• EPISODE #23

Evan Schiff is a film editor who has worked on multiple Hollywood hits, including John Wick (Chapters 2 & 3), Birds of Prey, and Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 film, Pan’s Labyrinth.

Evan discovered his true passion for editing after college and learned how to wear the many hats an editor can wear. We discuss how Evan became the star editor he is today by starting out as an assistant editor, and gain insight into what it’s like working with some of the film industry’s most notable names.

MOVIE TRAILER EDITING CONTEST (FREE!) ⬇️

Join the Great Movie Trailer Challenge and edit a real trailer as you compete to win your ticket to the most prestigious training program at Hollywood’s best movie trailer studio.

• The Great Movie Trailer Challenge: trainrobber.com/contest

#FamousEditors #Podcast #Editing #MovieTrailers #JohnWick #JohnWick2 #JohnWick3 #BirdsofPrey #GuillermoDelToro

• EPISODE #22

Robert Benjamin is an eleven-time CLIO award-winning editor who’s worked on the trailers for The Batman, Kong Skull Island, Suicide Squad, and Wonder Woman.

Robert discovered his love for movies as a kid, seeing movies with his parents every Saturday and making short films with a camcorder his father brought home. Robert shares with us how he went from his first post-graduation job waiting tables to working for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and, later, editing Hollywood movie trailers, offering his insight into editing footage, sound design, and motion graphics. 

#Editing #Movietrailer #Editingtrailers #PremierePro #DaVinciresolve #Videoediting #Howtoedittrailers #Batmantrailer

• EPISODE #21

Brett Winn is the founding partner and creative director of The Refinery, one of Hollywood’s top-end creative advertising agencies, behind the trailers for Avatar, Squid Game, Avengers, Deadpool, and hundreds of other big movies and shows. We discuss his journey from film school, landing his first job in the industry with FX Productions, to editing movie trailers and co-founding The Refinery.

ONLINE COURSE ⬇️

Learn the Art of the Trailer from an industry legend and compete for a dream editing career.

• The Art of the Trailer: learn.maketrailers.com

EDITING CONTEST ⬇️

Join the Great Movie Trailer Challenge and edit a real trailer as you compete to win your ticket to the most prestigious training program at Hollywood’s best movie trailer studio.

• The Great Movie Trailer Challenge: trainrobber.com/contest

#FamousEditors #Podcast #Editing #MovieTrailers #TheRefinery

• EPISODE #20

Jake Bartlett is a motion graphics designer and popular YouTuber known as Jake In Motion. With over 117k subscribers and almost 6 million views, Jake shows his viewers the ins and outs of After Effects, from 3D camera tracking to creating halftones. In addition to his own channel, Jake also teaches motion design courses for Skillshare, School of Motion, and Battle Axe. 

Jake shares with us his inspirations for learning After Effects, how he shifted from working for a production company to launching his own channel, and his thoughts on the future of animation.

#FamousEditors #Podcast #PremierePro #Editing #MotionGraphics #AfterEffects #VFX #SchoolofMotion #SkillShare #OnlineCourse #VideoEditing

• EPISODE #19

Marcelo Vogelaar is a video editor based in São Paulo, known for his work on music videos for pop icons that have collected billions of views on YouTube, like Selena Gomez and Tove Lo, to Brazillian headliners Luisa Sonza and Pablo Vittar. Starting mainly as a commercial editor for brands like Nike, Lexus, and Budweiser, Marcelo discusses his recent experience editing a season finale for Netflix’s “Invisible City,” and why he chose to make his own way as a remote freelancer.

#FamousEditors #Podcast #PremierePro #Editing #VFX #AfterEffects #MusicVideoEditor #SelenaGomez #ToveLo #VideoEditing

• EPISODE #18

Academy Award nominee Matt Villa is a prolific Hollywood editor with credits on more than 40 films grossing over 1.3 billion dollars in Worldwide Box Office, including the recent Elvis film.

We’ll cover Matt’s experience working closely with Director Baz Luhrmann, as well as how his passion guided him to the red carpet of feature film editing for titles including Moulin Rouge, The Great Gatsby, and The Lego Batman Movie.

