I talked to editor Dody Dorn on cutting Fury for David Ayers: Film editor Dody Dorn, ACE, is best known for her work on films like Memento, Kingdom of Heaven, and End of Watch, collaborating with such directors as Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, and David Ayer. Her latest film directed by Ayer, Fury, involved 16 […]
I wrote about HP’s new products at CES 2015: Ahead of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), HP announced some major updates to its desktops, displays and mobile workstations that enhance the way users interact with their devices. New Zbooks are thin and light (and still powerful), Mini Desktops pack streamable media into a small, […]
I interviewed William Goldenberg and Tim Squyres about editing Unbroken. “I don’t think anybody can edit a film to be the best it can be by themselves,” editor Tim Squyres, ACE, told me when I asked him about his first time as co-editor. “You need to push each other and try other things and react […]
“We just wanted to make sure you weren’t an ass****.” That’s what Connecticut-based editor Bryan Capri was told at his first meeting with Synthetic Cinema International (SCI), where he was nervously clutching his resume and reel and hoping for the best. Read the rest of my article at Creative COW >>
I interviewed editor William Goldenberg on editing The Imitation Game. Read it at Creative COW >>
If a thing happens and nobody writes about it, did it really happen? Of course the answer is no, which is why I’m writing a post about a project I finished editing in September. But there is some freshness to it: it’s actually airing nationally(ish) this week. You could have seen it online this whole […]
I wrote about Quantel’s new 8K Pablo Rio on Creative COW.
Here’s a hot tip I’ve been chewing on for a while, especially for younger editors: If someone offers to speak with you about your career — a coffee meeting, an email, an informational interview, anything — follow up with them. If someone hands you their business card and says “stay in touch”, do it. Because […]
Sometimes sexism is exactly what you think it is. So picture this: last day of NAB 2014. I’m wandering around killing time before I needed to head to the airport. I have a horrible cold. I am over it. I sit down at Quantel’s booth (on squishy red squares) where a sharply dressed woman who […]
If you were at TEDxPeachtree at the Buckhead Theater last week, you saw some video work I did. The one minute video vignettes set the mood for each series of speakers. The videos were mostly editorial exercises, mixing some key stock footage with scenes I shot. The opening and closing bumpers were created with 4K […]