Frame By Frame

PLAY PODCAST FXF1001- WARREN BEATTY AND JONATHAN DEMME- Craig McKay, Tom Fleischman, Chris Newman, Deborah Wallach, Ron Bochar, Phil StocktonPicture editor, Craig McKay and Re-recording mixer Tom Fleischman talk about early influences getting started in the New York film industry of the 1960’s and 70’s as well as their work on the film by Warren Beatty, Reds.                      Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted by editor Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinema post-production professionals working in New York today. Through intimate, informal discussions between collaborators about post-production craft, aesthetics, process and technique, we’ll recognize and celebrate the iconic films and people that have made New York film history as well as those contemporaries who continue to make important contributions to the art of filmmaking. In conversations anchored by the film editor, we’ll share

PLAY PODCAST FXFS01EP02- SCORSESE on TV_Vinyl, Boardwalk Empire: Kate Sanford and Tim Streeto   Television and feature film editors Kate Sanford (The Wire, The Deuce) and Tim Streeto (The Squid and the Whale, Greenberg) describe their process in developing the hit series Boardwalk Empire with Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten and Terry Winter as well as how they worked together  with Martin Scorsese, Terry Winter and Mick Jagger to create Season 1 of Vinyl. Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted by editor Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinema post-production professionals working in New York today. Through intimate, informal discussions between collaborators about post-production craft, aesthetics, process and technique, we’ll recognize and celebrate the iconic films and people that have made New York film history as well as those contemporaries who continue to make important contributions to the art of filmmaking. In conversation

FXFS01EP03_ANG_LEE_Tim Squyres and Phil StocktonPLAY PODCAST In Episode 4, picture editor Tim Squyres and sound editor, Phil Stockton share stories from collaborating together for over 20 years working with film directors such as Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, Robert Altman, the Coen Brothers, Jonathan Demme and Spike Lee and how advances in technology have encouraged a merging of their roles. Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted by editor Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinema post-production professionals working in New York today. Through intimate, informal discussions between collaborators about post-production craft, aesthetics, process and technique, we’ll recognize and celebrate the iconic films and people that have made New York film history as well as those contemporaries who continue to make important contributions to the art of filmmaking. In conversations anchored by the film editor, we’ll share the stories that define New York as an essent

  PLAY PODCAST FXF_S01EP04_SIDNEY LUMET_THE_VERDICT: Maurice Schell, Lee Dichter, Peter Frank Sound editor, Maurice Schell (Gimme Shelter, Serpico, The Missouri Breaks,Apocalypse Now, All That Jazz, Melvin and Howard, Reds, Scarface) , re-recording mixer,Lee Dichter, (Grey Gardens, Sophie’s Choice, Hannah and Her Sisters, Miller’s Crossing, The Civil War) and picture editor Peter Frank, (The Verdict, Cadillac Records, Dirty Dancing) share stories about coming up in the 1960's 70's and 80's in the New York film industry and their collaboration onSidney Lumet’sThe Verdict. Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted by editor Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinema post-production professionals working in New York today. Through intimate, informal discussions between collaborators about post-production craft, aesthetics, process and technique, we’ll recognize and celebrate the iconic films and people that have made New York film history as well as thos

  PLAY PODCAST FXF_S02EP01_JIM JARMUSCH_PT1 Jay Rabinowitz, Chic Ciccolini, Dominick Tavella In the first episode of Frame By Frame Season 2, picture editor, Jay Rabinowitz, sound editor, Chic Ciccolini  and re-recording mixer, Dominick Tavella talk about their craft and process in collaborating with filmmaker Jim Jarmusch on his films from the 1980’s and 90’s Coffee and Cigarettes, Night On Earth, and Ghost Dog.   Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted by editor Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinema post-production professionals working in New York today. Through intimate, informal discussions between collaborators about post-production craft, aesthetics, process and technique, we’ll recognize and celebrate the iconic films and people that have made New York film history as well as those contemporaries who continue to make important contributions to the art of filmmaking. In conversations anchored by the film editor, w

 PLAY PODCAST In the late 1960’s and early 70’s, years before Sound One had established itself as one of the most successful and highly respected sound facilities on the East Coast, it was a solo operation. Elisha Birnbaum, a sound editor and foley artist who had recently emigrated from Israel, worked with a small team but quickly developed a reputation for creating a highly productive, family atmosphere filled with astonishing creativity, quality product and quick turnaround time that attracted both the established and uninitiated to work at his studio.  At its apex of productivity Sound One would take in 85% of all post-production work in New York City and would help launch the careers of both post production professionals and filmmakers like The Coen Brothers, Spike Lee, Alan Pakula, Michael Moore and Ken Burns among others.  Here staff and clients share stories about the personal bonds and animal spirit that helped define the dynamics at work at Sound and how they created what h

