Paul has been a picture editor for 25 years and has worked with such companies as Netflix, MGM, AMC, Showtime and many more. Some of his recent editing credits include ANOTHER LIFE, RANSOM, INTO THE BADLANDS, DARK MATTER and LOST GIRL. He is one of the Canadian Cinema Editors’ co-founders and currently sits on the National Board for the Directors Guild of Canada. Stephen is honoured to serve as CCE President and help the CCE advocate for editors across Canada. In 1987 Alan was series editor on the original Degrassi High series directed by Kit Hood.
The 3rd Annual CCE Awards Nominees & Winners
BAYLINE is her 2nd documentary short funded via the MTS STORIES FROM HOME Broadcaster. THE LEAGUE is her first documentary short, funded via the NSI Aboriginal Documentary Program. The film is currently playing several festivals and aired with broadcaster APTN in fall of 2016.
The 5th Annual CCE Awards Nominees & Winners
Rik’s diversity of talent and pursuit of excellence made him a singular talent and mentor amongst editors. When that film finished she remained at Cinepix working on hundreds of commercials for the films they distributed while finishing her education at night and during summer “holidays”, graduating in Communication Arts, magna cum laude. Roushell Goldstein was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, received her BA from Carleton University, and immediately left Ottawa on her “Grand Tour” of Europe. In 1968, she ended her tour in Israel where she settled in the city of Jerusalem with an offer to work at the newly established Israeli Television Network. For the next five years, she worked in the editing department on news, sports, current affairs and the odd documentary (where budgets allowed).
TSC Announces New Voices Awards
Tucked away in a cabin in the woods, Geoffrey Boulangé and Sophie Deraspe set about editing the award winning film, ANTIGONE. In this session Geoffrey Boulangé discusses the processes that went into editing the film; including cutting while shooting; working in FCPX, and co-editing with director Sophie Deraspe. In 1975 Ralph went freelance and focused on drama editing, amassing a large list of credits on over 50 television movies, 16 features, 13 mini-series and multiple TV series. His commitment to excellence in the craft of editing has earned him multiple nominations and awards over the years, including Best Sound and Best Picture Editing Awards the first year of the Geminis, and an Emmy nomination for Joan of Arc. He was promoted to Editor in Charge at age 27 and a year later to Assistant Supervising Editor in charge of the day to day running of the Film Department. He had the great pleasure of working with Glenn Gould on the soundtrack of the legendary documentary The Idea of North.
PANEL: Thrills & Chills – Editing Dark Genre in Feature Film
Editors in doc have such a deep involvement in shaping the films that they can become credited co-directors or co-writers. Join us as our panel (Mike Munn CCE, Michèle Hozer CCE & Nick Hector CCE) explores the profound level of authorship editors can have in crafting a documentary. Writer-Director Jim Allodi is a graduate of the NYU film program, and the CFC Director’s Lab.
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- Since 1995, Lisa has been nominated for 18 film awards and has brought home eight, including four DGC Awards, three CCE’s and a Gemini.
- This panel discussion focuses on their careers in indie film, their process in editing these films, getting a festival run, and what lies ahead.
- Prior work includes award nominated series; 19-2, Bomb Girls, Camelot and the influential Durham County.
- He collaborated with David Cronenberg on 19 films winning Genie Awards for Dead Ringers (1989), Crash (1996), eXistenZ (2000) and Eastern Promises (2007) and DGC Awards for A History of Violence (2006), Eastern Promises (2008) and A Dangerous Method (2012).
- Unarmed Verses and Sgaaway K’uuna (Edge of the Knife) are films that have intertwined themes of social justice into compelling stories, bringing important social messages to the screen in their respective genres of narrative and documentary film.
Paul Hunter (Nut Job, Spark) and Lesley Mackay Hunter (The Nut Job 2 – Nutty by Nature, Arctic Justice) shed light on their careers in animated film and television, and the unique role of the editor from storyboard to screen. Inbal and Cecilia Peck’s last collaboration was the Emmy-nominated feature documentary Brave Miss World, which debuted on Netflix in 2014. It is the story of an Israeli beauty queen, who was raped seven weeks prior to her winning the Miss World pageant, and her crusade to reach out to fellow survivors while trying to keep her own rapist behind bars. Every production starts with a solid plan but step by step as each phase inches closer and closer to being received by an editor’s invisible hand, that plan will unravel. Even if it is due to a global pandemic, it is on the editor to shift gears, to persevere for the story and aim to produce beyond what was undone. Join the editor behind THE NATURE OF THINGS episode “The Covid Cruise” for a conversation about filmmaking in the Covid era.
