In Memoriam – George Ohanian, ACE George Ohanian, ACE, passed away on April 20 in the comfort of his home in Glendale. He was 96. Born and raised in Hartford, Conn., Ohanian was a combat veteran of World War II and fought in the European Theatre and the...
In Memoriam – Jon Gregory, ACE Jon Gregory, ACE, Oscar®-nominated editor of Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri, passed away on Sept. 9 following a short illness. He was 77. Gregory worked with director Mike Leigh for over 30 years on films...
In Memoriam – Lewis Erskine, ACE Lewis Erskine, ACE, a native New Yorker who loved music and poetry almost as much as he loved editing, passed away in the early hours of the morning of June 3, 2021, after a long battle with cancer. He was 64. Erskine is...
EditFest Global 2021 American Cinema Editors’ 2021 EditFest Global event (Aug. 28-29) featured three panel discussions, 18 breakout sessions and plenty of networking, as well as an in-depth discussion with Tom Cross, ACE. ACE President Kevin Tent, ACE, kicked off...
Academy Museum Opens Following a week featuring a dedication and several opening events, the anticipated Academy Museum of Motion Pictures – of which American Cinema Editors is a Founding Supporter – opened to the public on Sept. 30 in the Saban Bulding (the old...
Animation Showcase – 4th Qtr, 2021 Catherine Apple, ACE, and Jason Hudak teamed on Pixar’s fish-out-of-water coming-of-age tale about a sea monster who lives on the Italian Riviera, written and directed by Enrico Casarosa. Early versions of the film were...
King Richard Sporting dramas are often tales of triumph over adversity but present an editorial challenge when the people featured in them are still alive. The Fighter(2010) tells the story of the fall and rise of boxer Micky Ward. The Battle of the Sexes (2017)...
Last Night in Soho Time seems to fall apart in Edgar Wright’s trip back to the 1960s of a neon-lit London. The director’s follow up to Baby Driver had been gestating for a decade but perhaps could not have been made without the techniques evolved with Paul...
No Time to Die For Bond 25 – also the final movie starring Daniel Craig as 007 – producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson signed Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) to direct and Tom Cross, ACE (Whiplash, La La Land) and Elliot Graham, ACE (Milk, Steve Jobs) to...
