In a recent episode of the Manhattan Edit Workshop podcast hosted by Raphi Salem, Josh Apter, and Jason Banke, his narrative is one of fervor, tenacity, and the transforming ability of editing in ...

Director Alexander Payne regularly coaxes acclaimed performances from his actors. Is he a multiple-takes kind of guy? “Yeah, but not insane,” says editor Kevin Tent. “I’d say he’s a four-to-sixer.” ...

The first day I knew how effective the scares in IT: Welcome to Derry would be was the day my assistant editor had to look away from the screen. The dailies had just landed for a sequence we called ...

When it comes to some of cinema's most iconic films, Steven Spielberg's Jaws is about as different from, say, The Wizard of Oz as that technicolor fantasy is from Quentin Tarantino's genre pastiche ...

What is the role of a book editor? Do editors make suggestions to improve characters, pacing or plot? Can editors make sentences flow better? We asked these and more questions of Ann de Forest who is ...

A look at the art of film editing with Oscar-winning editor Jennifer Lame and how her techniques in films such as Manchester by the Sea, Tenet, and, of course, Oppenheimer create compelling narratives ...

Larry Mantle speaks with Booker Prize winning author Michael Ondaatje who wrote The English Patient and Anil’s Ghost. His new book, The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film (A.A.

Making movies about writers is notoriously difficult, though the temptation is clear. After all, filmmakers, like authors, are storytellers, and are drawn to other people who tell them. But as with ...