 PLAY PODCAST Bill Nisselson was often described as the heart of Sound One. As managing Director from 1979-2001, Bill, alongside co-founder Elisha Birnbaum, set the tone of interaction, organized the deals and orchestrated the cross-traffic of post-production work between staff and clients which at its apex commanded 6 floors in the Brill Building and took in over 85% of the post-production film business in New York. Not far from Bill’s office Sybil Brown, the receptionist from 1985-2005, offered a warm welcome, fresh flowers and the uncanny ability to locate people by phone in crucial moments and also stood as essential to the heartbeat of the Sound One experience.  In this episode, staff and clients remember their interactions with Bill Nisselson, and Sybil Brown and share their stories about how both Bill and Sybil played a dominant role not only in shaping the working environment of  Sound One, but also in shaping peoples lives. Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted by edito

PLAY PODCAST Walking down the hallways and riding the elevators of Sound One’s Brill Building at 1619 Broadway at 49th St could instantly offer exposure to the major leagues of the New York film industry. At the very best, it could offer an introduction towards working with some of the most important, upcoming and established filmmakers, actors and musicians working in the New York at the time. In this segment, former staff and clients of the Sound One community share stories of walking down the hallways and riding the elevators at Sound One, depicting how and why Sound One came to represent the center of the New York film universe. From 1968 to 2012, Sound One grew from a solo operation to becoming the most successful post-production sound and editing facility on the East Coast. At its apex, Sound One inhabited five floors of the famed Brill Building housed 150 edit suites and over 300 clients and staff at its apex and commanded 85% of post-production business in New York. As

PLAY PODCAST Elisha Birnbaum, co-founder of Sound One, is considered one of the best NY foley artists of his generation. His stage looked like a suburban garage or basement or attic with various surfaces on the floor and, shelves filled with props used to create sounds. You would often meet Elisha walking around the hallways of Sound One in cut off jean shorts, and womens high heels,  which he wore when foleying the sound of womens footsteps. Here, staff and clients retell stories of working with Elisha and others at Sound One in recognizing the creative genius behind Elisha’s work and the role of the foley artist. From 1968 to 2012, Sound One grew from a solo operation to becoming the most successful post-production sound and editing facility on the East Coast. At its apex, Sound One inhabited five floors of the famed Brill Building housed 150 edit suites and over 300 clients and staff at its apex and commanded 85% of post-production business in New York. As its reputation gr

PLAY PODCAST Director and producer, Chai Vasarhelyi, Picture Editor Bob Eisenhardt, Sound Supervisor Deborah Wallach and Re-recording Mixers Tom Fleischman and Ric Schnupp FREE SOLO describe the unforeseeable obstacles in making FREE SOLO and offers insight in how they crafted this Oscar and BAFTA winning film to become the longest running documentary of 2018.   We welcome your comments and suggestions -- write us at framebyframe@postnewyork.org or share your comments via iTunes   Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted, produced and edited by Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinema post-production professionals working in New York today. Through intimate, informal discussions between collaborators about post-production craft, aesthetics, process and technique, we’ll recognize and celebrate the iconic films and people that have made New York film history as well as those contemporaries who continue to make important contributi

PLAY PODCAST Picture editors Kate Sanford and Tim Streeto talk about their work on the Emmy and Golden Globe award winning series now in its third season.   We welcome your comments and suggestions -- write us atframebyframe@postnewyork.org or share your comments via iTunes   Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted, produced and edited by Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinema post-production professionals working in New York today. Through intimate, informal discussions between collaborators about post-production craft, aesthetics, process and technique, we’ll recognize and celebrate the iconic films and people that have made New York film history as well as those contemporaries who continue to make important contributions to the art of filmmaking. In conversations anchored by the film editor, we’ll share the stories that define New York as an essential ongoing capital of the global film industry. Frame By Frame is proudly presented

FXF_S04EP06: VICE NEWS' CHARLOTTESVILLE: RACE AND TERROR, The Team Behind The Most Watched News Doc in History: TIM CLANCY, JOHN CHIMPLES, DENNY THOMAS and CAMERON DENNIS PLAY PODCAST VICE news tonight’s Charlottesville: Race and Terror began as an idea for a five minute piece that producer and reporter Ellie Reeve pitched a few days before the Unite the Right Rally scheduled to take place on a mid-August weekend in, 2017. The half hour program broadcast on VICE on HBO that Monday August 14th received over 65 million views within the first week and garnered an Emmy, ACE Eddy and Pebody for the post production team. In this episode of Frame By Frame talks with Executive Producer and Editor Tim Clancy, Post Production Supervisor, Mike Morrison, Picture editors, John, Chimples, Cameron Dennis and  Denny Thomas about how the episode came together in less than  30 hours. We welcome your comments and suggestions -- write us at framebyframe@postnewyork.org or share your comments via iTu

FXF4005: BOB FOSSE: ALAN HEIM, LEE DICHTER, DAN SABLE, MEL ZELNICKER PLAY PODCAST Picture editor Alan Heim, sound editor Dan Sable, re-recording mixer Lee Dichter and ADR Supervisor Mel Zelnicker got together at New York's technicolor Postworks to share stories of their collaborations on films such as Lenny, All That Jazz and Star80 with 8-time Tony award, Oscar and Emmy award winning choreographer and director, