Today on Art of the Cut, Oscar-winning editor Tom Cross, ACE on editing Damien Chazelle’s "Babylon." I’ve been honored to have Tom on Art of the Cut five times before. Previously, we spoke about Joy, Hostiles, La La Land, First Man, and No Time to Die. Tom was nominated for a BAFTA, and ACE Eddie and WON the Oscar for Best Achievement in Film Editing for Whiplash. He was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Joy. He was nominated for a BAFTA and an Oscar and WON an ACE Eddie for La La Land. He was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for First Man. And he was nominated for an ACE Eddie and WON a BAFTA for No Time to Die.

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with the two editors of Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animation version of “Pinocchio” - Holly Klein and Ken Schretzmann, ACE. Holly Klein has been in the animation business since leaving college. She was an animator on Blues Clues and other kids TV shows and transitioned into editorial including work as an assistant editor on Coraline and Paranormal. Ken Schretzmann began his career in live action feature film editorial back in the mid-80s and worked as an assistant editor on films like “Fried Green Tomatoes” “Get Shorty” and “Men In Black.” He edited the live action feature “The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer” before transitioning to animation editorial working on PIXAR films such as “Toy Story 2” “Monsters Inc” “Cars” and “Toy Story 3.”

Today, on Art of the Cut we’re talking about the film, The Banshees of Inisherin with Oscar-winning film editor, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, ACE.  Mikkel, who is from Denmark, joined us previously on Art of the Cut for the Sound of Metal, which won him the Oscar, and a BAFTA, and an ACE Eddie nomination. His other films include Beasts of No Nation, A Royal Affair, and The Outsider.

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with writer/director/editor Brett Morgen about his film “Moonage Daydream” about the iconic artist, David Bowie. This is no simple biopic. It’s a rich, philosophical montage connecting Bowie’s life and work with the culture that he is both affected by and speaking into. This interview came from numerous requests from Art of the Cut fans who loved the masterful editing of this film. Brett Morgen is known for directing biographical documentaries like Jane - about the extraordinary life of Jane Goodall, Cobain: Montage of Heck, about the life of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, and The Kid Stays in the Picture, about the legendary Paramount producer, Robert Evans. Morgen has also directed the pilot of the series When the Lights Go On, and episodes of 30 for 30 and Runaways among other feature film and TV projects.

Today on Art of the Cut, one of the most talked about films at the moment, the horror film, Barbarian, currently on HBOMax. With us to discuss this film today is Art of the Cut's first-ever guest host: multi-Emmy-winning editor, Stephanie Filo, ACE. Steph has been a guest on the show before and I saw her post several times about this film on Twitter as a self-proclaimed "fan-girl" of the film, so I thought with her knowledge of editing and her love of the film, she'd be the perfect co-host. Also with me are the film's writer/director, Zach Cregger and the film's editor Joe Murphy. Joe and I have one degree of imdb separation as we've both co-edited with Jamie Kirkpatrick. Stephanie Filo, ACE - my co-host - has edited A Black Lady Sketch Show, for which she won multiple Emmys and was nominated for an ACE Eddie. She also won a Peabody Award for her editing of the documentary Surviving R. Kelly. And edited the recent Dahmer series available on Netflix. Zach Cregger is probably best-known as an actor in TV series like The Whitest Kids U Know, and Wrecked, and the feature films, Miss March and College. Joe Murphy's credits as editor include the feature films Swallow, Don't Come Back from the Moon, We Summon the Darkness and The Sound and the Fury. Also, TV series like Kingpin and A Friend of the Family.

Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with the editors of Black Adam: John Lee and Mike Sale, ACE. Michael's credits include Red Notice, Central Intelligence, We're The Millers, The Hangover II, and Bridesmaids (for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie). John started his career as an assistant on the original Matrix movie. He was an additional editor on Inception and an associate editor on movies like Tenet, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Dunkirk, Spectre and Interstellar. John was on a previous Art of the Cut episode to discuss his work on Dunkirk, with editor Lee Smith, ACE.

Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with brothers, Sean and Ryan McIlraith. They are editors at Saturday Night Live and have edited many of the digital shorts that have gone viral over the last few years. Sean’s been on the show as an editor since 2013, and has also cut episodes of That's My Time with David Letterman, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and segments of NBC’s New Years Eve show. He’s currently cutting a feature film with some SNL alums. Ryan’s been at SNL since 2018 and has been an editor there since 2019. He’s also cut on That's My Time with David Letterman, It’s Bruno, and The Hardest Job in Sports. Both brothers also cut short films and TV spots.

Today on Art of the Cut we are speaking with Oscar-nominated editor Jay Cassidy, ACE, about editing David O. Russell's "Amsterdam." Jay's been on Art of the Cut before for his editing of "A Star is Born" for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie. His first ACE Eddie win was for "An Inconvenient Truth." He received his first Oscar nomination for "Into the Wild." He was also nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for "Fury" and received another Oscar nomination, and an ACE Eddie win for "Silver Linings Playbook," along with another Oscar nomination for "American Hustle." Other work includes "The King of Staten Island," "Birds of Prey," and "Joy," in a career that includes more than 30 feature films.

Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with Monika Willi about her work on director Todd Field's film "Tár," starring Cate Blanchett. Monika is based in Vienna, Austria and has won numerous film editing awards throughout Europe. Her editing work includes the features “The White Ribbon,” “Amour,” “Funny Games and she directed and edited the documentary “Untitled” which won the Austrian film award for Best Documentary. She also edited the TV series "Funeral for a Dog.”

Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with Affonso Gonçalves, ACE about his work on Olivia Wilde’s, Don’t Worry Darling. Affonso has been nominated for an Emmy and won an ACE Eddie for his work on the TV series True Detective. He was nominated for another ACE Eddie for his work on the documentary, The Velvet Underground. His other work includes the films Carol, The Lost Daughter, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Winter’s Bone.