Editing Tyler Perry's Life Story with Filmmaker Erick Sasso The No Film School Podcast

Erick Sasso is a multi-hyphenate creative and the editor of the film, Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, which documents the life of Tyler Perry. Erick compares the making of documentaries to the making of a meal. You need to use the right ingredients…not too much, not too little. And everyone at the table has to enjoy it.

In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins speaks with filmmaker Erick Sasso to discuss: 

Making music videos with his friends in high school

Realizing you can reverse engineer in the edit

The importance of charging adequately for your services

How he landed the editing job on Maxine’s Baby


What it looks like to fall in love with the subject

Navigating topics such as abuse and childhood trauma 

What it was like seeing emotional reactions from the audience

Important lessons he has learned about being a filmmaker

Setting up projects in Adobe Premiere

Overcoming tech fears and looking forward to new updates

Why editors make the best directors

Focusing on development and learning from others


Memorable Quotes

“Usually you are not charging enough. Usually, you are charging way less than industry standard.” [12:38]

“When you edit a lot, it’s really creepy when you meet people.” [32:59]

“You may think you are a hard worker until you meet someone who is doing 10x your output.” [35:09]

“You need to become a pro at uncertainty.” [60:24]



Mentioned:
Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story

Erick's website

Connect with Erick on IG


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