film editing

Mulan

Mulan editor David Coulson is no stranger to working on films about young girls overcoming adversity and societal customs that favor sons over daughters.  You only have to go back to his first collaborative effort with director Niki Caro and […]

The Old Guard

For twenty years editor Terilyn A. Shropshire ACE and director Gina Prince-Bythewood have worked hand in hand to entertain and inspire audiences with films dating back to Gina’s directorial debut, Love and Basketball.   While their new Netflix hit, The […]

The Great

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 […]

Little Fires Everywhere

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 […]

Knives Out

In 2019 Writer / Director Rian Johnson’s Knives Out surprised and delighted audiences with his modern take on the “whodunnit” mystery movie.  To help deliver this wickedly stylish story, Rian turned once again to editor, Bob Ducsay.  Having worked together […]

Captain Marvel

Click here to hear the full audio interview with Debbie Berman, ACE. Matt Feury Welcome, Debbie. Thank you for joining us today. Debbie Berman Happy to be here. Thanks for coming out everyone. Matt The movie’s doing quite well. Debbie […]

The Invisible Man

When writer/director Leigh Whannell brought editor Andy Canny his ideas for a whole new take on The Invisible Man, Andy’s main concern was the prospect of objects floating around the screen looking silly.  The results at the box office have […]

Baby Driver

From out of the Rough Cut archives comes this previously unreleased on-set interview with Baby Driver editor, Paul Machliss.  Recorded while the action is literally happening on location, Paul details the unique workflow he employed for Edgar Wright’s music video […]