My friend Nancy (watching the Oscars via Skype because they don't own a working TV) called to point out the way Will Smith referred to film editors as men during the film and sound editing noms?
Hello?
There are many female film editors. Many. To name a few:
Dede Allen, editor of Dog Day Afternoon, Reds, The Missouri Breaks, Night Moves, Serpico, Alice's Restaurant, Henry and June and so many more; Thelma Schoonmaker (pictured using a manual film synchronizer), the great editor of Raging Bull, Good Fellas, The Age of Innocence, The Aviator, The Departed and many more; the great editor Susan E. Morse, the great editor of Zelig, Radio Days, Hannah and Her Sisters, Broadway Danny Rose, Purple Rose of Cairo and many more; Charlotte Zwerin, who edited (and co-directed) Gimme Shelter, Theolonious Monk: Straight No Chaser, Running Fence, Salesman and many more.
"Ellen DeGeneres would never have made that mistake," Nancy said.
Hey,
I’m a film editor and have been working in the biz for 20 years – started a best boy, then a set designer and now a film editor. I don’t do movies and most of the people I compete with… are men. I only know one other female film editor right now who is actively working… Strange…! This biz is very competitive weather you are a woman or a man – you gotta be good! It’s not a man thing – it’s called guts and determination. I find most women give up too easily…!
Hey. let’s not forget the fabulous Australian, Jill Bilcok, film editor of Mouling Rouge, Road to Perdition, Elizabeth, Romeo + Juliet…
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082162/