Art of the Cut

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Oscar-nominated editor Dody Dorn, ACE, about her work on David Ayer’s film, Heart of the Beast.

Dody’s been on Art of the Cut before for Power Rangers and Army of the Dead. Her other work includes Memento, for which she was nominated for an Oscar, Fury, and Insomnia, among many other film and TV shows.

Today’s discussion includes things like re-purposing the end of the movie to be the new beginning, the editing challenges of a dog co-star, and placing flashbacks for maximum emotional and story value.

If you want to read along with the podcast, you can check out the blog which also has images and featurettes and the trailer. It's on the BorisFX blog site:

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Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Oscar-nominated editor Christopher Tellefsen, ACE, about his work on The Whisper Man.

Chris has been on Art of the Cut before for The Menu, The Many Saints of Newark, A Quiet Place, and Assassin’s Creed. He has an Oscar nomination for Money Ball. He has ACE Eddie nominations for The Menu, Joy, Money Ball, Analyze This, and Man on the Moon. Chris was an assistant editor to legendary editor, Thelma Schoonmaker.

A discussion of how The Whisper Man was radically re-shaped to speed the story and establish its thriller tone, plus developing a rhythm of the story beats to strengthen emotional revelations, and much more.

If you want to, you can reac along with this interview and see the trailer and images from the film on BorisFX's blog site:

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Today on Art of the Cut, the Emmy-winning editors for Best Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program: Sean Combs: The Reckoning, a four part doc-series from Netflix. Interviewed for the project were Charles Divak, ACE, Jeremy Siefer, ACE, Evan Wise, ACE, and Benjamin Kast, ACE. Unable to join in the call were editors Adam Goldstein, ACE, Jack Gravina, ACE, and Jonathan Miller. 

Charles Divak has been on Art of the Cut in the past for Chimp Crazy, for which he was nominated for an Emmy and won an ACE Eddie. His other work includes Full Frontal with Samantha Bee for which he was nominated for an Emmy, and The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie.

Jeremy Siefer’s previous work includes HBO’s Storm Over Brooklyn, Netflix’s Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali, and Showtime’s Bronx Obama.

Evan Wise has been on Art of the Cut in the past for Chimp Crazy for which he was nominated for an Emmy and won an ACE Eddie. His other work includes Q: Into the Storm, for which he was nominated for an Emmy, and The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie.

Benjamin Kast is a previous ACE Eddie nominee for The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth. His other work includes the HBO docu-series, Monsters of God, and The Britney Griner Story.

Today’s discussion includes how the structure of the series evolved, the remote workflow, and the editorial strategies used to clarify a complex story.

If you'd like to read along with this podcast, check out the BorisFX blog site:

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Today on Art of the Cut, the Emmy-winning editors for Best Picture Editing for a Limited Series: Kevin Ross, ACE and Max Koepke (KEP-key) and their HBO series, DTF St. Louis.

Kevin has been on Art of the Cut in the past for his work on Stranger Things for which he was an Emmy and ACE Eddie nominee. His other work includes Yellowjackets and Halt and Catch Fire, among others.

Max has also been on Art of the Cut before for his work on Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty and Chad Powers, among others.

Today’s discussion is of topics including manipulating the chronological story to improve the storytelling, working with a showrunner who is also the director and writers, and the value of editing a the same scene with two different intentions.

You can read along with this interview if you want and see images and the trailer from the series on the BorisFX.com blog site:

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Today on Art of the Cut, Carsten KoorPANek discusses the editing of a film that is very unusual: Coyote versus Acme. Firstly, it’s a combination of live action and animation, and second, the studio decided not to release it after it was already completed. Only years later did another company swoop in and buy the distribution rights and decide to release the film that had been languishing in a vault for almost three years. 

Kurpanek has edited numerous films, including Rambo: Last Blood, Escape Plan 2: Hades, and an episode of the TV series Eastsiders. He also was a previs editor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Today’s discussion includes topics like the benefits of “prevising” an entire movie, the iterative process that shapes a film, and the scene that was scripted for the middle of the film but ended up as the inciting incident.

