Today we’re talking with Oscar nominee and multiple BAFTA nominee Barney Pilling, ACE about editing Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City. Barney has been nominated for BAFTAs for his editing of Spooks, Life on Mars, and The Grand Budapest Hotel. He was also nominated for a BAFTA and won an ACE Eddie for The Grand Budapest Hotel.  His other work includes Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Annihilation, and Suffragette. Also, numerous TV series including Outcasts, Playhouse Presents, and Mum. 

Today we’re talking with three of the editors of the Disney Plus series, Andor - John Gilroy, ACE. Yan Miles, ACE and Simon Smith. John Gilroy, ACE is an editor and also a producer on the series. He was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for the feature film Michael Clayton. And he was nominated for an ACE Eddie and a BAFTA for Nightcrawler. His feature work includes Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Suicide Squad, Pacific Rim, The Bourne Legacy, and Salt, among many others.  Yan Miles, ACE has edited some of the great TV series of recent years including Game of Thrones and Band of Brothers.  He won an Emmy and was nominated for an ACE Eddie for The Crown and he won an Emmy, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for Sherlock.  Simon Smith has been on Art of the Cut before when he won the Emmy, the BAFTA and the ACE Eddie for Chernobyl. He also recently won the ACE Eddie for cutting the “One Way Out” episode of Andor. 

Today on Art of the Cut we’re talking with Jeff Groth, ACE. We’ll be discussing his editing work on The Gray Man, which was released recently on Netflix. Jeff has been on Art of the Cut previously to discuss editing Joker, for which he was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. His other feature credits include Cherry, War Dogs, Project X and Entourage. His TV credits include Entourage - for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie - Community and the pilot for Ballers. The other editor on the film, who was unable to join us, was Pietro Scalia, ACE, who has been a previous guest on Art of the Cut for The Martian. Pietro has won multiple Oscars and ACE Eddies for films like Black Hawk Down, Gladiator and JFK.