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Editing Tyler Perry's Life Story with Filmmaker Erick Sasso

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Erick Sasso is a multi-hyphenate creative and the editor of the film, Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, which documents the life of Tyler Perry. Erick compares the making of documentaries to the making of a meal. You need to use the right ingredients…not too much, not too little. And everyone at the table has to enjoy it.


In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins speaks with filmmaker Erick Sasso to discuss: 

  • Making music videos with his friends in high school
  • Realizing you can reverse engineer in the edit
  • The importance of charging adequately for your services
  • How he landed the editing job on Maxine’s Baby
  • What it looks like to fall in love with the subject
  • Navigating topics such as abuse and childhood trauma 
  • What it was like seeing emotional reactions from the audience
  • Important lessons he has learned about being a filmmaker
  • Setting up projects in Adobe Premiere
  • Overcoming tech fears and looking forward to new updates
  • Why editors make the best directors
  • Focusing on development and learning from others


    • Memorable Quotes

    • “Usually you are not charging enough. Usually, you are charging way less than industry standard.” [12:38]
    • “When you edit a lot, it’s really creepy when you meet people.” [32:59]
    • “You may think you are a hard worker until you meet someone who is doing 10x your output.” [35:09]
    • “You need to become a pro at uncertainty.” [60:24]



      • Mentioned:

      Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story


      Erick's website


      Connect with Erick on IG



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