#FamousEditors #Podcast #Editing #Filmmaking #Elvis #Elvismovie #TheGreatGatsby #LegoBatman #MoulinRouge #AcademyAwards

• EPISODE #17 

Kris Truini is a filmmaker and popular YouTuber known as Kriscoart with over 430k subscribers and almost 40 million views. Since he was eight years old, Kris has been making films and learning various software that he now teaches to people on his channel, showing them everything from VFX in After Effects to video editing on Premiere Pro, along with sharing his filmmaking techniques and experiences.  

He was often told by his professors that the only way to get into the industry was to serve coffee as a PA — but Kris decided to take a different path.  

#FamousEditors #Podcast #PremierePro #Editing #VFX #AfterEffects #Filmmaking #Kriscoart #YouTubeEditor

• EPISODE #16  

Michael Berenbaum is a highly successful feature film and television editor who’s worked on The Untouchables, Sex and the City, Why Women Kill, and Marry Me. 

As a Primetime Emmy Award-winner and two-time ACE Award-winner, Michael explores how he built such a phenomenal career in editing, from working his first internships in college to currently editing HBO’s Tokoyo Vice and Netflix’s Sweet Tooth. 

#FamousEditors #Podcast #AvidMediaComposer #PremierePro #Hollywood #Editing #TheUntouchables #SexandtheCity#Paramount #Netflix #RobertDowneyJr #SweetTooth

• EPISODE #15

Zach Ramelan is an award-winning filmmaker and YouTuber. We discuss how his feature film, Dead Rush, landed him a chaotic but memorable Hollywood opportunity and what he learned in each role he undertook. Zach explains how he found his own authentic voice through the power of originality, ultimately leading to the lift-off of his YouTube channel and online courses, where he shares priceless editing and filmmaking knowledge with over 100 thousand subscribers.

As high-quality online education, free tutorials, and new tech raise the next great filmmakers, an exciting opportunity emerges to shake the industry; but in an overly-influenced age, the big question is: what will it take for the next Scorseses and Spielbergs to become legends of cinema?

• FULL episode: https://youtu.be/YpHUAV9DX54

• SUBSCRIBE to Zach: youtube.com/@ZachRamelan

#FamousEditors #Podcast #Spielberg #Filmmaking #AfterEffects #PremierePro #YouTubeEditor #VideoEditing

• EPISODE #14

Joshua Noel is a filmmaker, motion graphics designer, and popular YouTuber known as SonduckFilm. At 760k subscribers and 77 million views, Joshua posts straight-to-the-point weekly video tutorials that cover various editing and motion graphic techniques for Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Illustrator. Joshua shares with us how he went from posting eSports videos to selling thousands of exclusive motion graphic templates to creators around the world.

• SUBSCRIBE to Josh:

youtube.com/@SonduckFilm

• EPISODE #13

Sean Albertson is a prolific Hollywood editor who’s cut films that have earned over 300 million dollars in Box Office returns.

He shares his experience working with Sylvester Stallone and many other prominent directors cutting popular action movies, dramas, and TV shows, including Rocky Balboa, American Underdog, and The Expendables 3.

We discuss how Sean climbed the ladder in a tough industry, transmuted his musical inclinations to feature film editing, and made his way into the world’s biggest editing society.

#SeanAlbertson #FamousEditors #Podcast #AvidMediaComposer #PremierePro #Hollywood #Editing #TheExpendables #Ghostbusters #Rambo #Warrior

• EPISODE #12

Casey Faris is an editor, educator, and popular YouTuber with almost 300k subscribers and over 26 million views. With a particular focus on DaVinci Resolve, Casey teaches his subscribers everything they need to know about post-production while also working as a training host at Ground Control and co-owning his own production company, Release the Hounds Studios. We discuss how Casey went from making short action films to professionally teaching editing online.

• SUBSCRIBE to Casey:

youtube.com/@CaseyFaris

#CaseyFaris #GroundControl #FamousEditors #Podcast #AfterEffects #PremierePro #YouTubeEditor #VideoEditing #ColorGrading

• EPISODE #10

Steve Ramsden is a YouTuber and filmmaker with over 250k subscribers and 11M views under his belt. Steve is also the owner and founder of Unexplored Films, a UK-based video production company that’s created content for names like Xbox, Warner Bros., and Jamie Oliver. We explore how editors are keeping up with the evolving digital landscape, pushing us toward an emerging frontier of full-stack content creation.

