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Antebellum

Our guests on this edition of The Rough Cut, editor John Axelrad ACE and his assistant editor Jared Simon, can certainly speak eloquently on the subjects of storytelling and editing techniques, but when you listen to their interview, it absolutely comes […]

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 […]

Hans Zimmer

When it comes to legendary composer Hans Zimmer, you let the music do the talking.  But the numbers don’t lie either. 200+ projects scored across all mediums.  28 billion dollars in combined box office gross from those projects.  One Academy […]

Ozark

Five-time Emmy® nominee, Cindy Mollo ACE is on The Rough Cut this week to discuss her hit Netflix series, Ozark.  This time Cindy is nominated for an Emmy® for her work on the Season Three premiere episode of the show, […]

Insecure

For your consideration…editors Nena Erb ACE and Lynarion Hubbard from HBO’s Insecure.  What should you consider?  For starters, how this talented team has complemented and supported one another over the years, culminating in their Emmy nomination for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture […]

Dark

Netflix’s hit German science fiction thriller Dark is, at times, hard to follow…but impossible to stop following.  Thanks in large part to the talented editing team of Anja Siemens, Simon Gstöttmayr and Boris Gromatzki, the mysterious world of Winden, Germany […]

Homecoming

When showrunner Sam Esmail took on the challenge of bringing a popular podcast to television, he knew there was no better editor to call than the woman who’s helped make his show, Mr. Robot, a critic and audience favorite.  Rosanne […]

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 […]