Avid Wins Big at the Oscars

by Melissa Rose Kimbler | Published Mar. 7, 2008

Christopher Rouse (The Bourne Ultimatum) may have walked away with the award for Best Editing at this year's Oscar ceremony, but Avid Technology is the real winner. The company, already synonymous with Hollywood editing technology, recently announced that all of the nominated films in eight categories at the 80th annual Academy Awards employed at least one Avid system. (No comments yet)

Geoffrey Richman Is No Slouch in the Cutting Room

by Andrew Gnerre

Editor Geoffrey Richman’s credits include some of the most respected documentaries of the past few years, including SiCKO, God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys in Sudan and Murderball.

Editor Chad Beck Cuts from the Heart

by Daniel Fritz

For Chad Beck, the choice to become an editor was an easy one to make. Since his beginnings as a student at the New York-based Edit Center, Beck has taken to the art with a clarity that only comes from true passion.

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Top 10 Movie Cities 2008

by Jennifer M. Wood
From Austin to Albuquerque and plenty of places in between, MovieMaker's eighth annual countdown of the 10 best places to live, work and make movies in the U.S. (36 comments)

Geoffrey Richman: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker

by Geoffrey Richman
"Finish a first cut as fast as possible" and other lessons from the editor of SiCKO, If I Didn't Care and May the Best Man Win. (1 comment)

Harry Potter’s World Comes to a City Near You

by Melissa Rose Kimbler
It’s really impossible to hear something like “sorting hat” or “invisibility cloak” and not feel at least a little of the allure of Harry Potter's universe. When the films brought the J.K. Rowling books to life, it was through the costuming, set design and props. In 2009, “Harry Potter: The Exhibition” will bring 10,000 square feet of artifacts from the enchanting films to 10 or more cities around the world over a five-year period. (1 comment)

MovieMaker Goes for the Gold

by MM Staff
Academy members may have the final say on who will walk away with the gold at this Sunday’s Oscar ceremony. But that doesn’t mean that we here at MM can’t have a little fun getting in on the action, too. Here, five editors and longtime contributing writers weigh in on Oscar’s hits, misses and most egregious snubs!
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Using Movie Title Sequences Effectively

by Peter Weed
Released in the mid-1950s from the relatively static role of simply assigning credit, title sequences have evolved into an art form in their own right. (No comments yet)

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#74: Spring 2008

These stories were published in the Spring 2008 MovieMaker Magazine.

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Kodak at Cannes

Since 1987 Kodak has been the official partner of the Cannes Film Festival, sponsoring the Camera d’Or prize that is awarded yearly to the best feature film by a first-time director. The tradition continues in 2008 when, for the fifth consecutive year, the festival will also hand out the Kodak Discovery Prize for Best Short Film.

“Cannes draws a huge number of filmmakers from all over the world every year, which gives Kodak a great opportunity to host our customers and show them how committed we are to the industry and to motion picture innovation,” says Kim Snyder, Kodak’s president and general manager of the Entertainment Imaging Division.

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