You can read along with this podcast and see images from Carsten's edit suite and post production process as well as the trailer and a clip from the film on the borisfx blog site:

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Today on Art of the Cut, editor Sam Restivo, talks about editing Ridley Scott’s “The Dog Stars” with co-editor, Oscar-winner, Claire Simpson.

Sam has been on Art of the Cut before for Gladiator 2 and Napoleon. He was also an additional editor on House of Gucci, The Last Duel, and The Greatest Showman.

Today’s discussion includes topics like the importance of setting up the movie with its meditative open, the careful use of aerial footage, and knowing when to let a powerful performance dictate the decision NOT to cut.

If you want to read along with this interview, a full transcript is available at the BorisFX blog site.

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Today on Art of the Cut, editor John Axelrad, ACE, and additional editor, Taylor Bynum, discuss editing the summer blockbuster, The End of Oak Street.

John has been on Art of the Cut for a full decade with Lost City of Z, Antebellum, Ad Astra, and Chevalier. He also edited Spaceman and Papillon, among many others with editing credits going back almost 25 years.

Taylor was a first assistant promoted to additional editor on this film. He’s had  various jobs on the post teams of Mickey 17, Spaceman, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and many others.

Today’s discussion includes topics like how intercutting affects a film's rhythm, a classic cutting-room prank, and how a codebook can free the creative process.

If you'd like to read along with this podcast, and see the trailer, a timeline and exclusive stills, check out the BorisFX blog site at

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Today on Art of the Cut, the editors of Spider-Man Brand New Day: Nat Sanders, ACE,  Harry Yoon, ACE, and Gina Sansom.

Nat has been on Art of the Cut before Just Mercy, and for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, He was nominated for an Oscar and an ACE Eddie for editing Moonlight. He’s also edited If Beale Street Could Talk and Short Term 12, among others.

Harry has been on Art of the Cut before for Detroit, Beef, The Best of Enemies, The Fire Inside, Minari, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Thunderbolts. Harry has an ACE Eddie win for Beef, and an ACE Eddie nomination for Minari. 

Gina is an Emmy nominee for the TV series Horace and Peter. Her other editing work includes Wonder Man, The Lowdown, and Our Flag Means Death, among others.

Today’s discussion is about how they collaborated to compress the opening montage, the value of audience screenings, and their workflow - starting with previs, through postvis and final vendor VFX.

You can read along with this podcast and see the trailer, clips and exclusive images at the BorisFX blog:

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Today on Art of the Cut, editor Sierra Neal, ACE, discusses her Emmy-nominated work on the Netflix documentary Marty, Life is Short.

Sierra has been on Art of the Cut several times on the documentaries, Jim Henson: Idea Man, for which she received an Emmy, and for three other documentaries, Music by John Williams, Pavarotti, and The Beatles: Eight Days a Week. She was also an additional editor on the documentary Carlos, about Carlos Santana, which was also covered on Art of the Cut.

Today’s discussion is about the importance of structure and when things are revealed to the audience, the use of selects reels as a muse, and the importance of tone.

If you want to read along with this podcast and see images from Sierra's cutting room and from the documentary, please check out the BorisFX.com blogsite:

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Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Angel Gamboa Bryant, ACE, who is nominated this year for Emmys for both The Upshaws – for Outstanding Picture Editing For A Multi-Camera Comedy Series - and Wanda Sykes Legacy – for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming.

Angel has been nominated for nine total Emmys and four ACE Eddies. Her other credits include the feature film Off the Rails, and TV series, Poppa’s House, History of the World Part II, Project Runway, Last Comic Standing, and many others. 

Today, we’ll be talking about the different types of comedy editing, the pressure of being on set, and the importance of the laugh track in stand-up and sit-com.

If you'd like to read along with this podcast and see photos and trailers from the Emmy nominated projects, visit the BorisFX blog site, which has great content for filmmakers of all types.

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