloch and Taylor Levy BODIES BODIES BODIES editors Julia Bloch and Taylor Levy combined their editorial talents, albeit not always at the same time, to craft a sly and satirical take on the horror genre.  Although the two NYC-based editors had never (really) met before, each had a few "prerequisite" genre films to their credits and that experience served them well in the cozy confi...

Editors - Robert Komatsu ACE, Emily E. Greene ACE, Ivan Victor ACE, Jennifer Barbot ACE PAPER GIRLS editors Rob Komatsu and Emily Greene make their triumphant return to THE ROUGH CUT, having previously visited to discuss their work on the FX/HULU series, MRS. AMERICA (2020).  Although Ivan Victor and Jennifer Barbot are joining the podcast for the first time, both editors bring with them a wealth...

Editor - Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, ACE BULLET TRAIN editor and Iceland native Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir is widely known for her work on high-adrenaline action films such as JOHN WICK (2014), ATOMIC BLONDE (2017), DEADPOOL 2 (2018) and Marvel's SHANG CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS (2021); the first three of which were helmed by BULLET TRAIN director, David Leitch. Based on the Japanese novel Maria...

Editors - Tom Costantino ACE and Hillary P. Wills THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS editors Tom Costantino and Hillary Wills forged their future working relationship on the bridge of The Orville itself.  After not so subtly stalking Tom, who had already cut Season One, Hillary expressed her desire to join the Planetary Union as its newest assistant editor.  Being the master of understatement that he is, T...

Editor - Nicholas Monsour NOPE editor Nicholas Monsour has been collaborating with writer/director Jordan Peele since their days together on the comedy sketch tv series KEY & PEELE (2015).   When the comedy team took their talents to the big screen with the Peele-penned feature, KEANU (2016), Monsour knew it would be a big leap for him to take on the editorial duties, but made his best pitch anywa...

Editor - Robert A. Martinez LUCY AND DESI's Robert A. Martinez has built a career working as an assistant editor and editor on documentary films like; THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - THE TOURING YEARS (206), THE APOLLO (2019), PAVAROTTI (2019) and THE BEE GEES: HOW DO YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART (2020), for which Robert received an ACE Eddie nomination.  All of these projects were great preparation f...

Editors – Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, Sound Designer/Re-recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor - Wayne Pashley ELVIS editors Matt Villa and Jonathan "Jono" Redmond are no strangers to director Baz Luhrmann's unique style of cinema.  For that matter, neither is Sound Designer and Re-recording mixer, Wayne Pashley.   Matt and Jono first worked together on MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) with Jono servin...

Editors – Dean Zimmerman ACE, Kat Naranjo, Casey Cichocki and VFX Editor Brad Tobler The STRANGER THINGS editing team reunites once again to chronicle the fantasy/horror phenomenon taking place in Hawkins, Indiana; this time with a greater emphasis on the horror.  Although there was a longer break than usual between the two seasons, this tight knit team was never far apart, collaborating on the fe...

Editor - Rupert Houseman CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES editor Rupert Houseman is a documentary and drama editor known for his work on; RIOTS: ONE WEEK IN AUGUST (2021), GUN NO. 6 (2018), 7/7: ONE DAY IN LONDON (2013), BEDLAM (2014), LIFE AND DEATH ROW (2014), THE DETECTIVES (2015), THE WATCHMAN (2016) and UNSPEAKABLE (2017).  In 2019 Rupert received a BAFTA award for his editing on GUN NO. 6. CHERNOBY...

Editor - Mark Sanger ACE, BFE JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION editor Mark Sanger ACE, BFE not only faced the challenge of editing a big action blockbuster, but also a film that was; a sequel to JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (2018), the sixth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, the third and final film in the Jurassic World  trilogy, and the conclusion to the storyline started in the original  Ju...

Editors – Jeff Seibenick, Andrew S. Eisen ACE, Dana E. Glauberman ACE, Dylan Firshein Editors Jeff Seibenick, Andrew S. Eisen ACE, Dylan Firshein and Dana E. Glauberman ACE got the band back together from Season One of THE MANDALORIAN to help tell the story of the legendary bounty hunter, Boba Fett. THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT follows bounty hunter Boba Fett, from THE MANDALORIAN and the STAR WARS featu...

David Hunter Jr. and Daniel Hunter David Hunter Jr., Host of POST IN BLACK, and his brother Daniel Hunter, Founder of POST IN BLACK, joined forces with Executive Producer Tatiana Johnson to create a podcast that has quickly caught fire amongst the film and tv post community.  In featuring African American creative professionals working in the world of media and entertainment, their mission is to r...

Editor - Vikash Patel OZARK editor Vikash Patel not only has the distinction of cutting twenty episodes over four seasons of the hit Netflix series, but also receiving an Emmy® nomination for his editing on a standout episode that featured the critically-acclaimed performance of guest actor Tom Pelphrey, playing the part of Wendy Byrde's (Laura Linney) brother, Ben.  In addition to his contributio...

Editor - Eddie Hamilton ACE TOP GUN: MAVERICK 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 time working on MISSION I...

Editors - Joseph Krings ACE and Jasmin Way THE PENTAVERATE editors, Joseph Krings ACE and Jasmin Way, first met when Jasmin assisted Joe on the indie feature, THE REBEL IN THE RYE (2017); a biopic about reclusive author J.D. Salinger.  Joe was so impressed with the way that Jasmin cut scenes for that film that he knew she was the right choice to join him as co-editor on Myers' new comedy series. T...