THE MAGAZINE FOR FILM & TELEVISION EDITORS, ASSISTANTS & POST-PR ODUCTION PROFESSIONALS THE AWARDS ISSUE 1 IN THIS ISSUE THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 HILLBILLY ELEGY DEATH ON THE NILE TENET TED LASSO AND MUCH MORE! US $8.95 / Canada $8.95 QTR 4 / 2020 / VOL 70 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ALL CATEGORIES INCLUDING BEST PICTURE • BEST FILM EDITING TARIQ ANWAR “A CRITICAL KNOCKOUT, KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR ELI GOREE humanizing and celebrating ALDIS HODGE LESLIE ODOM JR. the four icons and all they A REGINA KING FILM stood for” “A POWERFUL DRAMATIC WORK ABOUT FOUR OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. It takes these men and makes them feel fully alive again, and it makes their passions and beliefs feel relevant to today” FOUR LEGENDS. ONE LEGENDARY NIGHT. ACE CINEMA EDITOR MAGAZINE Issue: FYC Due: 11/03/20 Street: 12/07/20 FIN PROJECT: ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI — ACE—CINEMA EDITOR MAG 4C/FP TRIM: 8.50”w X 11.00”h TYPE SAFE: 8.00” X 10.50” FIN / 11.03.20 CLIENT: AMAZON STUDIOS ISSUE 12.07.20 JOB #: 38787:05 BLEED: 8.75”w X 11.25”h MECHANICAL: 100% CONTENTS CINEMAEDITOR 2020 4QTR STOCK FOOTAGE 08 EDITOR'S CUT What’s New! News & Announcements 04 A Message from 10 the Board Aspects of Editing Stepping Stones 37 BY JASON ROSENFIELD, ACE ACE Debuts EditFest Global 20 The new virtual event Tech Corner/ and online portal Where the World launched on Aug. 29 is Going BY HARRY B. MILLER III, ACE 42 ACE Internship 44 Program Cuts We Love Goes Virtual Super 8 BY ADRIAN PENNINGTON FEATURES 26 28 30 Trial of the Chicago 7 Death on the Nile Hillbilly Elegy Alan Baumgarten, ACE, reteams Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, ACE, James Wilcox, ACE, examines with Aaron Sorkin on the is at the scene of the crime family responsibility in Ron writer/director’s historical drama for Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot Howard’s biographical drama BY SCOTT LEHANE BY ADRIAN PENNINGTON BY SCOTT LEHANE 32 34 Tenet Ted Lasso Jennifer Lame, ACE, straps Melissa Brown McCoy and in for Christopher Nolan’s A.J. Catoline bring a kick time-traveling spy thriller of optimism to viewers BY ADRIAN PENNINGTON BY NANCY JUNDI 02 CINEMAEDITOR QTR 4 2020 VOL 70 Cover: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (L-R) Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong. Photo by Niko Tavernise. ©2020 Netflix. CRITICS CHOICE DOCUMENTARY 4 DOCUMENTARY AWARDS IDA AWARDS NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BEST DIRECTOR GARRETT BRADLEY SHORTLIST 2020 “ONE OF 2020’S GREAT DOCUMENTARIES... a two-decades-spanning epic of love, devotion and perseverance” “A MASTERPIECE... transportingly emotional, urgent work” AMAZON ORIGINAL MOVIE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ALL CATEGORIES INCLUDING BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BEST FILM EDITING Gabriel Rhodes amazonstudiosguilds.com ACE CINEMA EDITOR MAGAZINE Issue: FYC Due: 10/30/20 Street: 12/07/20 FIN1 cmyk PROJECT: TIME — ACE—CINEMA EDITOR MAG 4C/FP (FYC) TRIM: 8.50”w X 11.00”h TYPE SAFE: 8.00” X 10.50” FIN / 10.30.20 CLIENT: AMAZON STUDIOS ISSUE 12.07.20 JOB #: 38755:05 BLEED: 8.75”w X 11.25”h MECHANICAL: 100% A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD Welcome to the latest issue of CinemaEditor. must have aired between Nov. 2, 2019 - Dec. 31, 2020. ACE is pleased to release the 2021 ACE Eddie Awards The complete Eddies calendar follows, below. schedule, reflecting changes to the overall awards sea- ACE also continues to monitor how members are son calendar. As a result, you’ll see that this issue is adjusting to work during the pandemic, while staying themed “Awards 1.” The first quarter issue of 2021 will safe. We’ve recently sent out a new Best Practices – Work be renamed “Awards 2,” enabling ACE members to read from Home survey, and your responses are appreciated. about even more of the season’s movies. During this challenging time, keeping our community A few notes about next year’s Eddies: The presentation connected is more important than ever. To that end, we has been scheduled for April 18, though the format is want to gratefully acknowledge the speakers, sponsors still in discussion. Next, we’re happy to introduce a new and more than 800 participants in this year’s virtual category, Best Edited Animation (Non-Theatrical), which EditFest Global, which you can read about in this issue. will showcase animated series and other content released With the event, the EditFest Global website has been for TV and streaming platforms. launched and we look forward to sharing additional Please note that Eddie eligibility periods have been year-round content from the ACE community through revised. Eligible feature films must be released between this new platform. Please stay safe. Jan. 1, 2020 - Feb. 28, 2021. Television category entries –The ACE Board of Directors 2021 ACE Eddie Awards Schedule PLEASE NOTE: TV eligibility dates are different from Feature this year TELEVISION: Must have aired