Art of the Cut

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...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with four of the editors on the buzzy new Amazon Prime series, Young Sherlock. With us are Cheryl Potter, Calum Ross, Phil Hookway, and Tim Murrell.Cheryl’s been on Art of the Cut before, starting back when she was an additional editor for Pietro Scalia, ACE, on Ridley Scott’s The Martian. We’ve also talked to her about the TV series, Snowpiercer. Her other...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Nathan Schauf about his ACE and Annie-winning editing of the Oscar-winning Sony Pictures Best Animated film, KPOP Demon Hunters currently available on Netflix.Nathan’s other work includes Overwatch: Origin Stories, World of Warcraft: Harbingers, and additional editing on Penguins of Madagascar, among many other projects.Today’s discussion includes how the...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Axel Geddes, ACE about the latest Pixar film, Hoppers.Axel and I talked previously about Toy Story 4 for which he won an ACE Eddie. He also has Annie nominations for Best Editing for Toy Story 4, Toy Story of Terror, and Lightyear. His other credits include Finding Dory, and second editor or additional second editor work on Lightyear, Turning Red, Toy Story...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Yvette M. Amirian, ACE, who just won the ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film (non-theatrical) with her work on A Winter’s Song.Yvette (and her editorial team) received an ACE Eddie nomination for Best Edited Reality Series for Whale Wars. She was also an editor on John Singleton's L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later, which was nominated for an...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with director/editor Josh Safdie and his co-editor co-producer and co-writer, Ronald Bronstein. Safdie and Bronstein are nominated this year for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing for Marty Supreme. Safdie has an additional nomination for the film for Best Achievement in Directing.The pair has worked together for almost two decades on such...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Stephen Rivkin, ACE, who was one of the editors on James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash. The other editors included Cameron himself, Nicholas de Toth, Jason Gaudio, and John Refoua. Steve’s been on Art of the Cut before when we discussed the previous Avatar film – The Way of Water. Steve also edited the first Avatar film, for which he was nominated along with...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with editor Mark Strand, ACE, who is nominated for an ACE Eddie for Best Edited Drama Series for his work on HBO’s The Pitt.In addition to The Pitt, Mark’s work includes Shameless, Animal Kingdom, Rizzoli and Isles, Longmire, Nip/Tuck, and others.Our discussion includes how the show was not supposed to have any music, how geography matters to the editing, and the...

Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with editor Viridiana Lieberman about the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-nominated Best Documentary, The Perfect Neighbor. The film was also nominated for the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, and the Audience Award at SXSW, it won the Cinema Eye Honors Award for Best Directing and Viri was nominated for Best Editing. Viri was also nominated for an ACE Eddie and won...

Today on Art of the Cut a discussion of the Oscar-nominated Best Picture, Train Dreams with editor Parker Laramie.Parker was the 2025 Winner of the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award at Sundance for the documentary André Is an Idiot. He has also been nominated for 2 Emmys and a Cinema Eye Honors Award for his writing and editing on the non-fiction program, Allen v. Farrow. His other work includes...