SHORT ENDS
 Photo by Lisa Dosch |
Getting Their Phil
Democratic California Gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides, second from
right, was honored with a reception hosted by IATSE International President
Tom Short, left, at IA Local 80 in Burbank, California on October 3. Joining
them are Cathy Repola, Assistant Executive Director of the Editors Guild,
second to left, and Diane Adler, ACE, Secretary of the Guild. Photo by Lisa
Dosch
 Joel Cox. Photo by Gregory Schwartz |
Hollywood’s Editor
On October 23, multi-award-winning editor Joel Cox, ACE, received
another kudo when he was honored with the Hollywood Editor of the
Year Award at the Hollywood Awards Gala held at the Beverly Hilton
Hotel in Beverly Hills. The awards ceremony, which honors excellence
in the art of filmmaking, was the closing night event of the 10th
annual Hollywood Film Festival, which took place at the ArcLight Cinemas
in Hollywood.
The award criteria is based on the honoree’s body of work and/or a film that he/she has coming out in the award year. Clint Eastwood’s longtime editor, Cox’s current picture is Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers, about the six men who raised the American flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The film was released by DreamWorks October 20.
Brand New Tools
The Editors Guild’s West Coast Training Room has acquired a
new ProTools 7.1 HD system, complete with a Control 24 mixing console.
The system is running on a dual 2.3 GHz Mac G5 connected to a 192
I/O and Sync I/O box.
Additionally, the ProTools system is configured with a Mojo box and Media Station with PT 1.8.2 software to enable Avid media playback. Guild members can sign up for time on the system by calling Dieter Rozek, Training Coordinator, at 323-876-4770, ext. 246.
 Photo by Gregory Schwartz |
Editing Artists Visible on Screen
The Oscar-nominated picture editors for 2005 are the stars of the
new documentary Invisible Art/Visible Artists 2006. Filmed at the
American Cinema Editors’ (ACE) sixth annual presentation of
“Invisible Art/Visible Artists” at the American Cinemateque’s
Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood last March on the eve of the Academy
Awards, the film covers the session as moderator Alan Heim, ACE (far
right), interviews nominees (clockwise from left), Dan Hanley, ACE,
and Mike Hill, ACE (Cinderella Man); Hughes Winborne, ACE (Crash);
Michael McCusker, ACE (Walk the Line); Heim; Claire Simpson (The Constant
Gardener); and Michael Kahn, ACE (Munich)––and screens
clips from their nominated films.
The film will screen for Editors Guild members on Friday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 12 on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank, California. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the above-mentioned editors, moderated by Editors Guild President Lisa Zeno Churgin, ACE. Avid will be donating an Avid Express Pro. Refreshments will be served. The documentary was produced and directed by Allan Holzman, ACE, and edited by NYU film school graduate Inball Lessner.
Mix Session, Career Counsel
The Motion Picture Editors Guild has set another membership mixer for Wednesday,
November 1, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Vine Street Lounge, 1708 Vine Street
in Hollywood. The mixer, which is co-sponsored by Pump Audio and the Editors
Guild, is open to Editors Guild members only. No RSVP is necessary.
On Tuesday, November 14, the Guild will hold a workshop for members entitled
“Career Planning in a Time of Change: Building Career Satisfaction”
from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the boardroom of its Hollywood headquarters. Conducting
the seminar will be career consultant and coach Janet Conn, who specializes
in helping people in the arts, entertainment, media, technology and engineering.