We are super excited to be joined by legendary Editor Paul Hirsch, ACE on Filmmaker U! Great talk about his film career & experiences; as well as his new book.

Friday, July 2nd | 2:00 PM EDT/ 11:00 AM PDT

Paul Hirsch, ACE is an American film editor with over 40 film credits since 1970, best known as one of the premier filmmakers to come out of the New Hollywood movement, collaborating with directors like Brian De Palma, George Lucas, George A. Romero, and Herbert Ross. He won an Academy Award and Saturn Award for his work on the original “Star Wars,” which he shared with Richard Chew and Marcia Lucas. After graduating from Columbia he began to pursue a career in editing. In the late 1960s, while editing trailers in NYC, he was introduced by his brother, Charles, to then unknown filmmaker Brian De Palma. Their collaboration has yielded eleven feature films.

In 1978, he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on “Star Wars,” along with Richard Chew and Marcia Lucas. He was also the first person to win the Saturn Award for Best Editing twice, first for “Star Wars” in 1977 and then “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” in 2011.

He has edited over 35 feature films, including “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Mission: Impossible, “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “Footloose,” “Carrie,” “Falling Down,” “Phantom of the Paradise,” “Obsession,” “Blow Out,” “The Secret of My Success,” “Steel Magnolias” and “Ray,” for which he received a second Academy Award nomination in 2005 and the American Cinema Editors’ award for Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical). He has also worked with Duncan Jones on “Source Code” and “Warcraft.”

Hirsch rarely watches movies other than his own more than once. However, he cites that the musical “An American in Paris” and the science fiction film “2001: A Space Odyssey” are worthy of repeat viewing.

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Before the age of digital, mentorship played a key role in film crews, post rooms, and a filmmaker’s career development. Places like the cutting room were hubs for passing on techniques, ideas, war stories, teamwork, and developing relationships that would help you evolve your career. You would move from trainee to assistant, and eventually, the day would come where you became a full-fledged Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist, VFX Artist or any other position in the film industry.

Pros who had worked years and were coming close to the end of their career, delighted in sharing their knowledge and ideas that they had learned over the decades. However, in the digital era, young film professionals are thrust into positions without having the chance to learn from those at the top of their game.

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