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Art of the Cut

Steve Hullfish, ACE

Conversations with Film, TV, and Documentary editors.

tv & film film interviews

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00:38:59

A Winter's Song

Art of the Cut ·

2026/03/05

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Yvette M. Amirian, ACE, who just won the ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film (non-theatrical) with her work on A Winter’s Song.Yvette (and her editorial team) received an ACE Eddie nomination for Best Edited Reality Series for Whale Wars. She was also an editor on John Singleton's L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later, which was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Documentary Special. She also edited the film The Integrity of Joseph Chambers and

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00:46:32

MARTY SUPREMIE

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2026/02/26

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with director/editor Josh Safdie and his co-editor co-producer and co-writer, Ronald Bronstein. Safdie and Bronstein are nominated this year for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing for Marty Supreme. Safdie has an additional nomination for the film for Best Achievement in Directing.The pair has worked together for almost two decades on such films as Uncut Gems, Good Time, Heaven Knows What, and Daddy Longlegs.Our discussion today includes the

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00:41:40

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

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2026/02/19

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Stephen Rivkin, ACE, who was one of the editors on James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash. The other editors included Cameron himself, Nicholas de Toth, Jason Gaudio, and John Refoua. Steve’s been on Art of the Cut before when we discussed the previous Avatar film – The Way of Water. Steve also edited the first Avatar film, for which he was nominated along with John Refoua and James Cameron for an Oscar, a BAFTA, and an ACE Eddie Award. He won an Eddie for his

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00:46:22

THE PITT

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2026/02/12

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with editor Mark Strand, ACE, who is nominated for an ACE Eddie for Best Edited Drama Series for his work on HBO’s The Pitt.In addition to The Pitt, Mark’s work includes Shameless, Animal Kingdom, Rizzoli and Isles, Longmire, Nip/Tuck, and others.Our discussion includes how the show was not supposed to have any music, how geography matters to the editing, and the value of subverting audience expectations when cutting.If you want to read along with this interview and

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00:47:46

The Perfect Neighbor

Art of the Cut ·

2026/02/05

Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with editor Viridiana Lieberman about the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-nominated Best Documentary, The Perfect Neighbor. The film was also nominated for the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, and the Audience Award at SXSW, it won the Cinema Eye Honors Award for Best Directing and Viri was nominated for Best Editing. Viri was also nominated for an ACE Eddie and won the Critics Choice Documentary Award for Best Editing.Viri was last on Art of the Cut for her work on the

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00:40:10

TRAIN DREAMS

Art of the Cut ·

2026/01/29

Today on Art of the Cut a discussion of the Oscar-nominated Best Picture, Train Dreams with editor Parker Laramie.Parker was the 2025 Winner of the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award at Sundance for the documentary André Is an Idiot. He has also been nominated for 2 Emmys and a Cinema Eye Honors Award for his writing and editing on the non-fiction program, Allen v. Farrow. His other work includes the feature film Sing Sing, and the TV mini-series Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, among many

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00:29:51

Hamnet

Art of the Cut ·

2026/01/21

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Affonso Gonçalves about editing Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet.Affonso has been on Art of the Cut previously for Don’t Worry, Darling,Affonso has been nominated for an Emmy and won an ACE Eddie for his work on the TV series True Detective. He was nominated for another ACE Eddie for his work on the documentary, The Velvet Underground. His other work includes the films Carol, The Lost Daughter, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Winter’s Bone.Our conversation today will cover

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00:48:40

Sentimental Value

Art of the Cut ·

2026/01/15

Today on Art of the Cut, the editor of Oscar-contender Sentimental Value, Olivier Coutté.Olivier’s is a Danish editor whose previous work includes Thelma, Oslo August 31st, Beginners, and The Apprentice, for which he was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award. He also won the Tribeca Jury Award for Best Editing of a narrative feature for Bridgend.Our conversation today will cover structuring where montages belong in the film, the importance of trust in the cutting room, and the need to

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00:49:57

Cover Up

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2026/01/08

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-winning director, Laura Poitras, who also edited the documentary, Cover Up, with fellow editors, Amy Foote, ACE and Peter Bowman. Cover Up is available to watch now on Netflix.Laura’s documentaries have been nominated for three Oscars - for All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, My Country, My Country, and CitizenFour, which won the Oscar. She’s also been nominated for three Emmys, winning one, for CitizenFour, which also won a BAFTA.Amy’s been on Art of the

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01:03:57

Orwell 2+2=5

Art of the Cut ·

2026/01/02

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-winning director, Raoul Peck and editor Alexandra Strauss. Both have been on Art of the Cut in the past for Raoul’s film, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found.Raoul is an Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning and Emmy-winning director/producer for his documentary I Am Not Your Negro. He was also a winner of Cannes Golden Eye Award for Ernest Cole: Lost and Found and a nominee for Orwell: 2+2=5. He was an International Documentary Award winner for Exterminate All the

