SHORT ENDS
 The panelists included (top row, from left), Guild President Lisa Churgin, ACE; Mary Jo Markey, ACE; Vice President Carol Littleton, ACE; (front row) Scott Powell, ACE; David Zieff; and Board member Alan Heim, ACE. Photo by Wm. Stetz |
DISCUSSING THEIR ART
The Editors Guild hosted a panel discussion on the craft and business of editing
at the Directors Guild Theatre in Hollywood on April 20. The panelists included
Guild President Lisa Churgin, ACE; Mary Jo Markey, ACE;
Vice President Carol Littleton, ACE; Scott Powell, ACE; David
Zieff; and Board member Alan Heim, ACE.
LIGHT AND SMOKE
The Motion Picture Editors Guild and Lightworks will present a seminar focusing
on the new Lightworks Touch editing system on Wednesday, July 13, at 7:30
p.m. in the Guild’s conference room in Hollywood. Open to all Guild
editors and assistants in good standing, the evening will feature Scott Hill,
who edits his films (including Monster-In-Law and Bruce Almighty) exclusively
on the Lightworks Touch system. Attendees are encouraged to arrive at 7:00
p.m. for networking and refreshments, sponsored by Electric Picture Solutions.
RSVP: 323-876-4770, ext. 301.
Autodesk Media and Entertainment is also holding a training seminar on its Discreet Smoke finishing tool in the Guild’s conference room on Thursday, August 18, at 7:00 p.m. For more information on the seminar, as well as the Smoke system, see the article on page 37 of this magazine.
CAMPAIGNING FOR VILLARAIGOSA
 Photo courtesy of Maggie Ostroff |
Editors Guild Board members Sharon Smith Holley, left, Diane Adler, ACE, and Maggie Ostroff were among the MPEG members who joined the IATSE campaign to elect pro-labor Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor of Los Angeles. On Saturdays, May 7 and 14, before the run-off election, they made house calls to IA members to get out the vote for Villaraigosa. It worked.
MURCH BRUNCH
On April 30, the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s New York office hosted a brunch and open house to welcome visiting filmmakers in town for the Tribeca Film Festival––which was being held a block away––as well as other Guild members. The idea of Guild Alternate Board member Carrie Puchkoff and Assistant Executive Director Paul Moore, the brunch also welcomed award-winning editor Walter Murch, ACE, who was the subject of a special event later that day at the festival. Introduced by Board member Marc Laub, Murch spoke of his career on both coasts and spent an hour meeting and talking to filmmakers from around the world and to his fellow Guild members.
 Sound and picture editor Walter Murch, ACE, with picture editor Susan E. Morse, ACE, at the Guild's open house brunch for the Tribeca Film Festival held in the New York office. |
 From left, picture editor Milton Ginsberg, ACE; Guild office manager Sandy Fong-Ging, picture editor Craig McKay, ACE; and sound editor Harry Peck Bolles at the New York office brunch. Photos by Damian Begley |