Today on Art of the Cut, Jennifer Lame, ACE, discusses editing Oppenheimer with some of the key members of her editing team: Additional Editor, Mike Fay, First Assistant editor (Avid) Nick Ellsberg, and First Assistant Editor (film), Tom Foligno.
Jennifer Lame was an early Art of the Cut guest when she edited Manchester By the Sea, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. She has since edited Hereditary, Marriage Story - also nominated for an ACE Eddie - Tenet, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Mike Fay was previously the Visual Effects editor on Bullet Train, John Wick 3, and Passengers, First Assistant Editor on Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and The Mountain Between Us, and editor on the feature film, A Shot through the Wall.
Nick Ellsberg was First assistant editor on Bullet Train, assistant editor on Ghostbusters: Afterlife, second assistant editor on John Wick 3, and editor on the feature film, Watch List.
Tom Faligno was nominated for an ACE Eddie for an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. He’s also edited the TV series Ballers, Altered Carbon and Dispatches from Elsewhere. He’s also cut features including All for Nikki and Sweet Lorraine. Later in the episode, you’ll hear his background included working on Martin Scorsese’s Casino, Kundun, and The Aviator as an assistant editor under Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE.