Art of the Cut

Today on Art of the Cut, we discuss editing the Apple Plus feature film The Instigators with three editors, including Oscar-winning editor William Goldenberg, ACE, Oscar-nominee Tatiana Riegel, ACE, and Oscar-nominee Saar Klein.

Billy’s been on Art of the Cut six times before for his work on Live By Night, Detroit, 22 July, The Outfit, News of the World, and Air. Billy won an Oscar, a BAFTA, and an ACE Eddie for Argo, and was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and an Eddie for The Imitation Game. He was also nominated for an Oscar for Zero Dark Thirty, but lost to … himself. He was also nominated for Oscars for Seabiscuit and The Insider.

Tatiana has been on Art of the Cut to discuss The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Cruella, and I, Tonya.  Tatiana has been winning ACE Eddies since back in 2008! She was nominated for an Oscar and won an ACE Eddie AND an Independent Spirit Award for I, Tonya, was nominated for an Emmy for Pam & Tommy, and was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Cruella.

Saar was nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for The Thin Red Line, and he was nominated for an Oscar and won an ACE Eddie for Almost Famous. His other work includes, Jumper, The Bourne Identity, and the TV series, Masters of the Air. 

A three-person panel of editors with 8 Oscar nominations between them discusses the emotional impact of structural changes, the advantages of objectivity, and Stockholm Syndrome as it applies to directors!

Today on Art of the Cut we are talking about cutting horror and suspense with Greg Ng and Graham Fortin who edited this summer’s Longlegs which is now available on VOD after its theatrical run.

Greg has been nominated and won numerous Canadian Cinema Editor and Leo Awards for TV and documentaries. His credits include the feature films Afflicted and Come and Find Me. He’s also edited for the great ESPN doc series, 30 for 30.

Graham’s credits include the documentaries Ari’s Theme, The Wrestlers, and the TV series Trumpocalypse.

Today we’re going to be discussing changing the beginning of the film, changing the end of the film and making all the moments in the middle as heightened as possible, emotionally.

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Today on Art of the Cut we are talking about Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with editor Jay Prychidny, CCE. 

This is Jay’s fourth time on Art of the Cut. He previously joined us to talk about Snowpiercer, Wednesday, Scream VI, and now, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Jay’s won a BAFTA and been nominated for and won numerous Canadian Cinema Editor’s Awards for his work on Orphan Black, The Alienist, The Amazing Race Canada, and many others.

Today we’re going to be discussing re-structuring a film to blend disparate elements, trying to create a mashup of MacArthur Park that tells a story while remaining musically cohesive, and turning a simple montage into a nostalgic, emotional journey. 

Today on Art of the Cut, we talk with editor Jamie Kirkpatrick, ACE and one of his assistant editors, Amanda K. Romero about editing the film, Greedy People.

Jamie’s been on Art of the Cut previously for his work on the film Critical Thinking. His other films include Old Henry, My Friend Dahmer, and We Summon the Darkness.

Amanda has previously edited the feature films False Pretenses and Bedside, and the TV series Londyn and Philly D.A.

We’re going to be discussing how balancing tone in a black comedy is deadly business, why finding temp from similar movies doesn’t necessarily work, and how you make the move from un-scripted editor to scripted assistant

Also, you can read along and see pictures of Jamie and Amanda, Jamie's cutting room, and the timeline and Productions window from Adobe Premiere for the movie.

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Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar nominee Jake Roberts, ACE, about editing Alien Romulus.

Jake has been on Art of the Cut previously for the films Brooklyn, Hell or High Water, and The Hitman's Bodyguard. He was also on for the TV series, Devs.

His work on Hell or High Water was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, an ACE Eddie and an Oscar.

We’re going to be discussing director Fede Alvarez’s cinematic hack behind the jump scare, how pacing builds tension, and how they shot special effects in the cutting room.

You can read along with this interview and see trailers, film clips and stills from the movie at

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Today on Art of the cut, we speak with Emmy-nominated editor Michael Harte, ACE, about editing the Netflix docu-series, “Beckham.” He was also nominated for an ACE Eddie and a BAFTA for the series.

Harte won an Emmy, an ACE Eddie a BAFTA for his editing of the documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”  He was also nominated for an Emmy and an ACE Eddie for his editing of the documentary “Three Identical Strangers.”

We’re going to be discussing the need to know where and how the documentary  starts, the importance of archival that speaks in conversation with the interviews, and respecting the all-important power of the truth.

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Today, we’re talking with Zsófia Tálas, who was recently nominated for an Emmy for her episode of the drama, Slow Horses - available on Apple TV Plus.

Zsófia’s other work includes the BBC TV series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, SkyTV’s The Midwich Cuckoos, and Hulu’s Brassic. She’s also cut feature films including Bad Poems, The Cabin, and Unwelcome.

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Today, we’re talking with Dean Zimmerman, ACE and Shane Reid about editing Deadpool and Wolverine.

Dean’s been on Art of the Cut before to discuss the projects: Free Guy, All the Light We Cannot See and Stranger Things, for which he won an Emmy, was nominated for two others, and an ACE Eddie. His other work includes The Darkest Minds, Jumper and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Dean’s been working on the next season of Stranger Things.

Shane Reid was previously on Art of the Cut for his editing of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. He also edited the feature, One More Time with Feeling and is currently cutting the new Saturday Night Live feature film, due out in October of 2024.

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Today, we’re talking with Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE about editing one of this summer’s big blockbusters, “Twisters.” The last time I spoke with Terilyn, she had just edited “The Woman King,” for which she was nominated for an ACE Eddie. We also spoke when she edited “The Old Guard.” Terilyn has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, was nominated for an ACE Eddie for her work on “When They See Us”  and she won an ACE Eddie for “Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story.”

Terilyn’s other credits include Miss Bala, Eve’s Bayou and Love and Basketball. She edited the The Secret Life of Bees. She was also an additional editor on A Wrinkle in Time.

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Today on Art of the Cut, we feature one of the recent editing nominees for this year’s Emmys: Russell Griffin, ACE. He’s been nominated for three primetime Emmys and a Kids and Family Emmy. And won an ACE Eddie last year for the How I Met Your Father episode, “Daddy.” This year he’s Emmy nominated for the How I Met Your Father episode “OK, Fine, it’s a Hurricane” in the category, Outstanding Picture Editing For A Multi-Camera Comedy Series.

Previous work includes The Upshaws, for which he was nominated for an Emmy and Mad about You.

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