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Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with two of the editors of the epic FX Network series, Shogun. With us today are Aika Miyake and Maria Gonzales. Thomas Krueger also edited the series but was unable to join us.

Aika is originally from Japan, where she cut mostly TV spots. Her other work includes Chef’s Table: BBQ, the documentary, Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan, and additional editing on the feature Black is King.

Maria’s credits include TV series including The Walking Dead, Counterpart, See, and The Old Man.

Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with one of the editors of the Netflix mini-series, Griselda. Kelly Stuyvesant joins us for this conversation. The other editors on the series are Joaquin Elizondo and Christopher Cavanaugh.

Kelly’s credits include work on Agents of SHIELD, Helstrom, and The Sandman. 

Don't forget to follow along with this podcast on Boris FX's blog, the transcribed interview is available with trailers, clips, timeline screenshots and all kinds of great material,

borisfx.com/blog/aotc

Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with one of the ACE Eddie winning editors of “Escaping Twin Flames,” which won the Eddie for Best Edited Documentary, non-theatrical.

Inbal Lessner was the Executive Producer and Supervising editor. We last spoke with Inbal for Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult “Exposed” which was nominated for an ACE Eddie in 2021.

Her other work includes the documentary,  Brave Miss World, and work on CNN’s series of “decade” defining documentaries - for which she was nominated for an ACE Eddie.  In addition to her documentary work, she was an additional editor on Natalie Portman’s directorial debut, A Tale of Love and Darkness. 

Follow along with the transcript and great visuals, including trailers, clips, timeline screenshots and more at:

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Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking to the winner of the Indie Spirit Award for Best Editing: Daniel Garber, about his work on the film How to Blow up a Pipeline.

Daniel’s other work includes the feature film, Cam - which was also a collaboration with his “Pipeline” director, Daniel Goldhaber. Daniel has also worked in documentary editing on films like Some Kind of Heaven, and the documentary series, Naomi Osaka. He was also an additional editor on the Sundance documentary Riotsville, USA, which we featured on Art of the Cut several years ago.

Don't forget that you can read along with the podcast at borisfx.com/blog/aotc, where there are great timeline screenshots, images of the Premiere Productions set-up, trailers and clips!

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking about Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire with editors Nathan Orloff and Shane Reid.

Nathan’s been a guest on Art of the Cut a few times including for the last Ghostbusters - Afterlife, and also for John Wick 4.

Shane Reid is coming from the world of TV spot editing - as you’ll hear in the interview and music videos. He’s really starting off his feature film career with this film and - amazingly - another in just a few months - Deadpool & Wolverine.

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with producer and editor Michelle Mizner about the film “20 Days in Mariupol.” It won the Sundance Audience Award, a DGA Award, a BAFTA Award, and the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Michelle was also nominated for an ACE Eddie and won a BFE Award for her editing of the film. 

Michelle is a Sundance and Emmy award-winning documentary film editor and producer who is on staff at FRONTLINE PBS. Her other editing work includes. PUTIN’S ATTACK ON UKRAINE: 

DOCUMENTING WAR CRIMES, the PLOT TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION, INSIDE YEMEN, and THE LAST GENERATION.

You can read this interview along with great visual support of trailers, film clips, photos, timelines and more at

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