• SUBSCRIBE to Steve:

youtube.com/@SteveRamsden

#SteveRamsden #UnexploredFilm #FamousEditors #Podcast #AfterEffects #PremierePro #YouTubeEditor #VideoEditing

• EPISODE #9

Ignace Aleya is a VFX artist, entrepreneur, and popular YouTuber with over 450k subscribers and 50 million views. With his childhood best friend Arnaud Melis, Ignace co-founded three businesses - from developing custom VR experiences to building entire courses in VR, the pair is opening a door for post artists ready to step into the Metaverse 🌌

We asked Ignace what being in business with his best friend is like and what the Metaverse might mean for the future of editing.

• SUBSCRIBE to Ignace:

youtube.com/@IgnaceAleya

#IgnaceAleya #CreatorGalaxy #IllusionGrid #FamousEditors #Podcast #AfterEffects #PremierePro #YouTubeEditor #VideoEditing

• EPISODE #8  

Chris Kelly is a VFX artist and the co-founder of ProductionCrate, an online library and YouTube Channel with over 10k exclusive assets and 172k subscribers, making it one of the most popular online resources for filmmakers and VFX artists.   

As ProductionCrate continues to grow, we discuss what inspired Chris to pursue both creating and teaching visual effects and how he’s managed to simultaneously grow and monetize his library and YouTube channel online. 💵  

• SUBSCRIBE to Production Crate: youtube.com/@ProductionCrate 

#ChrisKelly #ProductionCrate #FamousEditors #Podcast #AfterEffects #PremierePro #YouTubeEditor #VideoEditing

• EPISODE #7  

Brandon Fate is a VFX artist and popular YouTuber with almost 200k subscribers and over 12.7 million views who teaches tutorials for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro. 

With his latest video reaching over 195k people, Brandon shares how he went from a young Padawan to a skilled Jedi, turning his passion for editing and VFX into a dream career.  

• SUBSCRIBE to Brandon: youtube.com/@BrandonFate 

#BrandonFate #FamousEditors #Podcast #AfterEffects #PremierePro #YouTubeEditor #VideoEditing

Hollywood film editor Mark Helfrich, ACE, explains what it’s like being in the editing room and presenting your cut to top directors. 🎥  

With over 50 credits as an editor, Mark has worked on some of our favorite films, including both Jumanji remakes and the first installment of the popular franchise, Predator.   

As Mark shares his experience working with various directors like Roger Corman and Paul Verhoeven, he sheds light on what it really takes to edit all-star cast blockbusters.  #MarkHelfrich #ACE #FamousEditors #Podcast #JumanjiTheNextLevel #XMenTheLastStand #DwayneJohnson #RushHour

Kelsey Brannan is the creator of the channel & brand Premiere Gal, with over 400,000 subscribers and 27 million views.  

With so much mystery surrounding just how far content creators can take YouTube to live comfortably, along with the ideology that you need to go to college to find success and achieve your lifelong dreams, Kelsey shares exclusive insight into her channel’s revenue streams and realistic advice on what rising content creators/editors can do to mobilize their own careers, channels, and brands — despite the setbacks.  

• SUBSCRIBE to Kelsey: www.youtube.com/@PremiereGal #PremiereGal #FamousEditors #Podcast #PremierePro #YouTubeEditor #VideoEditing

Justin is a self-taught video editor and YouTuber with nearly 1,000,000 subscribers around the world. On the constantly evolving platform that YouTube is, we ask Justin how he stays relevant to different audiences and how other content creators can benefit from experimenting with their own recipe for online success in editing ⚡️  

• SUBSCRIBE to Justin: www.youtube.com/@JustinOdisho 

#JustinOdisho #FamousEditors #Podcast #PremierePro #AfterEffects #YouTubeEditor #TedXTalks #BeWhoYouAre #VideoEditing

Welcome back to Famous Editors! 🎞 Today, we’re joined by the great mind behind @ThisGuyEdits — Sven Pape, ACE award-nominee who cut for James Cameron, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and James Franco.  

In this episode, we further explore the value of film school, Sven’s work with renowned studios like Walt Disney Pictures and FremantleMedia, and his experiences with filmmaking in Germany, South Africa, and California. 

#ThisGuyEdits #SvenPape #FamousEditors #Podcast #TheEndofLove #MarkWebber #GhostofTheAbyss #JamesCameron #GoodTimeMax #JamesFranco #ACE #PremierePro #VideoEditing