Art of the Cut

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Rachel Goodlett Katz, ACE, and Dylan Firshein - the editors of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.Dylan’s been on the show before when we discussed the TV series, The Mandalorian, for which he’s been nominated for two Emmys. He also edited on The Book of Boba Fett. Dylan was also a first assistant editor on Solo: A Star Wars Story, and The Big...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with two of the editors of Apple TV’s Shrinking – James Refroe, who is also an associate producer on the show, and Sarah Lucky.Sarah has also edited Scrubs, I Love That for You, Senior Year, and Grace and Frankie.James has also edited Abbott Elementary, Bad Monkey, Superstore, Uncle Buck, and The Muppets.Our discussion today details the keys to editing comedy, how...

Today on Art of the Cut, the three editors of Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus, Skip Macdonald, ACE, Chris McCaleb, ACE, and Joey Liew, discuss editing the series.Skip’s been on Art of the Cut before for El Camino. He’s an Emmy winner and ACE Eddie winner for Breaking Bad, and a multiple Emmy nominee for Breaking Bad, Fargo, and Better Call Saul. And has ACE Eddie nominations for Pluribus, Breaking Bad,...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Tamara Meem, editor of Remarkably Bright Creatures, now on Netflix.In addition to Tamara’s work on Remarkably Bright Creatures, she also edited Wander Darkly, First Match, The Sound of My Voice, and the TV series, The Decameron, and The Last Thing He Told Me. Tamara lives in Los Angeles, but is from Australia.Our discussion today is about how story is...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Andrew Marcus, the editor of The Devil Wears Prada 2.Andrew has edited Howard’s End, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA, Much Ado About Nothing, the 1994 Frankenstein movie, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Remains of the Day, American Psycho, and Under the Tuscan Sun, among many others.Our discussion today is about the freedom he has in the editor’s cut, the...

Today on Art of the Cut, we have the lead editor and the VFX editor of the documentary series, The Dinosaurs, from Netflix and Amblin’ Entertainment.Ben Lavington Martin, BFE was the lead editor on the series and cut the first episode. His other work includes The World According to Jeff Goldblum, David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive, One Strange Rock, and Nova, among many others.Matt...

Today on Art of the Cut we discuss the documentary, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist with the editors of the film, Daysha Broadway, ACE, and Davis Coombe. The film was produced and directed by some of the same team that created the film Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.Daysha’s been on Art of the Cut before for The Black Lady Sketch Show, for which she won an Emmy and was...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Joshua Raymond Lee, the co-editor of The Drama, and his first assistant editor, Devon Halliday.Joshua is an Emmy and ACE Eddie-nominee for editing the limited TV series, Ripley. He also edited, We Own This City and Monsterland, among others.Devon worked with Josh on Ripley and We Built this City. She also was an assistant editor on the TV series: And Just...

Today, on Art of the Cut, we discuss Baz Luhrman’s “fever dream” EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert. I say, “fever dream” because Luhrman won’t label the film as either concert film nor documentary. The film was edited and produced by Jonathan Redmond.Redmond has been on Art of the Cut before for Luhrman’s scripted narrative feature, Elvis (2022).Jonathan has edited the film The Great Gatsby and TV...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Joel Negron,ACE about editing Project Hail Mary.Joel was last on Art of the Cut for his work on the Disney film, Jungle Cruise. Joel’s other work includes Thor: Ragnarok, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Cocaine Bear, and 21 Jump Street.Today we’re discussing cutting a six-hour first assembly down to about 2 hours, his approach to exploring dailies, and his...