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An Afternoon with Wyatt Smith, ACE

New York

Address: 110 Leroy Street New York, NY 10014


Training/Technology

Drawing from 25 years of editorial experience including 10+ years in feature films, Wyatt will discuss cutting musical performance for story, working through heavy visual effects based narratives from pre-production to delivery, as well as the important role of editorial during production.  Throughout those topics, he will also discuss finding the right project, the politics of filmmaking, managing post production and how it can all impact the life of an editor.



About Wyatt:

The son of a roadie, WYATT SMITH had an early education on the inner workings of the entertainment world and worked his first job as a production assistant for a Carly Simon HBO special at the age of 12. Throughout his teenage years, Smith worked on projects for a variety of artists including Mariah Carey and Paul Simon.

In the early 1990's, Smith discovered editing while working at Sony Music Studios in New York City. His reputation as an editor grew, cutting the critically acclaimed music series “Sessions At West 54th,” documentaries for Black Sabbath, Brian Wilson and A&E Biography, music videos for Pearl Jam, John Mayer, Keith Urban, and television specials includig CBS’s “Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration” and “Elvis By The Presley’s.” Expanding beyond music,
Smith edited the groundbreaking comedy series “Chappelle's Show”.

In 2002, at the request of legendary record producer Phil Ramone, Smith began directing multi-camera shows including the “Songwriters Hall of Fame” (Bravo), VH1’s “The World Series of Pop Culture” and performance specials for Grammy Award winners John Legend and Evanescence.

In 2006, Smith edited the 7x Emmy Award winning NBC special “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” directed by Rob Marshall (“Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha”) for which Smith was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special. At Rob Marshall's request, he was brought on to co-edit the Weinstein Company's feature film musical “Nine,” starring Daniel Day-Lewis for which Smith received a Broadcast Film Critics Choice nomination for Best Editing. Continuing his work with Marshall, Wyatt edited the 3D Disney adventure epic, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” starring Johnny Depp, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

Smith edited the feature documentary “The Zen of Bennett,” which was part of the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and provided additional editing for the Weinstein Company's “My Week with Marilyn,” starring Michelle Williams, and Radius' “Bachelorette”, starring Kirsten Dunst. In addition to editing the concert segments for Sony Pictures’ 3D documentary “One Direction: This is Us,” Smith returned to the action-adventure genre, completing “300: Rise of an Empire” for Warner Bros. before moving over to Marvel Studios to co-edit “Thor: The Dark World.”

“Into The Woods” represented Smith’s third feature collaboration with director, Rob Marshall for which Smith was nominated for an ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film Comedy or Musical. He then went on to edit Tristar’s “Ricki and the Flash” for director Jonathan Demme before returning to Marvel Studios to edit “Doctor Strange”, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

Smith recently finished “Mary Poppins Returns” for Disney, driected Rob Marshall and scheduled for release on December 19th, 2018. He is currently working on “Harriet” for Focus Features.

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This Seminar is open to 35 members from picture editorial classification.


Please e-mail mhassan@editorsguild.com  to RSVP.
 
Note: No walk-ins and no guests will be permitted.  You will receive a confirmation, once you are registered.  No phone call RSVPs will be accepted.
 
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.