Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with the editors of Gran Turismo - Colby Parker, Junior, ACE, Austyn Daines, and co-editor, Eric Freidenberg. Colby’s been on Art of the Cut before for his work on Mile 22. Colby was nominated for an ACE Eddie for his work on Ant-Man. His other work includes Patriot’s Day, Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor and Battleship. Austyn has edited the feature film “Demonic” and the Travis Scott documentary, “Look Mom, I can Fly.” Eric has cut features including Kandahar, and documentaries including The World of Thinking. He’s also cut TV including 30 for 30, 9-1-1, Unsolved Mysteries, and Chef’s Table. And he was an editor on the GT Academy TV series.

Today on Art of the Cut, a little change of pace. August was the 30th anniversary of the movie, The Fugitive, directed by Andrew Davis and edited by Don Brochu, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Dov Hoenig, Richard Nord and Dennis Virkler. Why so many editors? You’ll soon find out as I talk to director Andrew Davis about the evolution of the film through editing, his thoughts on being one of the first directors to try to cut a film using Avid Media Composer, and what he looks for when choosing a new editor for a project. Mr. Davis was nominated for a Golden Globe and a DGA Award for Best Direction for The Fugitive. His other films include Under Siege, Chain Reaction, A Perfect Murder, Collateral Damage, Holes, and The Guardian.

Guests Jennifer Lame, Mike Fay, Nick Ellsberg, and Tom Feligno discuss editing 'Oppenheimer'. Topics include organizing visuals based on themes, screening and organizing film formats, logistical challenges of shooting in New Mexico, efficiency in storytelling techniques, trusting instincts in the editing process, and assembling the editorial team.

Editors of Succession discuss their Emmy nominations and selection process. They analyze the technical choices in an episode. The value of agents in the editing industry is explored. Their approach includes string outs and tweaking. Challenges and highlights include the shooting of the final scene and managing overlapping dialogue in a phone call scene.

Today on Art of the Cut, editor Stephanie Filo, ACE. Stephanie just hit the Emmy trifecta: she was nominated for three Emmys for three different series! She was nominated for Outstanding Editing in a Variety Program for A Black Lady Sketch Show along with editors Malinda Zehner Guerra, and Taylor Mason. Also in the Variety Programming category, she's nominated for History Of The World Part II with her co-editors, Angel Bryant, Daniel Flesher, and George Mandl. And finally, for Outstanding editing in a Limited Series, she's nominated for Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Stephanie Filo is originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa. She has two Emmy wins, and an ACE Eddie win for A Black Lady Sketch Show. And was a Peabody Award winner for her work on the documentary Surviving R. Kelly and an Emmy winner for her work on the documentary Separated. She was also nominated for an Emmy for her work on the documentary Aging Out. She also recently edited the feature film We Grown Now, which is soon to be released. Finally, Filo once starred as the only co-host of Art of the Cut ever - for the episode on the thriller, Barbarian. Barring all of the editing wins and nominations, probably her proudest moment, I’m sure.

Today we’re talking with the editors of the TV series, The White Lotus which has been nominated for Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Picture Editing in a Drama Series category. Heather Persons, ACE has been nominated for her episode, “Abductions” and John Valerio, ACE has been nominated for his episode “Arrivederci.” Heather has been nominated three times before for Emmys, three times for ACE Eddies, and for a BAFTA. She’s edited features, like “Sunshine Cleaning” and was an additional editor on “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” Her TV credits include, The Flight Attendant, How to Make it in America, and The Ron Clark Story. John won an Emmy for his “Departures episode from Season 1 of The White Lotus, and won an ACE Eddie for his “Arrivederci” episode from Season 2. He’s also been nominated for another ACE Eddie and a BAFTA. His work includes TV series like Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Old Man, Tokyo Vice and Parks and Recreation.

Today we’re talking with Nena Erb, ACE about the film Joy Ride. Nena has won two Primetime Emmys for her work on Project Greenlight and Insecure. She also has three ACE Eddie nominations - two for Insecure, and one for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Her other work includes editing Justin Bieber’s Believe, the TV series Little America, and the feature film Little Owl, which also just released.

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