En discussion avec Myriam Poirier, CCE
After graduating from the film program at York University, Michelle worked for many years as an assistant editor. This allowed her to be mentored and to collaborate with some of the leading forces in Canadian cinema. In addition to her work in film, Michelle edited two seasons of the Netflix/Rogers TV series Between, created by Michael McGowan. Her latest titles include the Cuban/Canadian film, Un Traductor, directed by Rodrigo and Sebastian Barriuso, which premiered in competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and the upcoming Netflix/CBC series Northern Rescue. She has since had a diverse career editing drama series, feature films, and MOWs in a variety of genres, and the good fortune to work with many prominent and celebrated producers, directors, and screenwriters.
Award Nominees & Winners
She just completed SponsorLand, the feature length doc for TV Ontario on a Syrian refugee family with 11 children resettling in the tiny town of Picton Ontario. Jinmo Yang is an award-winning South Korean film editor who has edited over a dozen feature films, including the international hits PARASITE, OKJA, and TRAIN TO BUSAN. The TSC is a two day event that gathers the best creative talent, authors and speakers in writing for film, TV and media in Canada and abroad. The Conference offers screen based industry professionals an advanced level of education and skills development unparalleled by any other screenwriting event in the country.
The 2nd Annual CCE Awards Nominees & Winners
We’re currently experiencing a watershed moment for increased representation in storytelling. The editors behind I MAY DESTROY YOU, EUPHORIA, and #BLACKAF join us to discuss their groundbreaking work. The past year has brought our lives no shortage of fear-inducing moments, and yet films that offer us frights continue to be one of our greatest escapes. Action, comedy, drama, romance, horror and thriller – Jinmo Yang, ACE’s outstanding body of work covers almost every genre in filmmaking. His mastery of pacing and tone is often on display as he rides the line between genres, from the action/comedy of LUCK-KEY, to the thriller/comedy PARASITE.
- She began her career in unscripted television on iconic and Emmy-winning shows such as TOP CHEF and PROJECT RUNWAY.
- He was distinguished with the 2018 Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Editing in a FeatureDocumentary for Unarmed Verses.
- Raised on Star Trek, Justin’s original plan was to push flashy buttons on a starship as an actor.
- It had women in all key positions, and they took great care in creating an environment for the cult survivors who shared their stories, in which they felt supported before, during and after filming.
- Their latest collaboration, the feature film Pieds nus dans l’aube, is an adaptation of Félix Leclerc’s autobiographical novel of the same name.
Panel #4: Behind the Cut with Ron Sanders, CCE
Join Paul Day, CCE, and Michelle Tesoro, ACE, as they discuss Michelle’s work, including her most recent feat of editing an entire mini-series, THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT. He was continually recognized by the Canadian Film Editors Guild and won a Genie for his outstanding work on Joshua Then And Now. The following year he was awarded both an ACE Eddie and a Gemini for Sword Of Gideon. Collaborating with John Woo, Michael Anderson, Ted Kotcheff and Canadian legend Don Shebib to name a few, he has helped shape performances of many Hollywood legends; from Charlton Heston and Vanessa Redgrave to Lloyd Bridges and Christopher Plummer.
Panel #1: Making a difference – Cutting content with an important social message
Throughout his career he has enjoyed working with many great filmmakers, developing lifelong friendships and creative collaborations. Debra Karen became interested in film when she took an elective course in Cinema at Dawson College in Montreal which was taught by Larry Kent. While studying, she was hired as a second assistant editor to work at Cinepix on their production of Across This Land with Stompin’ Tom Connors. Chris Mutton brings over 12 years of film and television experience to the table. He is a 2015 Canadian Film Centre alumni and since then has been cutting music videos, commercials and the highly anticipated PORCUPINE LAKE, which premiered this year at TIFF.
- He had the great pleasure of working with Glenn Gould on the soundtrack of the legendary documentary The Idea of North.
- In this session Geoffrey Boulangé discusses the processes that went into editing the film; including cutting while shooting; working in FCPX, and co-editing with director Sophie Deraspe.
- As editors our jobs are constantly expanding, with more and more tools at our fingertips it’s important to keep our technical skills as sharp as can be.
- Narrative, character & emotion – how do we as storytellers bring these elements to an audience in a compelling and dramatic way?
- Also premiering at TIFF was the feature documentary SILAS, executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way productions, which Chris came on board to complete.
- In addition to her work in film, Michelle edited two seasons of the Netflix/Rogers TV series Between, created by Michael McGowan.
- Her work has aired on APTN, CBC, Knowledge, NITV (Australia) and has been showcased around the world at film festivals such as Berlinale, Rotterdam and Sundance.
Bellevue, starring Anna Paquin, is screening on WGN America at the moment another series that Teresa edited and got to co-produce. Prior work includes award nominated series; 19-2, Bomb Girls, Camelot and the influential Durham County. Teresa is very excited to be part of the industry at a time when the boundaries of TV storytelling are being pushed like never before- it truly is the Golden Age.
