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in Interviews, TV, TV InterviewsInterview: Editor Mohamed El Manasterly on Cutting Docs From ‘Freediver’ to ‘Welcome to Wrexham’
Mohamed El Manasterly is already one of the most accomplished editors in documentary storytelling, having previously won both an Emmy and an ACE Eddie Award for his work on Welcome to Wrexham. El Manasterly has cut three of the show’s four seasons, discovering new things about his own work as well as the collaborative process […] More
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Interview: ‘Dope Thief’ Editor (and Philly Native) Eric Litman, ACE Can Attest to the New Series’ Authenticity
Editor Eric Litman, ACE cut three episodes of Apple TV+’s brand new crime series Dope Thief, picking up the high-strung saga of Ray (Brian Tyree Henry) and Manny (Wagner Moura) in episode 3 “Run, Die, or Relapse” and upping the tension across both episode 4 “Philadelphia Lawyer” and episode 7 “Mussolini.” But as a native […] More
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Interview: ‘Companion’ Editors Brett W. Bachman & Josh Ethier on Maintaining the Element of Surprise
Drew Hancock‘s Companion (reviewed here by Joey, who spoke to Hancock here) is a thrilling and hilarious riff on our contemporary anxieties around AI, but for editors Brett W. Bachman, ACE and Josh Ethier, ACE, it was essential to never reduce Iris – the robotic companion whose fate grows increasingly uncertain over the course of […] More
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Interview: ‘Blitz’ Sound Designer James Harrison on His Longtime Collaboration with Steve McQueen
The Best Sound category at this year’s Academy Awards is shaping up to be a heated race, with Wicked and Dune: Part Two both staking legitimate claims. However, Steve McQueen‘s latest feature Blitz might just be the most deserving of the bunch, with its ambitious sound design courtesy of supervising sound editor James Harrison. Such […] More
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Interview: Editor Christine Armstrong on ‘How to Die Alone’ Being Inspired by ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Natasha Rothwell’s How to Die Alone is a deeply personal show. The series follows Melissa (Rothwell), a broke JFK airport employee who is inspired to dream and live life again after a near-death experience. As one might expect from Rothwell, the show is also quite funny, and much of that careful blend can be attributed […] More
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Interview: ‘Nobody Wants This’ Editor Maura Corey on the Show’s Effortless Comedic Chemistry
Editor Maura Corey is no stranger to fan-favorite television, having cut together episodes of hit series such as Amazon’s Gen V and AMC’s Kevin Can F**k Himself, but few series over the last several years have captured audiences’ attention like Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody as the most unlikely of […] More
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Interview: ‘Escaping Twin Flames’ Co-Creators Can Attest to the Courage of Cult Survivors
“They were made to believe they weren’t capable of functioning without the cult, and they needed to keep working on themselves endlessly,” says Escaping Twin Flames director and executive producer Cecilia Peck. “But that was all lies. Everyone in the cult is talented, conscientious, and capable of finding love and a productive life on the […] More
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Interview: Editor Melissa Kent on Seeing Music with ‘Música’
When film editor Melissa Kent first heard about Rudy Mancuso‘s Música, she knew she had to be involved. “I’m always on the lookout for any movie that revolves around music, so this title intrigued me immediately,” Kent says. Kent was already familiar with Mancuso’s work on YouTube, and the two immediately hit it off upon […] More
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Interview: ‘Spermworld’ Editor Daniel Garber on Representing the Internet in Film
Depicting the internet in film and television is often considered a nearly impossible task. It can often appear clunky or inauthentic, but film editor Daniel Garber may have cracked the code with his work on Lance Oppenheim‘s FX documentary Spermworld. Garber is no stranger to representing online activity in the edit. His first fiction feature […] More
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Interview: ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Editors Shelly Westerman and Payton Koch on Season 3
Shelly Westerman, ACE and Payton Koch are more than just co-editors on Only Murders in the Building. Westerman — a veteran of the industry, whose previous collaborators include both Todd Haynes and James L. Brooks — immediately noticed a kindred spirit in Koch when he was just a PA on Ryan Murphy and Evan Romansky‘s […] More
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Interview: Editor and Activist Stephanie Filo Discusses the Spirit Award Nominated ‘We Grown Now’
Stephanie Filo made history in 2023 when she became the first editor to be nominated for three Emmys for three different shows in a single awards cycle. Especially considering Filo’s victory in Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming for her work on A Black Lady Sketch Show, that kind of success would have been more […] More
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Watch: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Editor Alan Baumgarten Breaks Down the Film’s Opening Sequence
Editing any movie is difficult, but one imagines that editing an Aaron Sorkin movie must be particularly hard. With all of the snappy, razor-sharp dialogue and the abundance of characters, keeping the audience’s attention clear and focused on the right places isn’t an easy feat, yet it’s one that Alan Baumgarten made look simple with his work for The Trial […] More
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