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Editors – Melissa McCoy, ACE and A.J. Catoline, ACE
Ted Lasso editors, Melissa McCoy and A.J. Catoline re-join this episode of The Rough Cut podcast to tell us about what goes on in the cutting room to make all the magic from the locker room.
Ted Lasso is an AppleTV+ series developed by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly and Brendan Hunt, based on a character of the same name that Sudeikis first portrayed in a series of promos for NBC Sports’ coverage of the The English Premier League. The premise is that American college football coach Ted Lasso is recruited to coach an English Premier League team, AFC Richmond, despite having no experience in English football.
MELISSA McCOY ACE
Michigan native, Melissa McCoy is an editor and producer, known for Ted Lasso (2020), Rush Hour (2016) and Whiskey Cavalier (2019). Melissa won an ACE Eddie for her work on Ted Lasso in 2021.
A.J. CATOLINE, ACE
Emmy-winning editor, A.J. Catoline is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and USC’s Master of Professional Writing Program, and a Board Member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, Local 700 IATSE. He is a picture editor working in television and documentary film in Los Angeles. He attended the American School in Paris and grew up in Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Editing Ted Lasso – Season 3
In our discussion with Ted Lasso editors, Melissa and A.J., we talk about:
- Not doing the notes, just making them disappear
- VFX for football teams that don’t have any balls
- The way Sudeikis lays his cards out on the table
- Making a mega montage
- One last look back on Lasso
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