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Charlex Promotes Ryan Dunn to Executive Creative Director
Following a run of high-profile projects, Charlex is promoting director/CD Ryan Dunn to executive creative director. While Dunn will continue to direct, he will increase his focus on expanding the staff and sharpening the overall creative direction of the Charlex brand, working with his team of producers and creatives on any given job. »
Wild(child) Editorial Adds Editor Diego Panich To Its New York Roster
Yvette Pineyro, founder of Wild(child) Editorial announced that Diego Panich, one of Argentina’s premiere editors will make the move to New York this month to join her Flatiron-based editorial boutique. »
Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes Drive into High Gear
Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came to Los Angeles, the city of cars, to make a film filled with some of the most authentic and exciting car chase sequences seen on the screen in years. »
ACE Announces Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
American Cinema Editors (ACE) will honor veteran editors Joel Cox, ACE and Doug Ibold, ACE with the organization’s lifetime career achievement award at the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards on Feb. 18 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. »
ACE Announces Nominees for the Eddie Awards
American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced nominations for the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners will be revealed during ACE’s 62nd annual black-tie awards ceremony on Feb. 18, in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The ceremony will be hosted by actor/comedian... »
Contender – Editor Anne-Sophie Bion, The Artist
"To tell the truth, this was the first time editing a whole movie by myself," admits Anne-Sophie Bion, formerly an assistant to the renowned French editor, Hervé Schneid, (Amélie) who taught her, "if editing works without sound, it can only be better with it." When editing another film, Bion practiced cutting by shutting off... »
Contender – Editor Joel Cox, J. Edgar
How does one collaborate with one of Hollywood’s true legends for so many years on such a wide variety of projects? Just ask Joel Cox, who has edited nearly 40 films in total and has worked with Clint Eastwood since the late 1970s. »
Contender – Editor Claire Simpson, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Editing is all about focusing attention on what the filmmakers want an audience to see at any given time in a film. The editing on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close takes its focus from the book and adapted screenplay that were written from point of view of the lead character Oskar (Thomas Horn). Both... »
Recognizing Exceptional Editing
Just as every summer theaters are filled with super-hero blockbusters and other tent-pole movies, as each year comes to a close, audiences are deluged by the release of motion pictures considered by the various studios to be award-worthy. Although some critically acclaimed works come early in the year, fear of short audience memories means... »
Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes tells an origin story that lays the foundation for the mythology of the first Planet of the Apes film, which takes place 3,000 years in the future. The success of the current film hinges on the believability of the main character, Caesar, a chimpanzee played by a... »
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Iran’s Best Foreign Film Nominee: Asghar Farhadi’s A SeparationJanuary 2012 | By Jack Egan
One of the surprises of this awards season is A Separation, a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and... »
Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes Drive into High Gear
January 2012 | By Jack Egan
Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came... »