Art of the Cut

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, Steve sits down with Director Edson Oda to hear about his Sundance award-winning directorial debut, Nine Days. We also hear from Editors, Michael Taylor, ACE, and Jeff Betancourt, Additional Editor Zack Boger, and Associate Editor Phillip Kimsey. This diverse team has worked on a wide variety of films and TV series, including The Farewell, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, The Vanilla Ice Project, The Queen’s Gambit, and True Detective. We're excited to learn more about this thought-provoking film, and the many big questions it explores. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, Steve talks with the dynamic editing duo behind James Gunn's superhero blockbuster, Suicide Squad. Fred Raskin is about due for his Art of the Cut Frequent Flier Card. I’ve interviewed him about his work on The Hateful Eight, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Chris Wagner has edited an equally impressive list of major features, including Mission Impossible II, Die Another Day, and numerous films in the Fast and Furious franchise. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, we sit down with Avril Beukes, ACE. Over the course of her career, Avril has been nominated for and won numerous editing awards in her native South Africa. Her work includes the TV series Queen Sugar and Women of the Movement, and feature films like Red Dust, and Yesterday, the latter of which received the Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005. And now her latest project is the Aretha Franklin biopic, RESPECT. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, we meet up with the editing trio behind the Emmy-nominated "A Black Lady Sketch Show." Editors Daysha Broadway, Stephanie Filo, and Jessica Hernández have worked on a variety of TV series and shorts, but were mostly recently tasked with cutting the #ABLSS episode Sister, May I Call You Oshun?, which received the Emmy nomination for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, Steve talks with Nicolas De Toth, the editor behind Netflix's hot summer action flick, Gunpowder Milkshake. Nicolas has built a career cutting action, like Hitman: Agent 47, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. And now he's ready to share the secret ingredients behind this neon-lit action flick. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, meet film editor Joel Negron, ACE, and sound designers Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl. This trio of industry veterans worked on Disney's latest action-adventure flick, Jungle Cruise. We sat down with them to learn about the intricate soundscapes and editing techniques that bring this story to life. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, Steve sits down with Director Cate Shortland, and Editors Leigh Folsom Boyd, ACE, and Matthew Schmidt. Cate's most recent work before Black Widow includes films like Sommersault, Lore, and Berlin Syndrome, as well as a variety of TV series and mini-series. Leigh and Matthew have cut an impressive string of Marvel blockbusters, including Spider-Man Far From Home, Ant-man, Avengers: Endgame, Captain America: Civil War, and many others. So it's not surprise this talented team was selected to spin the web for one of the MCU's most anticipated backstories. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, we meet up with the editors behind Hulu's cringe comedy series, PEN15. Matt McBrayer, Amelia Allwarden, and John Daigle each carried the baton of this hormonal series and ran fearlessly through the toe-curling onscreen experiences of the protagonists.  They were happy to share what they learned about portraying friendships, the difficulties of editing improv, and finding the heart and soul of a story. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, we sit down with Marco Capalbo, one of Werner Herzog's long-time editors. After eight years of collaboration on projects like Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chapman and Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, it’s fair to say the two have built a strong creative connection. Learn about Herzog's method for documentary storytelling, and hear Marco's advice for building lasting creative relationships. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.

On today's episode of Art of the Cut, we speak with editor Jennifer Lilly. Jennifer has a flair for shaping the stories that lie outside of the bell curve, as shown in her work on Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade, as well as The One I Love and Electrick Children. But this unconventional approach to storytelling earned her a Primetime Emmy for her work on season three of Master of None. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Read this interview and many others at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.