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00:53:19

BLACK RABBIT

Art of the Cut ·

2025/12/26

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with the three editors of the Netflix TV series, Black Rabbit: Vikash Patel, Cedric Nairn-Smith, and Kyle Reiter, ACE.Vikash is an Emmy winner for his work on Top Chef, and an Emmy nominee for Ozark. His other work includes TV series Revolution and The Sympathizer.Cedric Nairn-Smith has been on Art of the Cut in the past for Daredevil: Born Again. His other work includes Moon Knight and The Boys.Kyle’s been nominated for four Emmys and four ACE Eddies for his work on

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00:43:20

BLUE MOON

Art of the Cut ·

2025/12/18

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-nominated editor, Sandra Adair, ACE, about the Richard Linklater film, Blue Moon.Sandra was last on Art of the Cut for her last collaboration with Linklater, Hit Man. Before that we spoke about her film Where’d you Go, Bernadette. She was nominated for an ACE Eddie for her work on School of Rock. And she was nominated for an Oscar and won an ACE Eddie for her work on Boyhood. Her other work includes Dazed and Confused, A Scanner Darkly, and Bernie.In this

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00:57:20

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Art of the Cut ·

2025/12/11

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with multi-Emmy nominated editor Tricia Reidy, ACE about editing Ken Burns’ documentary series, The American Revolution.Tricia has edited for Ken Burns and Florentine Films since college starting with the documentary series The Civil War which she edited with Paul Barnes and Bruce Shaw. Also, Frank Lloyd Wright (Emmy nomination for editing), and The War, (also nominated for an Emmy). Others include Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and Muhammad Ali.The American Revolution was

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00:49:30

NUREMBERG

Art of the Cut ·

2025/12/04

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-nominated editor Tom Eagles, ACE, about editing the film Nuremberg.Tom was on Art of the Cut previously to talk about The Harder They Fall. Before that I spoke to Tom about his BAFTA and Oscar-nominated film - and WINNER of the 2020 ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature film, JoJo Rabbit.Tom has also edited films like Hunt for the Wilderpeople and TV series like What We Do in the Shadows, Ash versus the Evil Dead and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.This interview

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00:49:58

The Running Man

Art of the Cut ·

2025/11/28

Today we’re speaking with Oscar-nominated Australian-born editor, Paul Machliss, ACE. We’ll be talking about his latest collaboration with director Edgar Wright, “The Running Man.”Paul last chatted on Art of the Cut when he cut Wright’s “Last Night in Soho,” and before that for “Baby Driver” for which he won a BAFTA, and was nominated for an ACE Eddie and an Oscar. Paul was also nominated for an ACE Eddie for his work on “Scott Pilgrim versus the World.” He’s edited TV, including “Fleabag.” And

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00:44:09

Wicked for Good

Art of the Cut ·

2025/11/21

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with multi-Oscar-nominated editor, Myron Kerstein, ACE, about editing Jon Chu’s Wicked for Good.Chu and Kerstein last worked together - of course - on Wicked. And before that on tick, tick… BOOM. Before THAT they collaborated on In the Heights. And before THAT on Crazy Rich Asians - and we’ve talked about ALL of those films here on Art of the Cut.Kerstein’s previous work as an editor includes the feature films Going in Style, Garden State and Glee: The 3D Concert

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00:47:11

FRANKENSTEIN

Art of the Cut ·

2025/11/12

Today, we’re talking to Evan Schiff, ACE about editing Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein which is available now on Netflix.Evan’s feature editing career includes Nobody, Southside With You, John Wick Chapter 2 AND Chapter 3, and Birds of Prey, among others.Today: A discussion of the importance of editing speed while collaborating, the advantage of having the time for many screenings, and how being a “sound-aware editor” can shape the story.If you'd like to read along with this interview and see

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00:46:56

BUGONIA

Art of the Cut ·

2025/11/06

Today on Art of the Cut, we’re talking with Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, the editor of Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, Bugonia.Yorgos has been on Art of the Cut before for Poor Things and for The Favourite for which he was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA, and won an ACE Eddie. He was also an ACE Eddie nominee for The Lobster. In addition he edited The Killing of a Sacred Deer among over 100 other international film credits. Today’s discussion is about a 30 year career collaborating with the same

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00:46:53

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

Art of the Cut ·

2025/10/31

Today on Art of the Cut we talk with multi-Oscar winning editor Kirk Baxter, ACE about editing Oscar-winning director, Kathryn Bigelow’s film, A House of Dynamite, now playing on Netflix.Kirk’s been on Art of the Cut before to discuss Gone Girl, Mank, and The Killer and the TV series, Mindhunter. His other films include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Zodiac.Today’s discussion is about the traits of a good editor, the advantages of cutting a

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00:37:21

TRON ARES

Art of the Cut ·

2025/10/23

Today on Art of the Cut we talk with Tyler Nelson, ACE, about editing Tron Ares.Tyler’s been on Art of the Cut before numerous times including for his editing of The Batman, Creed III, and Mindhunter. He’s also been an editor on Love, Death and Robots and Shadow and Bone.Today’s discussion includes a discussion of the use of previs, building rip-o-matics with Shot Deck, and juggling the power of a score by Nine Inch Nails with incredible sound design.If you want to read along with this podcast you

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