Art of the Cut

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-winning editor, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, ACE, about his work on Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse 9.Mikkel’s been on Art of the Cut before for Banshees of Inisherin, for which he was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. He was also on for Sound of Metal for which he won an Oscar and was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. His other work includes...

Today on Art of the Cut we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Best Picture Oscar-winning classic from 1976, Rocky. The film also won an Oscar for its director, John Avildsen. And for Best Editing for its editors, Richard Halsey, ACE and Scott Conrad, ACE.This interview is with Richard Halsey – and you’ll occasionally hear from Richard’s wife, Colleen, who is also an A.C.E. film editor....

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with the editors of Amazon Prime’s Spider Noir. In two separate interviews we first spoke to Jennifer Barbot, ACE, then to Geraud Brisson, ACE, and Eric Kissack, ACE. Jennifer Barbot cut the series finale of Amazon Prime’s Lucky. Her other work includes Dope Thief, Your Honor, Raised by Wolves, and Man in the High Castle.Geraud has been on Art of the Cut before...

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with the editors of the HBO series, Lanterns, which recently had its season finale.We spoke with Emily Greene, ACE, Matthew Colonna, ACE, and supervising editor, Vikash Patel.Vikash - or Viks - has been on the show before for Black Rabbit and Ozark. He was nominated for Emmys for both those shows. He also won an Emmy for Top Chef. Viks’ other work includes The...

Today on Art of the Cut e speak with Conor O’Neill and Oscar-winning editor Stephen Mirrione, ACE, about editing Alejandro Inarritu’s Digger.Stephen’s been on Art of the Cut before for F1 and The Revenant, for which he was nominated for an Oscar award BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. He was nominated for another BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for Birdman. He was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA and won an ACE...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Oscar-nominated editor Dody Dorn, ACE, about her work on David Ayer’s film, Heart of the Beast.Dody’s been on Art of the Cut before for Power Rangers and Army of the Dead. Her other work includes Memento, for which she was nominated for an Oscar, Fury, and Insomnia, among many other film and TV shows.Today’s discussion includes things like re-purposing the...

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Oscar-nominated editor Christopher Tellefsen, ACE, about his work on The Whisper Man.Chris has been on Art of the Cut before for The Menu, The Many Saints of Newark, A Quiet Place, and Assassin’s Creed. He has an Oscar nomination for Money Ball. He has ACE Eddie nominations for The Menu, Joy, Money Ball, Analyze This, and Man on the Moon. Chris was an...

Today on Art of the Cut, the Emmy-winning editors for Best Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program: Sean Combs: The Reckoning, a four part doc-series from Netflix. Interviewed for the project were Charles Divak, ACE, Jeremy Siefer, ACE, Evan Wise, ACE, and Benjamin Kast, ACE. Unable to join in the call were editors Adam Goldstein, ACE, Jack Gravina, ACE, and Jonathan Miller. Charles Divak has...

Today on Art of the Cut, the Emmy-winning editors for Best Picture Editing for a Limited Series: Kevin Ross, ACE and Max Koepke (KEP-key) and their HBO series, DTF St. Louis.Kevin has been on Art of the Cut in the past for his work on Stranger Things for which he was an Emmy and ACE Eddie nominee. His other work includes Yellowjackets and Halt and Catch Fire, among others.Max has also been on Art...

Today on Art of the Cut, Carsten KoorPANek discusses the editing of a film that is very unusual: Coyote versus Acme. Firstly, it’s a combination of live action and animation, and second, the studio decided not to release it after it was already completed. Only years later did another company swoop in and buy the distribution rights and decide to release the film that had been languishing in a...