The Rough Cut

Editor - Maryann Brandon ACE Venom: Let There Be Carnage editor, Maryann Brandon ACE completes a trilogy of her own with her third appearance on The Rough Cut podcast!  Having previously appeared to discuss her work on the Star Wars sequels ( The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker) , Maryann once again finds herself on board a high-profile franchise flick. Venom: Let There Be Carnage is direc...

Editor - Jason Ballantine ASE ACE The Guilty editor, Jason Ballantine ASE ACE had always wanted to work with director Antoine Fuqua; he just figured it would be on an action film in the vein of the features Fuqua is known for ( Training Day, The Replacement Killers, Olympus Has Fallen ).  But with Fuqua's remake of the critically acclaimed Danish film, Den Skyldige "The Guilty"  (2018), Ballantine...

Editor - Greg O'Bryant Brand New Cherry Flavor editor, Greg O'Bryant told his frequent collaborator, and B.N.C.F.  show runner, Nick Antosca that he couldn't believe that any studio would back a series based on Todd Grimson's 1996 book of the same name; but if any did, Greg was "all in".  As it turns out, Netflix was all in too.  The result is an 8-episode series that almost defies description, bu...

Editor - Catrin Hedström Candyman is a supernatural slasher film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld and also DaCosta. The film is a direct sequel to the 1992 film of the same name and the fourth film in the Candyman film series. In 2019, twenty-seven years after the events of the first film, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) lives in Chicago with h...

Editors - Daysha Broadway, Stephanie Filo, Jessica Hernández ACE A Black Lady Sketch Show is an American television sketch comedy show created by Robin Thede for HBO. The show consists of comedic sketches performed by a main cast of Black women comedians. The first season premiered with six episodes on August 2, 2019 and received a 2020 TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows...

Editors - Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir ACE, Nat Sanders ACE and Harry Yoon ACE Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings e ditors Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir ACE, Nat Sanders ACE and Harry Yoon ACE combined their unique skills and sensibilities to craft the heart, comedy and action that made Marvel's latest entry in the MCU a hit with audiences and critics alike. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, " Shang Ch...

Editors - Jess Brunetto, Susan Vaill ACE, Ali Greer Hacks editors Jess Brunetto, Susan Vaill ACE and Ali Greer each find themselves nominated for an Emmy® award for their work on Season One of their hit series.  For those not familiar with the show, Hacks is an American comedy-drama series created by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky that streams on HBO Max.  The show tells the story o...

Editor - Dean Zimmerman ACE Free Guy editor, Dean Zimmerman ACE wrapped working on location for the film exactly two years ago.  Like so many movies lately, Free Guy had been locked in a pattern of pandemic postponement.  It was originally supposed to be released late in the spring of 2020, but then got bounced around until it eventually hit theaters on August 13 th of 2021. Free Guy stars Ryan Re...

Editors - Fred Raskin ACE and Christian Wagner   The Suicide Squad editors, Fred Raskin ACE and Christian Wagner join forces once again   to assist director James Gunn with his latest movie; a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad (2016) and the tenth film in the DC Extended Universe.  The film features Gunn's patented take on action and comedy, plus a little blood, guts and gore for good measure. FR...

Editors - Paul Crowder ACE and Ede Bell Crowder The UFO post production team of editor Paul Crowder ACE and lead assistant editor Ede Bell Crowder didn't just share the workload on JJ Abrams' new docuseries for Showtime, they also share the same last name.  Ede had to look no further than her own father, veteran documentary editor Paul Crowder ACE, to know that she wanted to be an editor.  While s...

Editors - Geoff O'Brien and Pierre Takal Framing Britney Spears editors Geoff O'Brien and Pierre Takal joined forces to take on the monumental editorial challenge of compressing twenty years into just over an hour of screen time to tell a story that is both informative and provocative.  Released on February 5, 2021 as an edition of  The New York Times Presents on FX and FX on Hulu, the documentary...

Editors - Greg Finton ACE and Lindsay Utz ACE Editors Greg Finton ACE and Lindsay Utz ACE hadn't worked together prior to Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, but they each had plenty of experience in the world of unscripted storytelling to bring to the table for director R.J. Cutler's film.  The story centers around singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and reveals the behind the scenes creation...

Editors - Paul Zucker ACE, Emma McCleave, Calum Ross PAUL ZUCKER ACE (Classic Loki) Prior to making his mark on the MCU, Paul had worked with some of today's most innovative filmmakers; from Harmony Korine ( Mister Lonely ) and Michel Gondry ( Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , to Lena Dunham (Girls, Camping).  Paul cut his first feature at age 24 for Gus Van Sant (Gerry).  Moving easily betw...

Editors - Matthew Schmidt and Leigh Folsom Boyd Editors, Matthew Schmidt and Leigh Folsom Boyd are no strangers to the Marvel Universe, yet Black Widow represents the first time they've ever worked together on a project.  It's also the first Marvel film for indie director, Cate Shortland. Black Widow is the 24th film in the MCU, but the first in the franchise's "Phase Four".  Eagerly awaited since...

Editor, Myron Kerstein ACE In The Heights editor, Myron Kerstein ACE had plenty of experience to draw from when tackling the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway hit.  Not only had he previously worked with In the Heights  director John Chu on their film, Crazy Rich Asians,  but Myron had a diverse pool of film and tv projects to draw from as well.  Myron's film credits include Garden...

Small Axe editor, Chris Dickens ACE Small Axe editor, Chris Dickens ACE first made a name for himself cutting director Edgar Wright's zombie comedy, Shaun of the Dead .  A few years later Dickens would collaborate with Wright once more on the movie, Hot Fuzz .  But it was a film Dickens did in 2008 that would bring him his highest honor to date.  Chris was awarded an Oscar® for Best Film Editing f...

Editors - Jeff Seibenick, Andrew S. Eisen ACE, Adam Gerstel Editors Jeff Seibenick, Andrew S. Eisen ACE and Adam Gerstel (along with editor Dylan Firshein) joined "forces" to deliver a follow-up season to the Lucasfilm/Disney+ hit that surpassed even the highest expectations from the ardent fanbase. Using their now legendary virtual set technology, known as "the volume", the post team was complete...

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...