Manhattan Edit Workshop's Blog

Mary Jo Markey collaborated with a Klingon language expert to streamline this key action set piece from "Star Trek Into Darkness."   Mary Jo Markey, ACE, is an accomplished editor in both film and television. After cutting a series of independent films and television movies, Markey began her collaboration with JJ Abrams as one of the editors of the TV series "Felicity" during its first three seasons (1998-2000). Markey then moved over to edit the first two seasons of "Alias," during which she received her first Emmy nomination. Later, in 2005, Markey won the Emmy for Drama Series Editing for her work on the "Lost" pilot. In 2006, Markey’s collaboration with JJ Abrams moved to the large screen with "Mission Impossible III." Their work together continued with the HBO pilot "Anatomy of Hope," 2009’s "Star Trek" (which led to an ACE Eddie nomination), the "Undercovers" pilot, "Super 8,...

From our 2019 Sight, Sound & Story Post Production Summit - Editor Kate Sanford ACE, discusses how she brought out the passion of the Fosse/Verdon cast by intercutting three scenes that were not originally planned to be intercut.   Kate Sanford, ACE, is a feature film and television editor whose most recent project is the upcoming just released miniseries Fosse/Verdon. She recently completed the first two seasons of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and won the ACE award for best-edited comedy. Between seasons she edited "The Deuce" for writer/showrunner David Simon. Their long-running collaboration includes the 6-part miniseries "Show Me A Hero," the pilot for "Treme" (for which she won an ACE award for best-edited drama), and all five seasons of "The Wire" (for which she also won an ACE award for drama). Other television includes "Vinyl," executive produced by Martin Scorsese; all seasons of "Boardwalk Empire," ...