COVER STORY
Funny Lady Anita Brandt Burgoyne Cuts to the Punchline
by Angela Barton
She
didn't set out to be a comedy editor, but that's the genre in which
Anita Brandt Burgoyne, ACE, became known - ever since cutting her
first feature, A Very Brady Sequel. Her current project, due out in
January, is the new Albert Brooks film, provocatively titled Looking
for Comedy in the Muslim World. While having worked on a few independent
films in he past, Burgoyne has jumped firmly into the indie arena
with Brooks. Though sometimes financed by a studio, he remains steadfastly
independent-minded; his films bear his stamp - a style and sensibility
that's all his own. And he commands Final Cut (not the Apple editing
software).
Burgoyne worked for several years as an assistant and loved it because, "It appealed to my rather compulsive side." She believes it helped her as an editor since she understands the process from start to finish. Burgoyne received her first editing credit on a Disney pilot, Hard Time on Planet Earth, which she co-edited with her father, the late award-winning editor Byron "Buzz" Brandt (Helter Skelter), and went on to co-edit several TV movies with him. As a team, they were nominated for an American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Award for In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders. read entire article >>