Digger

Today on Art of the Cut e speak with Conor O’Neill and Oscar-winning editor Stephen Mirrione, ACE, about editing Alejandro Inarritu’s Digger. Stephen’s been on Art of the Cut before for F1 and The Revenant, for which he was nominated for an Oscar award BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. He was nominated for another BAFTA  and an ACE Eddie for Birdman. He was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA and won an ACE Eddie for Babel. He also WON the Oscar and was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for editing Traffic.  Conor has edited numerous documentaries including Cobain: Montage of Heck, Capitalism: A Love Story, and Crossfire Hurricane for which he was nominated for an Emmy. He was additional editor on Moneyball and was an editor on the TV series Lioness. He also won the special jury prize at Sundance for the editing of Murderball Today’s discussion includes the value of screening dailies with the director and other H.O.D.s, how Hamnet influenced Digger, and what NOT to say in a job interview. If you want to read along with this podcast, and see actual before and after screenshots of the Avid timelines of certain scenes, go to the BorisFX blog: borisfx.com/blog/aotc