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Editor – Greg O’Bryant
MR. AND MRS. SMITH editor, Greg O’Bryant was not just joining the biggest project of his career with this new Amazon series, but he would also be the “new guy” on a well-oiled machine of storytellers from the tv series, ATLANTA. Taking the chance really paid off for Greg. Not only did he get to try his hand at action, but he got to have his name in the credits twice (Greg also co-produced)!
Turning the premise of the 2005 feature film inside out, here John and Jane are two strangers-turned-partners who carry out their spy-like duties under the cover of being married software engineers. Taking their orders from an unseen task master they call “HiHi”, the two learn the ropes of being “Smiths” while learning to love, and somewhat trust, one another.
GREG O’BRYANT
Prior to working on MR. AND MRS. SMITH, Greg first began his partnership with writer/director Scott Z. Burns on the latter’s political drama, THE REPORT (2019). Greg would also edit an episode of the series, THE LOUDEST VOICE (2019) that Burns helmed. Most recently, the two collaborated on the Apple TV+ series, EXTRAPOLATIONS (2023). In addition to his work with Scott Z. Burns, Greg is also a frequent collaborator with show runner, Nick Antosca. Their partnership first began on CHANNEL ZERO, a SyFy Channel anthology series based on the popular Internet “Creepypastas” Candle Cove, The No-End House and Butcher’s Block. Subsequent projects with Antosca would include Hulu’s original series, THE ACT, as well as the Netflix series, BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOR. Greg also edited the tv series, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, adapted from the film by Steven Soderbergh.
Editing Mr. and Mrs. Smith
In our discussion with MR. AND MRS. SMITH editor, Greg O’Bryant, we talk about:
- Using score as your “tonal buoy”
- Turning the tables on the 2005 film of the same name
- Making a relationship sandwich
- How film is a director’s medium where tv is a writer’s medium
- Where a grumpy p.a. can influence the work
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