between Nov. 2, 2019 - Dec. 31, 2020 FEATURE FILMS: Must be released between Jan. 1, 2020 - Feb. 28, 2021 November 2, 2020 Submissions for Nominations Begin February 12, 2021 Submissions for Nominations End February 19, 2021 Nominations Ballots Sent March 8, 2021 Nominations Ballots Due March 11, 2021 Nominations Announced March 19, 2021 Final Ballots Sent March 19-26, 2021 Online Blue Ribbon Screenings March 26, 2021 Final Ballots Closed April 9, 2021 Deadline for Advertising To Be Announced Nominee Cocktail Party Awards presented Sunday, April 18, 2021 (Location TBD) 04 CINEMAEDITOR QTR 4 2020 VOL 70 RITIS HOIE DOUMENTARY AWARDS NOMINEE BEST POLITI AL DO UMENTARY “ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FILMS OF THE YEAR” “A documentary of supreme relevance that has the e ect, at once CHILLIN AND ROUSING, of a political cautionary tale” “The fi lmmakers bring the past alive with a passion and clarity that is RIVETIN” FOR YOUR ONSIDERATION IN ALL ATE ORIES IN LUDIN AMAZON ORIGINAL MOVIE BEST DOUMENTARY FEATURE BEST FILM EDITIN Nancy Novack amazonstudiosguilds.com ACE CINEMA EDITOR MAGAZINE Issue: FYC Due: 10/30/20 Street: 12/07/20 FIN2 cmyk PROJECT: ALL IN — ACE—CINEMA EDITOR MAG 4C/FP (FYC) TRIM: 8.50”w X 11.00”h TYPE SAFE: 8.00” X 10.50” FIN / 10.30.20 CLIENT: AMAZON STUDIOS ISSUE 12.07.20 JOB #: 38766-07 BLEED: 8.75”w X 11.25”h MECHANICAL: 100% Official Periodical of American Cinema Editors, Inc. Founded November 28, 1950. EDITORIAL STAFF EDITORIAL CONSULTANT INTERNATIONAL EDITOR ART DIRECTOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Carolyn Giardina Adrian Pennington Luci Zakhary Peter Zakhary BUSINESS AFFAIRS PRODUCTION MANAGER PRODUCTION COORDINATOR PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ADVERTISING & DISTRIBUTION PRESIDENT Jenni McCormick Marika Ellis Gemmalyn Brunson Peter Zakhary Stephen Rivkin, ACE VICE PRESIDENT ADVISORY BOARD Carol Littleton, ACE Edgar Burcksen, ACE Harry B. Miller III, ACE Andrew Seklir, ACE SECRETARY Lillian Benson, ACE CONTRIBUTORS TREASURER Carolyn Giardina is an award-winning journalist and The New Grammar of Stereoscopic Filmmaking (Focal Stephen Lovejoy, ACE author who serves as tech editor at The Hollywood Press, 2012) and his favorite film of all time is Gilda. Reporter, with responsibilities including its Behind the Screen coverage. She is also co-author of Exploring 3D: Jason Rosenfield, ACE, is a three-time Emmy® Award- The New Grammar of Stereoscopic Filmmaking (Focal winning film editor, producer, director and writer and Press, 2012). One of her first assignments at the start member of the faculty of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. BOARD OF DIRECTORS of her career was a feature story about editing – and she His narrative credits range from Robert Altman’s Come Anita Brandt Burgoyne, ACE has enjoyed covering editors ever since. Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Jacqueline Cambas, ACE to improvisational TV comedy Free Ride. His work has Dorian Harris, ACE Nancy Jundi has been a contributing writer to Cinema- included Oscar®-nominated Blues Highway; R. J. Cutler’s Tina Hirsch, ACE Editor since 2006. She is the COO of DigitalFilm Tree, a Emmy Award-winning series American High; HBO’s Emmy post-production and entertainment software company in Award-winning doc Memphis PD; Dick Wolf's NBC cinema Maysie Hoy, ACE the Los Angeles area. verite series Crime & Punishment; Mark Jonathan Harris’ Bonnie Koehler, ACE Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine; and Mary Jo Markey, ACE Scott Lehane is a freelance journalist who has cov- Jordan Peele’s four-part Amazon series Lorena. He has ered the film and TV industry for over 20 years. Michael Ornstein, ACE served as Associate Director of the ACE Board, three Sabrina Plisco, ACE terms as Governor of the Television Academy and almost Harry B. Miller III, ACE, is a feature, television and Kevin Tent, ACE documentary editor. His recent credits include Turn: two decades on the Academy’s Picture Editors and Washington’s Spies and The Predator. Documentary Peer Groups Executive Committees. Adrian Pennington is a journalist, editor and marketing John Van Vliet has worked in animation and visual ASSOCIATE BOARD copywriter whose articles have appeared in the Financial effects for more than 32 years. Although his involvement Times, British Cinematographer, Screen International, The on bad pictures far outnumbers the good ones, all Kate Amend, ACE Hollywood Reporter, Premiere, Broadcast, RTS Television have provided raw material for his drawings – for which Dana Glauberman, ACE and The Guardian. He is co-author of Exploring 3D: he’s grateful. Mark Helfrich, ACE Andrew Seklir, ACE SUBSCRIPTION, ADVERTISING & CONTACT INFO LETTERS, SUBSCRIPTIONS OR SUBSCRIPTION RATE OTHER CORRESPONDENCE $39 for one year. Subscription cost includes CinemaEditor Magazine printed magazine and online access. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5555 Melrose Avenue Jenni McCormick Marx Brothers Building, Room 108, BACK ISSUES Los Angeles, CA 90038 Please indicate which issue(s).