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Today on Art of the Cut we speak with editor Melissa Kent, who has been a guest of the show before for her movie Traffik, and she’s back with us to discuss the feature film Musica which is currently available on Amazon Prime.



Melissa’s other work includes the feature films The Age of Adaline, The Virgin Suicides, The Dirt, The Intruder, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and she BEGAN with Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rainmaker. She has also cut TV including Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia, the TV movie A Raisin in the Sun, and Netflix’s American Son.

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Today on Art of the Cut we speak with a familiar guest of the podcast and also we get the unique opportunity to speak with the director of the film, We Grown Now.

Editor Stephanie Filo, ACE, has been on Art of the Cut to talk about her Emmy and ACE-winning work on A Black Lady Sketch Show and about her Emmy-nominated work on Dahmer: Monster - the Jeffrey Dahmer Story and History of the World Part II. Stephanie has also won an Emmy and a Peabody Award for her documentary editing work, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her work on We Grown Now.

Minhal wrote and directed We Grown Now for which she won the Toronto International Film Festival's Changemaker award, and was nominated for Best Feature for an Independent Spirit Award. She also wrote and directed her previous feature, Hala which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

Be sure to follow along with this podcast on our blog at

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Today on Art of the Cut we speak with the editors of the Apple TV Plus series, Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi trilogy. On the call today are Paul Trejo, ACE, Miklos Wright, ACE, Emily Greene, ACE, Sidney Wolinsky, ACE, and Olivia Wyrick.

Paul Trejo has cut TV series including Black Sails, Carnival Row, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Locke and Key. He was also the sound editor on Scarface and The Cotton Club.

Miklos Wright edited Open Range, Mr. Brooks, Luke Cage and 3000 Miles to Graceland. He’s currently cutting Kevin Costner’s western series, Horizon.

Emily Greene edited the TV series Mrs. America, Carnival Row, American Crime Story, and the pilot of The Rookie.

Sidney Wolinsky has been on Art of the Cut previously for his work on Greyhound,  Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, and The Sopranos. His other work includes Boardwalk Empire, House of Cards, and The Walking Dead.

Olivia Wyrick, as you will hear, recently moved into the editing chair for Foundation after working as an assistant on the show and as an assistant or on-line editor for shows like The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, The Mentalist, and Spider-Man Apprentice.

Also, you can follow along with this podcast by reading the blog, which has lots of great visual support materials!

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Today on Art of the Cut we speak with editor Elisabet Ronaldsdottir, ACE and her first assistant editor, Matt Absher about The Fall Guy. 

Elisabet has been on Art of the Cut for many of her big action, stunt spectaculars, including the first John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Bullet Train. She's been nominated for ACE Eddies for her work on Deadpool 2 and Kate.

Matt Absher has been a first assistant editor on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Deadpool 2, Nope, Us, Atomic Blonde and John Wick. He was also an assistant editor on Oceans 12 and 13.

Be sure to read along and check out all the great visuals - including timeline screenshots and exclusive photos at

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Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with some of the editors of Netflix’s sci-fi series, 3 Body Problem. With us for today’s interview are Anna Hauger, ACE, Michael Ruscio, ACE and Simon Smith, ACE. Katie Weiland was also an editor on the show but was unable to join us.

Anna’s credits include Westworld, Station Eleven, and Watchmen.

Michael’s credits include the TV series True Blood, Altered Carbon, Six Feet Under, and House of Cards.

Simon has been on Art of the Cut previously for his ACE Eddie winning work on Chernobyl and his ACE Eddie winning work on Andor. His other credits include the feature film Spaceman.

Don't forget that you can read along and get timeline screenshots, screenshots of bins, ScriptSync pages and trailers at:

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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.