The Rough Cut

Beastie Boys Story

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020Matt Feury

Editors Jeff Buchanan ACE and Zoe Schack probably had no idea what they were really getting into when they were approached by the Beastie Boys and director Spike Jonze to help edit some clips and photos in support of a […]

What We Do in the Shadows

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020Matt Feury

What We Do In The Shadows editor, Yana Gorskaya ACE joins us on this edition of The Rough Cut podcast to talk about her experience on the show, including directing two of this season’s episodes. Yana tells us all about; […]

Mrs. America

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020Matt Feury

Editors Emily E. Greene, Robert Komatsu and Todd Downing join The Rough Cut podcast to discuss their work on Hulu’s 9 episode mini-series, Mrs. America. Written by showrunner Dahvi Waller, this ambitious project is a factual, but fictionally-enhanced account of […]

Dead to Me

May 25, 2020May 23, 2020Matt Feury

For the past two years, editors Iris Hershner, Nicole Brik and Liza Cardinale ACE have worked together to bring Netflix’s Dead to Me to life. With their collective experience in comedy (Curb Your Enthusiasm), drama (Queen of the South) and […]

The Great

May 18, 2020May 17, 2020Matt Feury

Of all the different types of projects to cut, comedy is notoriously the most challenging. A few frames in either direction can be the difference between a joke falling flat or the audience falling out of their seats. Editor Anthony […]

Westworld

May 11, 2020May 10, 2020Matt Feury

Andrew Seklir ACE is literally and figuratively one of the biggest editors in sci-fi tv storytelling. Since his days playing college basketball for legendary NBA head coach Gregg Popovich, Andy has been the man behind the mouse on such sci-fi […]

Little Fires Everywhere

May 4, 2020May 3, 2020Matt Feury

On this week’s episode of The Rough Cut, editors Tyler Cook, Amelia Allwarden and Phyllis Housen bring the heat to Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere. The team talks about; not letting the characters get too “hot” too soon, their approach to […]

The Masked Singer

April 27, 2020April 26, 2020Matt Feury

Unscripted TV veteran Ed Servaites is our special guest on this week’s Rough Cut podcast. As lead editor and Creative Director at Burnish Creative, Ed has helped bring shows like The Masked Singer, America’s Got Talent and Dancing with the […]

The Voice

April 20, 2020April 19, 2020Matt Feury

For eighteen seasons and ten years, supervising editors John Larson and Robert Malachowski Jr, ACE have helped make NBC’s The Voice a hit show that continues to entertain and inspire TV audiences. On this week’s Rough Cut podcast, they talk […]

The Psychology of Sound Design

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020Matt Feury

Originally featured as part of the 2020 SxSW Film Festival conference line-up, we pulled together an all-star line up of audio post pros to lead us in a discussion on the psychology of sound design. Sound editor? Sound designer? Re-recording […]