EditFest LA – September 7, 2024 

New Location
Disney’s Grand Central Air Terminal (1310 Air Way, Glendale, CA 91201)
*Please make sure to have your photo ID with you upon arrival.

10:30am: Check In

11:00am: Welcome by Kevin Tent, ACE / Blackmagic Presentation

11:20am – 12pm: Deadpool & Wolverine Editors Help Safeguard the Multiverse
Moderated by Michael Krulik (Avid Market Solutions and Product Evangelist)
Explore the editing of the summer’s hottest action film. Plus, Avid will showcase its newest tool for creative teams.

 Panelists:
1. Dean Zimmerman, ACE
2. Shane Reid

12:00pm – Animation Editing Experience
Moderated by Carolyn Giardina (Sr. Entertainment Technology and Crafts Editor, Variety)
Panelists:
1.     Susan Fitzer (Spellbound)
2.     Lynn Hobson (Transformers One)

1:00pm – Break for lunch

 2:30pm – Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O’Steen: A Conversation with Myron Kerstein, ACE
Panelists:
1. Bobbie O’Steen is the author of The Invisible Cut, Cut to the Chase, and Making the Cut at Pixar.
2. Myron Kerstein, ACE (Crazy Rich Asians, tick, tick…BOOM!, Wicked)

4:00pm – Short Break

4:15pm – 5:30pm Editing Improv: Choose Your Own Adventure
Moderated by Susan Vaill, ACE (Hacks, Quiz Lady)
Panelists:
1. Christine Armstrong, ACE (Upload, Rutherford Falls)
2. Vera Drew (The People’s Joker, Tim & Eric)
3. Diana Fishman, ACE (Jury Duty, Grace and Frankie, South Side)
4. Stacy Moon (The Curse, Portlandia)
5. Jennifer Vecchiarello (C’mon, C’mon, Reality)

5:30pm – 7:30pm
Mix and Mingle at the EditFest Afterparty