Motion Picture Editors Guild

...were expected to "cut out the bad bits" (Avent, 74) and string the film together. Indeed, when the Motion Picture Editors Guild was formed, they chose to be "below the line," that is, not a creative guild, but a technical one. This was very...

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...of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Editors Branch) from 1999 through 2002 and served as president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild during the late 1980s. She is married to cinematographer John Bailey . Carol...

In this article: Carol Littleton, Emmy Award, Body Heat, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, American Cinema Editors, Academy Award, John Bailey, and Steven Spielberg

...himself as editor, reasoning that credits beyond that of director and co-writer would look 'ridiculous'. After being informed that the Motion Picture Editors Guild required crediting an editor, he suggested Donn Cambern who had been...

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The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG) is the guild that represents freelance and staff motion picture film and television editors and other post-production professionals and story analysts throughout the United States. The Motion Picture...

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...became interested in film editing and became an assistant editor on a Showtime anthology called ''Fallen Angels ''. After joining the Motion Picture Editors Guild, McCusker teamed up as an assistant film editor to one of Oliver Stone's...

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...run for three years. According to a post on SAGWatch.net, however, the support for the deals was not overwhelming. Local 700, the Motion Picture Editors Guild, said that 75% of its members voted for ratification. (It's not uncommon for...

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...members expressed their shock and sadness at news of the closure. "I'm heartbroken," Sharon Smith Holley, a visual-effects editor and Motion Picture Editors Guild board member, told the Los Angeles Times. "It's such a wonderful facility,...

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...tax credit and add a 10% credit for post-production expenditures. Most movies return to Los Angeles for postproduction, which the Motion Picture Editors Guild calls an enormous missed opportunity for New York's film industry. New York...

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Accessing this information requires a subscription to HollywoodReporter.com. December 20, 2007 Warren Beatty will present the Motion Picture Editors Guild's 2008 Fellowship and Service Award to film editor Dede Allen at the MPEG annual...

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Dede Allen will be the recipient of the The Motion Picture Editors Guild's Fellowship and Service Award. The award was created to acknowledge a member who exhibits not only exemplary skill in the craft of editing, but also a set of values...

In this article: Dede Allen, Loews, Bonnie and Clyde, The Hustler, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Reds