the rough cut podcast

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Palm Springs

January 2020 was quite a month for editor and educator Matt Friedman ACE.  Not only was he nominated for an ACE Eddie award alongside Michael Taylor ACE for their work on The Farewell, Matt’s film Palm Springs set a record […]