Author, Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True Memoir

This week, Ira spoke with film editor and writer Lisa Cheek, author of Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True Memoir. In this (A)vid episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Lisa talks about starting her career in Charleston, South Carolina, then Charlotte, and her big move to Los Angeles; why she loved working on commercials and traveling; learning to tell a story in 30 seconds; aging out of the job; accepting the unique offer to edit Cinderella and traveling to China; the distances required for location shooting; her “magical” assistant who spoke four languages; why she decided to write the book; her adopted two dogs in China; why she wanted the adventure; how she follows Hemmingway’s suggestion; the different ways she cut a scene; connecting to the Internet in remote villages; editing outside with a view of the Yangtse River; her most meaningful experiences; kindness as a universal language; why there’s magic everywhere; and everybody will get something different from reading the book.

Lisa Cheek is a writer and film editor. After 25 years of editing and producing other people’s work, she finally took the advice of friends and coworkers to heart and decided to focus on telling her own stories. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two mutts, Josie and Elvis Bruce Wayne, and two cats, Eartha Kitt and Trixie. A frequent traveler to all kinds of interesting places, she has several film and television scripts in various stages of development and is working on her next book.

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