Samson & DelilahContenders – 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. Director Kathryn Bigelow was looking for an editor and wanted to meet him. Desperate to find an editor who would go to the Middle East, she was... »
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... »
Contender – Editor, Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire
For Chris Dickens, the editor of Slumdog Millionaire, the challenge was to create fast-paced montages out of an abundance of footage and myriad cinematic images supplied by director of photography Anthony Dod Mantle, who shot in both digital and film formats. Director Danny Boyle “asked me to make the film feel like a bullet coming... »
Contender – Editor, Andrew Weisblum, The Wrestler
Andrew Weisblum was the perfect choice when director Darren Aronofsky needed a “hungry editor” for his reality-based film The Wrestler. After 13 years of assisting, primarily in New York, Weisblum had only edited a handful of features (including The Darjeeling Unlimited and Broken English). The pair had met when Weisblum was visual effects editor... »
Contender – Editor, Elliot Graham, Milk
Prior to working on Milk, editor Elliot Graham was familiar with the story of Harvey Milk and felt it was an important story to be told. He had also been a fan of Gus Van Sant since Drugstore Cowboy and had the director on a shortlist of people he’d like to work with. They... »
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