Editors – Skip Macdonald ACE, Chris McCaleb ACE and Joey Liew
The PLUR1BUS editing team of Skip, Chris and Joey have worked together for 15 years on Vince Gilligan’s Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and now his new sci-fi hit for Apple TV+. With that kind of shared experience the three have established a creative “hive mind” of their own, while still demonstrating their individual talents as storytellers. Despite PLUR1BUS being such a departure from the stories he has told up to this point, it’s easy to see why one thing Vince wouldn’t change is the post crew that has helped make his shows modern classics.
PLUR1BUS follows Albuquerque author Carol Sturka, who is one of only 13 people in the world immune to the effects of the “Joining”, an event in which an extraterrestrial virus transformed the rest of humanity into a peaceful and content hive mind known as the “Others”. The hive mind happily accommodates the wishes of those who remain unaffected, but admits that it will ultimately seek to assimilate them when it learns how to do so. Carol is adamantly against their efforts as she searches for a way to reverse the Joining.
SKIP MACDONALD, ACE
Despite an inauspicioius beginning to his career, working as an assistant sound editor on legendary film flop, Heaven’s Gate, today Skip’s mantle features an Emmy® award for his work on Breaking Bad. Adding his work on Fargo to the shows he has done with Vince Gilligan, Skip has been nominated for 12 ACE Eddie awards and 11 prime-time Emmy® awards, including his win in 2014.
CHRIS McCALEB, ACE
In addition to being thrice nominated for an Emmy® award for his work on Breaking Bad (1x) and Better Call Saul (2x), Chris has been nominated for a total of four ACE Eddie awards between the two shows, winning in 2021 for his work on Better Call Saul.
JOEY LIEW
California native turned New Mexico transplant, Joey Liew has steadily risen up the ranks of Vince Gilligan’s ABQ universe. Joey began on Breaking Bad in 2010 as a production assistant, before making his way as an assistant editor and then editor on Better Call Saul and now PLUR1BUS. In 2021 Liew would share an ACE Eddie award with Chris for their work on the Season 5 Better Call Saul episode, “Bad Choice Road”.
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