Sight, Sound & Story 2018: Spotlight on Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen Featuring Editor Kevin Tent, ACE

"Sight, Sound & Story" 2018 Panel Spotlight

Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O'Steen Featuring Editor Kevin Tent, ACE

For our keynote panel of this year's "Sight, Sound & Story: Post Production Summit" on June 14th , author and film historian Bobbie O'Steen ("Cut to the Chase," "The Invisible Cut") will sit down with master film editor Kevin Tent, ACE for an in-depth discussion on the art of editing. The two will screen footage and talk about Tent's work on such films as Election, Girl Interrupted, Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska, and Downsizing . Here's a closer look at our panelists!

"Sight, Sound & Story" 2018 Promo Video

This panel is sponsored by:

Meet the Panelist:

Kevin Tent, ACE began his career editing educational films, then moved into the world of low-budget horror films, working on several projects with legendary producer Roger Corman. Tent has since gone on to edit many high-profile films. He is known for his long-standing partnership with filmmaker Alexander Payne on films such as Nebraska, The Descendants, Sideways Downsizing, and Election. Tent has been nominated for an Academy Award for best editing for The Descendants and won an ACE Eddie award for the same film and received three other ACE Eddie Award nominations for Election, Sideways and About Schmidt. Some of Kevin's other films include Blow, Girl Interrupted, The Golden Compass, RV, and Disconnect.

Meet the Moderator:

Bobbie O'Steen is a writer and film historian, dedicated to sharing the editor's invisible art. She is an Emmy-nominated editor and author of two acclaimed books: "Cut to the Chase," based on interviews with her late husband and colleague, legendary editor Sam O'Steen; and "The Invisible Cut," which deconstructs classic movie scenes through a cut-by-cut analysis. She is a frequent moderator for American Cinema Editors' EditFest panels and host of her own "Inside the Cutting Room" event series.

She has also taught at the American Film Institute, graduate film workshops at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has created an ongoing course, "Making the Cut," based on her interviews with over sixty editors. O'Steen's next project is a media-rich eBook called "Making the Cut at Pixar" about the editor's pioneering role in computer animation.

Where: NYIT Auditorium on Broadway, 1871 Broadway, New York, NY

When: Thursday, June 14, 2018 from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EDT)

General Admission: $49

Friend of Bobbie O'Steen Discount: $29

Right after our final panel featuring Kevin Tent, ACE, there will be a Networking Party & Tech Lounge Sponsored by American Cinema Editors!

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*All speakers are schedule permitting.
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