NO TIME TO DIE editors, Tom Cross ACE and Elliot Graham ACE combine their collective talents for storytelling and their love for the Bond franchise in director Cary Joji Fukunaga's take on the iconic super agent.
NO TIME TO DIE is the twenty-fifth film in the James Bond series. It stars Daniel Craig in his fifth and final outing as fictional British MI6 agent, James Bond. In this film, Bond, who has left active service with MI6, is recruited by the CIA to find a kidnapped scientist, which leads to a showdown with a powerful adversary.
TOM CROSS ACEEditor Tom Cross first really made a name for himself working alongside director Damien Chazelle on their breakout film, WHIPLASH. Among the many accolades garnered by the film was Cross's Oscar® win for Best Film Editing. Chazelle and Cross would follow that up with another hit movie, LA LA LAND, for which Cross was again nominated for an Oscar®. The two would team up yet again for FIRST MAN, a biopic about astronaut Neil Armstrong. Cross is currently working with Chazelle on the forthcoming film, BABYLON.
ELLIOT GRAHAM ACEEditor Elliot Graham wasted no time in making his way into the editor's chair, bypassing the more traveled route of assistant editing. Graham cut his teeth on a healthy mix of music videos and action movies, punctuated by his work with Oscar®-winning editor John Ottman (BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY) on Bryan Singer's X2: X-MEN UNITED. Although Elliot would go on to do more action/superhero movies like SUPERMAN RETURNS and CAPTAIN MARVEL, it was his work on MILK, the story of gay rights activist and politician, Harvey Milk that brought Elliott an Oscar® nomination.
Editing No Time to DieIn our discussion with the NO TIME TO DIE editors Tom Cross ACE and Elliot Graham ACE, we talk about:
- Creating action within a dialogue scene
- What they require in their editing suites
- Hans Zimmer taking over the music during post
- How Tom and Elliot got started in the business
- Considerations when cutting IMAX footage
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