Union Made

I grew up in a small town on the East Coast, maybe 1,000 people, tops. Not too much to do at night, but great for a kid; we pretty much …

It all started when I was four years old. I was being forced against my will to eat the most vile of all beans, the dreaded lima. In protest, I …

by Kurt Kassulke, CAS Growing up in Minnesota, I was the son of a doctor mom and stepdad, and a Minnesota Vikings dad. Music filled the house, especially every Sunday …

Every single day in the editing room feels like I’m at Disneyland, since I had worked as an accountant.

My interests in film and theatre started at Roy Elementary School in Northlake, Illinois, when I got to do lighting for school plays.

Be kind and respectful 
to everyone with whom you work — from the production assistant all the way to the executive producer — because your PA might become your EP …

Knowing that I was unhappy with my apartment maintenance job, my cousins invited me to travel with them as their soundman. There was no pay, but they thought I might …

I discovered the animal called “story analyst.” These people were allowed to sit on their tuchuses all day to read. And some fool paid them to do this!

As a member of both the Editors Guild and the American Cinema Editors, I look back on my 50-plus years in the greatest industry on the planet, feeling blessed that …

I was on the path of the confused college looking primarily for an interesting career and secondarily for a way to earn a living. My two goals never seemed to …