Join Sabrina Plisco, ACE; Michael McCusker, ACE; and Kevin Tent, ACE as they discuss the art of editing and show clips. Listen to how they approach their work, the decisions that shape their award-winning and nominated shows and films; and advice for those who are just starting out, looking to change genres, or are seasoned editors.
**ACE members only! For more information and how to register, please check your email!**
Editors: Selina Macarthur BFE, Tony Kearns ( Plaything Episode 4 & USS Callister: Into Infinity episode 6) & Matthew Tabern BFE (Hotel Reverie E4) chat with Imogen Pollard BFE on their individual edits of Black Mirror S7.
The next West Coast "American Cinema Editors Presents" event will be a screening of the 1980 American neo-noir crime drama American Gigolo followed by a conversation with editor Richard Halsey, ACE, at Los Angeles institution Vidiots.
Richard Gere sizzles in Paul Schrader’s sexy thriller of a male escort in over his head after the death of a client. Julian lives the Los Angeles dream through sensual means and he lives it in the epitome of early '80s neon-soaked style. As he seduces women at a price he begins to fall for one, even as he’s suspected of the murder of another. With a sick Giorgio Moroder soundtrack and the art, architecture, and fashion of early '80s LA, this scorcher will leave you thirsty… for more!
General Admission Tickets are $13
(Vidiots Members Receive Discount)
Proceeds benefit the Vidiots Foundation
For the third time in three years, Bobbie O’Steen and Molly O’Steen are returning to Metrograph in NYC to discuss the editing work of the late Sam O’Steen. Our latest ACE Presents at Metrograph is Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, the second of Sam O’Steen’s collaborations with Polanski after Rosemary’s Baby. Tickets are selling very fast for this event. Please purchase your tickets soon if you plan to attend.
Each year, the American Cinema Editors Internship Committee selects two interns from each city (Los Angeles, New York, London) and provides them with the opportunity to shadow for one week each the editing rooms of a feature, a television show, and an unscripted show. Interns also visit several facilities integral to post-production (e.g. sound stages, VFX vendors, labs, etc.). Interns are being mentored by ACE editors and previous alumni. The ACE Internship Program is geared toward anyone with a passion for editing, who is just starting their career in post-production.
IATSE kin will march with our fellow union members and allies from throughout L.A.’s labor movement to celebrate International Workers’ Day.
The IATSE meeting point will be on Figueroa and Chuck Hearn St. (11th St). We will gather between 8:00 AM and 8:30 AM, in front of the Kobe statue, at Crypto Stadium. Once the IA contingent has assembled, we will join our fellow unions at the starting point of the event. Please wear your Local 700 gear! Please register in advance.
Motion Picture Sound Editors presents Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
20th Anniversary Atmos Screening followed by a
Q&A with Sound Supervisor Matthew Wood. Moderated by Eric Marks, MPSE
Sunday, May 4, 2pm PT
Fox Studio Lot, Century City
**ACE members, please check your email for event registration.**
Picturehouse 441 and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.
Join us a Q&A with director/executive producer Brian Kirk and editor Luke Dunkley as they discuss their work on the 2024 British spy thriller television series The Day of the Jackal. An unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, The Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake. (Description courtesy of Peacock)
This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Wednesday, May 7 at 7PM ET/4PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.
Encore 1: Wednesday, May 7 at 11PM ET/8PM PT
Encore 2: Thursday, May 8 at 3PM ET/12PM PT
**ACE members only! For more information and how to RSVP, please check your email!**
Picturehouse 441 and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.
Join us a Q&A with VFX Supervisor Richard Edlund, ASC, as he discuss his work on the 1981 action-adventure Raiders of the Lost Ark. A masterclass in filmmaking, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of cinema’s most oft-imitated but never equalled pieces of brilliance. From Lawrence Kasdan’s whip-smart (pun intended) screenplay to Spielberg’s typically confident direction to Richard Edlund and co’s Oscar-winning visual effects to Michael Kahn, ACE's expert editing to John William’s rousing score to Harrison Ford’s career-defining performance, everything about this film is instantly-iconic. While Raiders may be an homage to films and serials of days gone by, it remixes these older works through a new lens with cutting-edge technology and manages to thrill no matter how many times it's viewed.
This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Thursday, May 8 at 8PM ET/5PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.
Encore 1: Thursday, May 8 at 11PM ET/8PM PT
Encore 2: Monday, May 12 at 3PM ET/12PM PT
Picturehouse 441 and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote media literacy.
Join us a Q&A with showrunner/director/writer/executive producer Peter Craig and editors Jennifer Barbot, ACE & Eric Litman, ACE as they discuss their work on the 2025 crime drama television series Dope Thief. Based on Dennis Tafoya’s book Dope Thief, the series follows long-time Philly friends and delinquents who pose as DEA agents to rob an unknown house in the countryside, only to have their small-time grift become a life-and-death enterprise, as they unwittingly reveal and unravel the biggest hidden narcotics corridor on the Eastern Seaboard. (Description courtesy of Apple TV+)
This event will be a Live Zoom Webinar on Monday, May 12 at 8PM ET/5PM PT with two encore livestreams to follow on Vimeo.