SHORT ENDS
 Randy Roberts, A.C.E. |
Roberts Draws an ACE
Randy Roberts, A.C.E., was elected President of the American Cinema Editors
(ACE) in the organization’s 2008 election, it was announced in late
August. He had been serving as the organization’s Vice President for
the past four years and previously sat on the ACE Board of Directors and served
on several committees.
On the Streets of New York
New York members and staff of the Editors Guild stoutheartedly marched
up Fifth Avenue from 44th Street to 72nd Street on Saturday, September
6, in the 2008 New York Labor Day Parade. Local 700 attracted over
20 marchers for this year’s parade. A celebration followed at
Hurley’s Restaurant afterward. The parade was dedicated to the
returning and stationed US soldiers in Iraq.
 Pictured, from left, are Guild marchers John Converso, Susan Lazarus, Alexandra Anninos, Joanna Garland, Martin Levenstein, Louis Bertini, Marc Laub, Kevin Lewis, Alfred DeGrand, Jennifer Madar and Peter Frank. Photo by John Clifford. |
Guild Members Garner HPA Nominations
Several Editors Guild members have been nominated by the Hollywood Post Alliance
for its Third Annual HPA Awards. The winners will be announced during a gala
evening ceremony on November 6 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
The HPA Awards, launched in 2006, acknowledge creative and technical excellence
in the art, science and craft of post-production and recognize the abilities
of the talented men and women behind the scenes who are a vital part in the
creation of motion pictures, commercials and television. Nominated Guild members
include:
Outstanding Editing – Feature Film: Dan Lebental, A.C.E. (Iron Man); Jay Cassidy, A.C.E. (Into the Wild); Lee Smith, A.C.E. (The Dark Knight).
Outstanding Editing – Television: David J. Siegel, A.C.E. (Mad Men, “Indian Summer”), Lynne Willingham, A.C.E. (Breaking Bad, “Pilot”), Stuart Bass, A.C.E. (Pushing Daisies, “Pie-lette”).
Outstanding Audio Post – Feature Film: Wylie Stateman & Harry Cohen of Soundelux and Christopher Jenkins & Frank A. Montano of Universal Studios (Wanted); Ben Burtt of Pixar Animation Studios and Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Matthew Wood of Skywalker Sound (Wall-E); Michael Minkler of Todd AO, Lora Hirschberg of Skywalker Sound and Martin Hernandez of Ztrackz (Into the Wild).
Outstanding Audio Post – Television: Mace Matiosian, Ruth Adelman, David Van Slyke, Bill Smith, Yuri Reese and Jivan Tahmizian of Todd-AO (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, “Cockroaches”); Marc Fishman & Tony Lamberti of Todd-AO and Stephen Hunter Flick & Vanessa Lapato of Warner Bros. (John Adams, “Don’t Tread on Me”).
Can You Identify These Photos?
If you can identify the people or places in these historic photographs,
and the approximate year they were taken, the Editors Guild History
Committee would like to hear from you. There are plenty of other images
from the early days of post-production in the Guild’s possession
that it would like identified for archival purposes.
 
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If you have any information about these photos, and/or would like to view some of the others in the Guild’s collection to see if you recognize them––or if you have similar photos you would like to contribute to the archive––please contact Serena Kung, the Guild’s Director of Membership Services, at 323-876-4770, ext. 247, or skung@editorsguild.com.