TEC Alumni and Instructor, Academy Award Nominees

Congratulations to Alumni and Instructors for their films' 2008 Oscar nominations. Alum Udayan Baijal was the assistant editor on Slumdog Millionaire, which garnered 10 Oscar nomination. TEC instructor, Kate Williams, edited Frozen River (class film May 2007) up for Best Actress, Melissa Leo, and Original Screenplay, writer/director Courtney Hunt. The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), competing for Best Documentary, was post supervised by alum Riva Marker and Sharon Hughes was an assistant editor on the film.

Edit Center Class Film Nominated for Two Oscars

Frozen River, the project of the May 2007 6-week class, has been nominated for two Academy Awards. The categories include: Original Screenplay, Courtney Hunt and Best Female Lead, Melissa Leo. Frozen River was edited by TEC instructor, Kate Williams.

Golden Globes Awards Update

Congratulations to TEC Alums/Instructors for their contributions to the following Golden Globe winners: TEC alum, Udayan Baijal, assistant editor on Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, winner of Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score; Malcolm Jamieson, TEC instructor and editor of Mad Men, winner of Best Television Series Drama; Meg Reticker, TEC Instructor and editor of 30 Rock, winner of Best Comedic Television Series, Best Performance by an Actress In A Comedic Television Series (Tina Fey), and Best Performance by an Actor In A Comedic Television Series (Alec Baldwin)

Fall Speaker Series Ranges from Mad Men to Murderball

The Edit Center would like to extend our thanks to the speakers who visited our Fall 6-week classes: Malcolm Jamieson (Mad Men, Damages, Nurse Jackie), Geoffrey Richman (Sicko, Murderball, The Order of Myths), Jane Rizzo (Great World of Sound, Frontrunners). And a very special thanks to our alumni who were able to return as Visiting Artists and discuss their work: Erica Freed (Labor Pains) and Sandy Patch (senior colorist, Frame Frame Post). Fall classes also enjoyed tours of Soundtrack, a full-service sound post house and Postworks, a professional post production house.

Edit Center Alumni and Instructors' Films to Premiere at Sundance

Edit Center alums Michael Taylor and Mollie Goldstein both edited features that will be premiering in the Spectrum section of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Michael's movie, Against the Current, was directed by Peter Callahan and stars Joseph Fiennes, Mary Tyler Moore, and Michelle Trachtenberg. Mollie cut The Missing Person, directed by Noah Buschel and starring Michael Shannon (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) and Amy Ryan (The Office). The Missing Person was also an Edit Center class project. Michael and Mollie will be joined at Sundance by two Edit Center instructors who also have films in the festival: Anne McCabe, who edited Adventureland, and Andrew Blackwell, who was the associate editor on Cold Souls. Reporter is competing in the documentary category and was worked on by TEC alums Dan Rosen and Eric Finkelstein as associate editor and assistant editor, respectively.

Three Edit Center Class Projects Head to Sundance

Peter and Vandy, Reporter, and The Missing Person, all 2007-2008 Edit Center class projects, will be premiering at Sundance in January. Peter and Vandy, which was edited after the class by TEC instructor Geoff Richman, is competing in the narrative category and Reporter, directed by Eric Meztgar, will be screening in the documentary competition. The Missing Person, which was edited by Edit Center Alum Mollie Goldstein, will be part of the Spectrum section of the festival.

Frozen River Nominated for Six Independent Spirit Awards

Frozen River, the project of the May/June 2007 6-week class, has been nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards. The categories include: Best Feature; Best Director, Courtney Hunt; Best Female Lead, Melissa Leo; Best Supporting Female, Misty Upham; Best Supporting Male, Charlie McDermott; and Best First Screenplay, Courtney Hunt. Frozen River was edited by TEC instructor, Kate Williams.

TEC Alums and Instructors Short-Listed for an Oscar

Three of the fifteen films short-listed for the Best Documentary prize at this year's Academy Awards were worked on by TEC alums and instructors. Pray the Devil Back to Hell, directed by guest lecturer, Gini Reticker and edited by instructor Meg Reticker is, “Uplifting, disheartening, inspiring, enraging…” – Manohla Dargis, NY Times. The Betrayal – Nerakhoon, directed by Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, DP) and post supervised by TEC alum Riva Marker, is “contemplative and impressionistic,” AO Scott, NY Times. In a Dream (SXSW Audience Award 2008) directed by Jeremiah Zagar with TEC alum and instructor, Sandy Patch, as colorist and on-line editor.

Summer Speaker Series Ranges from 30 Rock to The Lives of Others

The Edit Center would like to extend our thanks to all the editors who visited our summer 6-week classes: Affonso Gonçalves (40 Shades of Blue, Married Life, New York I Love You), Meg Reticker (30 Rock, Wet Hot American Summer), and Stephen Garrett (trailer editor for The Lives of Others, Half Nelson, Encounters at the End of the World). And a very special thanks to our alumni who were able to return and discuss their work: Michael Taylor (The Order of Myths, Day Night Day Night), Ramsey Fendall (Moving Midway), and Alison Shurman (Run for Your Life).

Frozen River Opens in Theaters

Frozen River, the project of the May/June 2007 six-week class, premieres in NY and LA on August 1. The film stars Melissa Lo (21 Grams, The L-Word) and was the winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature. TEC instructor Kate Williams edited the film.