Tag Archives: American Cinema Editors

EditFestNY Returns

Written by Keith. Posted on April 14, 2010. Filed under Editing. Tagged , , , . No comments.
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Last year (thanks to Spike Lee and Sam Pollard) I attended EditFestNY and loved it. This year it returns to NYC on June 11-12. Whether you’re an editor, director or producer it’s a choice event to find out how editors contribute to the filmmaking process. Over the course of the weekend, EditFestNY will present some [...]

Editor Karen Schmeer Struck Down

Written by Keith. Posted on January 31, 2010. Filed under Editing. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
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This was the tweet from Director Errol Morris as he broke the news of the death of his editor Karen Schmeer (“The Fog of War”, “Fast, Cheap and Out of Control”). SENSELESS TRAGEDY: My beloved editor Karen Schmeer was killed last night by a car used in the robbery of a drugstore. She was 39 [...]

EditFest NY – pics

Written by Keith. Posted on June 15, 2009. Filed under Editing, Inspiration, News. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . 2 Comments.
Cutting Comedy Panel
“What’s so Funny: The Art of Cutting Comedy” Jeffrey Wolf, A.C.E. (The Longshots, Cecil B. Demented, Billy Madison) Troy Takaki, A.C.E. (Fool’s Gold, Desperate Housewives, Ally McBeal, Sweet Home Alabama) Stephen Rotter (Enchanted, The Right Stuff) – Oscar™ Winner Anna McCabe (Possible Side Effects, Adventureland) Michael Berenbaum, A.C.E. (Sex and the City, the series and [...]