*More Bonus content from the Non-Editors Talking About Editing series* Zak Stoltz is the brilliant VFX supervisor known for his work on Everything Everywhere All at Once and an all-around excellent motion graphics artist and director. Zak introduced me to Paul Rogers, the Oscar-winning editor of Everything Everywhere and former Cutting Class guest, and I thought it would be interesting to hear a little bit from his side about working on that film. Plus he’s worked with The Daniels for ages...

Bonus Round Interviews, non-editors talking about editing: Jeff Kling is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Das Favorite. He has previously been CCO of Lightning Orchard, CCO of Fallon Worldwide, and ECD of Wieden Kennedy among many other roles in his storied history. Jeff is responsible for the universally beloved Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man in the World campaign, the Miller High Life Errol Morris campaign, the Arby’s “We Have the Meats” campaign, he’s responsible for that...

A good post-producer is hard to find. They have such a difficult job of managing budgets and clients, scheduling, finding talent for jobs and keeping everyone involved happy, fed, on track to finish and doing their best work. And to us editors they can and should be our main line of defense against clients overreaching, to deliver more than they agreed to or work more hours or whatever it may be.  My guest, Kate Aspel,l is one of these great producers who has the ability to stay on top of...

Hey everybody, welcome to the Bonus Round of Season 1 of Cutting Class. As I mentioned at the end of Jen Dean’s episode I’m doing something a little different with these bonus episodes and I’m hoping it proves to be interesting and of value to you: I’m speaking with non-editors about editing. People who work closely with editors and likely have never really expressed out loud some of their feelings about editing and editors. And first up is really top notch: Crystal Moselle is the...

Jen Dean is a NY-based commercial editor and mother with a sharp eye, a quick wit and a love for Texan psych rock. After studying under Stan Brakhage she got her start at Lost Planet as Hank Corwin’s assistant, eventually moving on to cut her own award-winning projects from fashion to comedy to docu style and everything in between. She’s an editor’s editor and has been in this edit world for long enough to be known and respected by anyone and everyone who’s also been around long enough to...

Paul Rogers is an LA-based editor best known for his astonishing work on the breakout hit film Everything Everywhere All at Once. His wild resume also includes The Eric Andre Show, You Cannot Kill David Arquette, The Death of Dick Long, Dream Corp LLC, and a number of great music videos notably including DJ Snake & Lil Jon’s extremely viral “Turn Down For What”, Haim ft A$ap Ferg’s “My Song 5” and Lauv ft. Julia Michaels “There’s No Way.” He, along with his partners at Parallax Post,...

Andre “Dre” Jones is a Los Angeles-based editor with a flair for dynamic, stylish music videos, commercials and films. Notably among these is “Pop Star” by DJ Khaled ft. Drake (which was nominated for a VMA video of the year), Rosalia’s “A Palé,” Rosalia and The Weekend’s “La Fama,” Ariana Grande’s “34+35,” Summer Walker, Cardi B and SZA’s “No Love,’ and Bella Poarch’s viral video for “Build a B.” There’s more actually. Like Beam - “Planet Beam”, Nicky Minaj ft. Lil Baby - “Do We Have a...

Aaron I. Butler, ACE is a Los Angeles-based multi-disciplinary editor best known for his work on the second season of HBO’s wildly popular TV show Euphoria. He’s responsible for the most intense hour of television I’ve seen in a very long time, Season 2 Episode 5 “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird,” also known as the Rue running for her life episode. He’s also previously cut Kanye’s “Jesus is King” Imax film, the films JT Leroy and I Am Michael, a number of documentaries including HBO’s Cries...

Eileen Meyer and Aaron Wickenden are two outstanding editors who have collaborated on three major documentaries: Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, Television Event and Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal. They’re also prolific individually: Eileen previously co-edited the Oscar-nominated/Sundance Audience award winning doc, Crip Camp, and cut on the Netflix doc series The Devil Next Door; while Aaron has also cut or collaborated on such very notable docs as Becoming, Feels Good Man,...

Evan Schrodek is a Los Angeles-based TV, film and documentary editor best known for his work on the zombie-apocalypse smash hit The Walking Dead. After assisting on season four he moved up to editor on season five and continued cutting for seasons six, eight and nine.  He also recently edited the thriller series Panic and he’s soon to be known even more for his work on the upcoming Resident Evil series on Netflix. ********* On this episode we get into: - The Pleasure of Horror and cutting...

Jake Burghart is a prolific editor, cinematographer and director known for his work at VICE media over the past 15 years. As one of the company’s first video hires during its transition from free magazine to behemoth news and entertainment network, Jake set the look and tone of the videos as both camera person and editor. He got his first big break in the early 2000s shooting and editing the Against Me! documentary, "We're Never Going Home," then after joining Vice cut The Vice Guide to...

Stephanie Filo is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning editor best known for her work on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show and Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 69, among many many others. Now based in Los Angeles but having grown up in Colorado and Sierra Leone, Stephanie also cuts many social impact docs, including her own PSA “End Ebola Now” which was viewed widely, spawning dance videos from celebrities to bring awareness, and helped lead to the eradication of Ebola in Sierra Leone. She’s...

Jason Goldwatch is a Los Angeles-based Director and Editor best known for his music videos for some of hip hop’s finest rappers. A brief collection would include Nas, Jay-Z, Kid Kudi, Common, Schoolboy Q, Pusha T, Alchemist, Evidence, Conway the Machine, Atmosphere, The Roots, Action Bronson and Kool Keith.  In this episode we trace his career, from making Beastie Boys tribute videos in high school to being the youngest signee to Spike Jonze’s production company to starting his own company...

Mikkel E.G. Nielsen is the Oscar-nominated editor of Sound of Metal and a recent BAFTA and Critics Choice Awards winner for Best Editing. He’s a Copenhagen-based feature and commercial editor, previously known for his work on Beasts of No Nation, Madame Bovary and A Royal Affair.  In this episode we discuss: -how he approached the edit in Sound of Metal -creating empathy for an aggressive character -maintaining a toolkit of skills for use on any project -the joy of collaboration -Why...

Kimmy Dubé is a Los Angeles-based commercial editor, known for her comedic and action spots. After starting out as an intern at Lost Planet in NY she rose the ranks to become a rostered editor, cutting excellent work like AT&T's "It's Not Complicated" campaign with SNL's Beck Bennet (very few commercials make me laugh like those do) and eventually departed for Cosmo Street in Los Angeles, where she now works. Her wonderful sense of humor has garnered her many friends and fans in the...

Colby Parker Jr. Pt 2. The editor of Ant-Man, Friday Night Lights, Patriot’s Day, Deepwater Horizon, Hancock and the pilots for The Leftovers and Ballers talks more music, Marvel, Pete Berg and cutting action with heart.  In part two we cover: Sacrificing a great shot for the story Being on set for Friday Night Lights Finding the emotion in a coin toss Giving explosions in the sky their big break Do you have to play an instrument to make it today? Meeting salty Hollywood...

Colby Parker Jr is a Los Angeles-based feature editor known for his high adrenaline action cutting for films like Ant-Man, Friday Night Lights, Patriot’s Day, Deepwater Horizon, Hancock and the pilots for The Leftovers and Ballers. Some of the topics covered in part one: Learning from Marvel editors Adding emotion to an action story Cutting music videos in the middle of the night with Diddy Why he didn’t want to work with the Beastie Boys For more information and supplemental...

Welcome to Cutting Class, a podcast about film & video editing as told through the lives of some of the top editors in their fields. Episode 1 coming soon.