Morsi’s short scripts were finalists for Robert Bosch Film Fund (Berlin Film Festival) in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Morsi participated at the 2012 Berlinale Talent Campus, 2016 TIFF Talent Lab and Women in the Director’s Chair. Morsi’s short films scripts LIPSTICK, CHECK POINT & MANGO were named finalists for Robert Bosch Film Fund in 2013, 2014 and 2015 (affiliate with the Berlin Film Festival). As well, Mike has edited several award-winning documentaries, including Stories We Tell, for director Sarah Polley. His many television credits include Shaftesbury’s The Shields Stories and Sienna Film’s mini-series Diamonds, nominated for 9 Gemini awards.
She is best known for her work on The Tudors, The Borgias, Mary Kills People and ANNE with an E, as well as for her live music cutting with Joe Bonamassa and Iron Maiden Logging in at 260 hours of cut screen time, her passion is clearly seen in her work. Since 1995, Lisa has been nominated for 18 film awards and has brought home eight, including four DGC Awards, three CCE’s and a Gemini. There’s no formula to a festival hit, but these three editors, each with a recent feature film on the circuit, shed light on their respective experiences.
Roushell learned to edit with glue and hot-splices, then Steenbecks arrived from Germany, and she progressed to splicing tape and the splicer. That, of course, lasted for a few decades until the big transition to digital in the early 1990s. Andrew has enjoyed a career working with studios such as Fox, CBS, ABC, Marvel, and Netflix, including popular shows such as Sleepy Hollow and Bull. His work on the pilot episode of APB with Director Len Wiseman secured a first season pick up order from Fox Television.
For over 25 years, Paul has worked as an online, offline and supervising editor, cutting everything from animatics, 2D/3D animation, and stop-motion. Projects include Freaky Stories, Angela Anaconda, Franny’s Feet, Iggy Arbuckle, Johnny Test, Glenn Martin DDS and Nature Cat. When given the chance to work on it, Paul thought that he would be nuts not to!
Chris Mutton
In 2007 he was invited by Focal Press to write the Foreword for the second edition of The Technique of Film Editing, the book that had played such a central role in his life as an editor. He describes this as one of the proudest moments in his life along with receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from the CCE. Alan Collins was born in India and grew up in the UK where he studied Drama and Film at Bristol University. He was inspired to become a film editor after viewing Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein and reading the bible of the edit room, The Technique of Film Editing (K. Reisz, G. Lambert) in 1967.
He would go on to work steadily as an editor right up until his death in December 1999. “Kelly” Smith, CCE, was amongst the pioneers of electronic post production and widely known in the Toronto and L.A. His career began at CKNX-TV in Wingham, Ontario in the late 1960’s and flourished until his passing. Also premiering at TIFF was the feature documentary SILAS, executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way productions, which Chris came on board to complete. The documentary POPCORN AND MAPLE SYRUP that Chris co-edited for the CBC, won the Special Jury Award at Worldfest.
In 2018 he wrote and edited TO WENDY WHO KICKED ME WHEN I SAID I LOVE YOU, an off- beat, romantic short film which premiered at the London Film Festival. ADAM PERRY – Adam Perry is an award winning director and screenwriter from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He got his start writing and directing web-series, shorts and over a dozen food-based series with celebrity Chef Michael Smith. Recently, Adam has focused his attention on writing for the big screen and has seen some early success.
Her feature film credits include collaborations with directors Stella Meghie (THE WEEKEND, THE PHOTOGRAPH), and Ali LeRoi (THE OBITUARY OF TUNDE JOHNSON). She has worked with creators Issa Rae (INSECURE), Ava DuVernay (QUEEN SUGAR), and Kenya Barris (GROWN-ISH, #BLACKAF). In 2015 Michèle completed her first solo feature length documentary in the combined roles of director, editor, and producer for Sugar Coated probing the role of sugar in a global healthcare epidemic. The film, in association with TVO and ZDF/ARTE, had its world premiere at Hot Docs International Film Festival and has been playing worldwide at international film festivals and on television. Sugar Coated was honoured with The Donald Brittain Award for Best Social and Political Documentary at The 2016 Canadian Screen Awards.
This panel discussion focuses on their careers in indie film, their process in editing these films, getting a festival run, and what lies ahead. Some of her other credits include the series The Expanse, Houdini & Doyle, The L.A. Complex, and the feature films Seven in Heaven, for Blumhouse Productions, A Christmas mgmgrand market Horror Story, for Copperheart Entertainment, and Compulsion, for Dimension Films. Cutting-edge picture editor Michelle Tesoro, ACE, is an industry rising star. Tesoro cut Netflix’s top-rated series THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT, Emmy-nominated series WHEN THEY SEE US, GODLESS, HOUSE OF CARDS, and HBO’s series THE NEWSROOM.