The Woman in Scorsese's Edit Room

November 27, 2009, 04:36 AM

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story...

Academy Award-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker has edited every one of Martin Scorsese's movies, from Raging Bull to The Aviator. Schoonmaker has had a front-row seat to see how film editing has changed over the past 30 years.

Post Predictions for 2010

November 26, 2009, 04:31 AM

http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=639...

Once again, it’s time for Post’s year-end outlook issue, which has us asking the experts about the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats related to different aspects of our business.

Behind the Scenes with Film Editor Walter Murch

November 25, 2009, 04:31 AM

http://www.artoftheguillotine.com/news_articles/ar...

An 8 Min interview with Walter Murch: In the world of filmmaking, actors and directors dominate the spotlight. The people who actually assemble the film frame by frame and beat by beat toil in relative obscurity. Walter Murch is one film editor whose profile is much higher than most.

Michael Ondaatje on the art of film editing

November 22, 2009, 04:21 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/breakfast/23...

He's known best for his literary work, but, Michael Ondaatje's latest book tackles the art of film editing. Conversations - a collaboration with the American film editor Walter Murch - grew from Michael's experiences working on the cinema adaptation of his acclaimed novel, The English Patient. (NOTE Video is located at the bottom of the article)

Post Recaps Murch Talk

November 20, 2009, 04:18 AM

http://postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&ty...

Littleton Receives Fellowship and Service Award

November 20, 2009, 04:18 AM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

The Motion Picture Editors Guild will honor film editor Carol Littleton, A.C.E., with its Fellowship and Service Award at its annual Board of Directors Installation Dinner on January 9, 2010. The Fellowship and Service Award was established four years ago by the Guild to recognize an individual who has demonstrated professionalism, collaboration, mentorship, generosity of spirit and a commitment to the labor movement. Previous recipients of this distinguished honor include Donn Cambern...

Editor Lisa Gunning on Nowhere Boy

November 19, 2009, 04:15 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/technique/...

Editor Lisa Gunning got her big break in 1998, when her affiliation with The Whitehouse in London led her into a gig working with director Anthony Minghella on a short project for Comic Relief. One thing led to another, and Gunning was eventually offered the job of cutting what would be, sadly, Minghella's final film, Breaking and Entering, in 2006. She keeps busy cutting commercials, and her most recent feature project is Nowhere Boy, which looks at the life of a teenaged John Lennon and his...

Murch Talk Recap

November 19, 2009, 04:15 AM

http://splicehere.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/avid-at...

I spoke at a very interesting meeting of the LA Final Cut Pro User Group last night, along with Walter Murch and Shane Ross. Walter talked about moving back to MC after years with FCP and described in fascinating detail the relative merits of each application...

Paul Martin Smith | The Role of the Editor

November 19, 2009, 04:13 AM

https://www.aotg.com/paul-martin-smith-the-role-of-the-editor/

Paul Martin Smith, Editor of The phantom Menace talks about the Role of the editor for "Making of..."

Editing as Sculpture

November 18, 2009, 04:11 AM

http://editmentor.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/editing...

So what does sculpture have to do with understanding editing? You might be surprised.