Editing for the Screen

John Rosenberg is a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG) and American Cinema Editors (ACE). He teaches the aesthetics of motion picture editing at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He is the author of THE FINAL REWRITE: How to View Your Screenplay with a Film Editor’s Eye and the popular guide to modern film editing, THE HEALTHY EDIT: Creative Editing Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie, now in its 2nd edition. For over forty years, he has worked in the motion picture industry as a film editor on nearly three dozen feature films, as well as a producer and production executive for several independent studios. He has collaborated with such talents as Jack Nicholson, Colin Firth, Ice-T, Ellen Barkin, Sam Elliott, Kelly McGillis and companies including 20th Century Fox, Lorimar, Orion, New Line and Artisan. His films have appeared in international and domestic festivals, with multiple Official Selections in the Sundance Film Festival.

• Chapter 1 – GETTING STARTEDCOULD WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT ASSISTANT EDITING?By Yu Jung HouHAVE A LITTLE FAITH: RESEARCH AND DETERMINATION ON THE PATH TO AN EDITING CAREERBy Toi Juan ShannonEDITING: THE CAREER KALEIDOSCOPEBy Dan GrossAN INTERVIEW WITH JASON BALLANTINE, ASC, ACEChapter 2 – STICKING IT OUTAN INTERVIEW WITH ALI GREER, ACEPOST CONFIDENTIAL: MY PATH IN THE REAL HOLLYWOODBy Jacob EbenTHIRD TIME’S THE CHARM: POWERING THROUGH DOUBT, ONE CUT AT A TIMEBy Roy ArwasMOVIE EDITING: MY PASSPORT TO TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, AND GREAT FRIENDSBy Arthur Coburn, ACEChapter 3 – FINDING SUCCESSAN INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN TENT, ACEAN INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE GREEN, ACEAN INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT CONRAD, ACEAN INTERVIEW WITH DODY DORN, ACEChapter 4 – GETTING AHEADFROM COAST TO COASTBy Rick Shaine, ACEAN INTERVIEW WITH LORI JANE COLEMANAN INTERVIEW WITH NANCY FORNER, ACEAN INTERVIEW WITH BILL YAHRAUSChapter 5 – STARTING AGAINSUBJECT TO CHANGEBy Jason Rosenfield, ACE PASSION, HUMANITY AND PERSEVERANCE: THE EDITOR’S PATH TO SUCCESSBy Kris FitzgeraldTHE LONG AND WINDING ROAD: MY JOURNEY IN POST PRODUCTIONBy Eric YoungAN INTERVIEW WITH GLENN GARLAND, ACE