Assistant Editors

each of these groups was struggling with a profound but similar problem––the way technology was changing the jobs of their membership. The solution for many of them was the same: …

It’s a journey of marriage, with all its highs and lows and in-betweens.

I have had some great mentors during my career, and would love to give back.  With a little luck, I will have the opportunity to edit full time and, maybe …

The expansion of digital filmmaking into HD and beyond has seen film become an anachronism, rather than a competitor or adjunct to digital.  Many of the traditional assistant’s duties are …

I will forever remember Donn Cambern’s advice over 30 years ago in that grocery store: “Persistence, determination and optimism.”

Michael Pedraza is a man with a plan. While attending film school in Arizona, he decided that he would work with one of his two favorite editors—Michael Kahn, A.C.E., or …

By the time I was 25, I was a store manager working long hours with little respect and a low level of creativity.  I needed a change.

John Thornton Caldwell, a Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at UCLA, has published an up-to-date field study of contemporary production.

It was editing that seduced me. To me, it was choreography, and I knew I had the instinct for it.

CineMontage recently spoke to Kyle Gilman about working with Hal Hartley, as well as his experience as assistant editor on three 2008 features.