<p>Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Stephen Rivkin, ACE, who was one of the editors on James Cameron’s <em>Avatar: Fire and Ash</em>. The other editors included Cameron himself, Nicholas de Toth, Jason Gaudio, and John Refoua. </p><p>Steve’s been on Art of the Cut before when we discussed the previous <em>Avatar</em> film – <em>The Way of Water</em>. 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 work on <em>Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl</em>. He was also nominated for ACE Eddies for <em>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, </em>and <em>Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Other films include Alita: Battle Angel, Ali, The Hurricane, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, </em>and <em>My Cousin Vinny. </em></p><p>Today our discussion includes how the Avatar films use a unique two step process - first editing performance alone, then editing the final shots created with those performances, and on co-editing with the film’s director, James Cameron, ACE.</p><p>If you&#39;d like to read along with this interview and see the trailer, video featurettes, clips and images from the film, visit the BorisFX.com website for the Art of the Cut blog.</p><p>borisfx.com/blog/aotc</p>