Art of the Cut

Today we’re talking with some of the editing team from the biggest pinkest movie to hit screens in a while - Barbie. With us for this conversation are editor Nick Houy, ACE… his first assistant editor, Nick Ramirez,  apprentice editor, Maya Rivera, and post PA, Abdul Ndadi. Nick Huoy has been on Art of the Cut before for director Greta Gerwig’s Little Women.  Nick started out as an apprentice to Naomi Geraghty. And in 2012 moved to the editor’s chair where he was an additional editor on Girl Most Likely, and edited Fairhaven, and Manhattan Romance before joining forces with Greta Gerwig for her breakout film, Lady Bird.   In an interesting bit of trivia, another apprentice editor under Naomi Geraghty was none other than Jennifer Lame who edited the other major film opening in theaters the same weekend as Barbie - Oppenheimer. First Assistant Nick Ramirez was an editor on the documentary Stutz - co-edited with Nick Huey… He also edited the feature film Mayday and was the first assistant on Little Women and Lady Bird. As an apprentice editor, this was really Maya Rivera’s first film in post, but since then, she also was an apprentice on The Beanie Bubble, which is out now as well! Abdul Ndadi is the Post PA on Barbie after moving over from animation. He did animation for a documentary called Stickman: The Roosevelt Wilkerson Story.

Today we’re talking with Eddie Hamilton, ACE about Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning.  Eddie was last on Art of the Cut to discuss Top Gun Maverick - which was the most listened to episode of the last year. He’s also talked with Art of the Cut about Mission Impossible: Fallout,  Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation, and Kingsman: Secret Service. I think that’s enough enormous blockbusters, but I’ll also throw in Kickass, Kickass 2, and X-Men First Class and even Resident Evil: Apocalypse almost two decades ago.

Today we’re talking with Kelly Matsumoto, ACE and Dylan Highsmith about editing Fast X. Dylan has worked his way up, mainly as a VFX Editor, including on Fast Five.  And has been an editor on Fast and Furious 6, Furious 7, The Fate of the Furious, and Fast 9. He’s also edited Pacific Rim: Uprising, and Star Trek Beyond. Kelly’s experience with the Fast series goes back to before 2006 with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Also, Fast Five, Fast and Furious 6, and Fast 9. Kelly’s other credits include The Meg, Star Trek Beyond, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and Van Helsing among others. Thanks to our new sponsor Lens Distortions. Be sure to check them out at lensdistortions.com/AOTC. If you want to watch the scenes from this episode: Cannon car https://youtu.be/mAbShxN5f6Q Letti - motorcycle https://youtu.be/BTcqoR96Pls

Today we’re talking with Oscar nominee and multiple BAFTA nominee Barney Pilling, ACE about editing Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City. Barney has been nominated for BAFTAs for his editing of Spooks, Life on Mars, and The Grand Budapest Hotel. He was also nominated for a BAFTA and won an ACE Eddie for The Grand Budapest Hotel.  His other work includes Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Annihilation, and Suffragette. Also, numerous TV series including Outcasts, Playhouse Presents, and Mum. 

Today we’re talking with Michael Andrews, ACE, editor of the incredible animated feature, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Anyone who has seen this has to just be in awe of how something like this got made - and Mike’s gonna shed some light on that for us. Mike’s credits include editing Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Megamind, Shrek, Shrek 2, and Shrek the Third. When you figure that each of those was probably a multi-year commitment, that is a lot of animation editing experience. There are some truly amazing behind the scenes facts in this interview.

Today we’re talking with three of the editors of the Disney Plus series, Andor - John Gilroy, ACE. Yan Miles, ACE and Simon Smith. John Gilroy, ACE is an editor and also a producer on the series. He was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for the feature film Michael Clayton. And he was nominated for an ACE Eddie and a BAFTA for Nightcrawler. His feature work includes Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Suicide Squad, Pacific Rim, The Bourne Legacy, and Salt, among many others.  Yan Miles, ACE has edited some of the great TV series of recent years including Game of Thrones and Band of Brothers.  He won an Emmy and was nominated for an ACE Eddie for The Crown and he won an Emmy, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for Sherlock.  Simon Smith has been on Art of the Cut before when he won the Emmy, the BAFTA and the ACE Eddie for Chernobyl. He also recently won the ACE Eddie for cutting the “One Way Out” episode of Andor. 

Today we’re talking with two of the editors of the TV series, The Last of Us - Timothy Good, ACE and Emily Mendez. Tim edited the feature Dead Man Down and numerous TV series including The Umbrella Academy, The Resident and others. Emily Mendez was an assistant editor on all 9 episodes of The Last of Us and editor for four of them. She was an assistant editor on TV series like The Umbrella Academy and The Resident, and an editor on the series Light as a Feather. 

Today is the 400th episode of Art of the Cut. We’re talking with two of the editors of the TV series, Wednesday. They are Jay Prychidny, CCE and Ana Yavari. Jay joined us just a few months ago to chat about editing Scream 6. Jay has won or been nominated for numerous Canadian Cinema Editors Awards for projects including The Alienist, Orphan Black, Canada’s Next Top Model, The Next Step, and Lost and Found Music Studios. He also won a BAFTA for The Next Step. His other credits include the TV series Snowpiercer, Altered Carbon, and Wednesday. Ana edited the TV series From, which is currently airing. She was also an editor on The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Hardy Boys.

Today we’re talking with the editors of the TV series, Poker Face. Those editors are Bob Ducsay, ACE, Glenn Garland, ACE, Paul Swain, and Shaheed Qaasim. Bob’s been on the show several times, most recently for the two Knives Out mysteries. He also edited Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper, Godzilla King of the Monsters, and Rampage among many others. Glenn is a fellow editing podcaster himself. He hosts the Editors on Editing podcast, so the pressure is on. His work includes King of California and Halloween. Paul’s work includes The Unicorn, Brockmire, and Guilty Party. Shaheed’s work includes A Black Lady Sketch Show, which has been featured on Art of the Cut, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Modern Family, and Deadwood.

Today we’re talking with the editor of the TV series, Star Trek: Picard. Discussing season 3, is editor Drew Nichols, who is also an associate producer on the show. Drew started off in reality and documentary programming about 15 years ago and transitioned into scripted as an assistant editor on great shows like Mad Men and True Detective. He moved into the scripted  television editors chair on 12 Monkeys, The In Between, American Cartel, and MacGyver.