ACE Sets Dates for the 61st Annual Eddie Awards
American Cinema Editors (ACE) has set the date for its annual awards show, the ACE Eddie Awards, for Feb. 19, 2011. The ACE Eddie Awards recognize outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. This year’s black-tie ceremony, as in years past, will be held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly... »
Boris FX Introduces New AAF Transfer Plug-In for Avid
Boris FX announced Boris AAF Transfer, a new plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro sequences to Avid Media Composer. Boris AAF Transfer uses Avid’s new AMA (Avid Media Access) architecture to transfer Final Cut Pro sequences without the need for transcoding or rewrapping. “Improved integration between Adobe, Apple, and Avid... »
Neil Marshall’s Epic Thriller Centurion Takes Editshare’s Lightworks into Battle
EditShare announced that award-winning editor Chris Gill utilized Lightworks to edit Neil Marshall's latest adrenaline-fused thriller, Centurion. Released in the United Kingdom in April 2010, and scheduled for a domestic release in August 2010, Centurion relays the gripping tale of a Pict camp raided by Romans, in an effort to rescue a captured General... »
Contenders – Editors Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, The Hurt Locker
Editor Bob Murawski was finishing Spiderman 3 when he got a call from friend, Paul Ottosson, who had been hired as sound designer on The Hurt Locker. »
The ACEs of Editing Shine at the 60th Annual Eddie Awards
The 60th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, Feb. 14, recognized the outstanding editing of 2009. Top honors for Best Edited Feature Film, Drama went to The Hurt Locker, edited by Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, while Best Edited Feature Film, Comedy or Musical went to The Hangover editor Debra Neil-Fisher, A.C.E. »
A.C.E. Awards Reception Honors Nominees
In advance of the A.C.E. Eddie awards, the American Cinema Editors, the honorary organization of distinguished film and television editors, held its 10th annual nominees’ reception at the Kodak Atrium in Hollywood. The evening was an opportunity for the 2010 Eddie Nominees to come together and celebrate their art and craft while enjoying the... »
Fix It In Post Edits The Bannen Way
Los Angeles-based editorial boutique Fix It In Post recently edited The Bannen Way, a series of 16, 5-7 minute-long webisodes created by filmmakers Mark Gantt and Jess Warren airing on Sony Digital’s Crackle.com. Editor Zack Arnold, owner of Fix It In Post, responded to a Craig’s List ad looking for an editor that would... »
The Invisible Art of Cutting Films
“Every editor is going to tell you the same thing,” says Sheldon Kahn, A.C.E. “If you don’t notice the editing, that’s good editing. Whether it’s an animated picture o »
Contender – Editing – Dana E. Glauberman – Up in the Air
As a film studies major at UC Santa Barbara, Dana E. Glauberman knew she wanted to pursue editing. After graduation she secured a production assistant position and began working her way up the ladder, eventually assisting Ivan Reitman’s, long-time editor Sheldon Kahn, (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest). In a case of being in... »
Contenders – Editors, Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button tells the unusual tale of a its titular character (played by Brad Pitt), who ages in reverse. With a character who gets younger as he gets older and a multitude of visual effects shots, Benjamin Button was no simple chronological edit. Such was the challenge presented to the film’s two editors, Angus... »
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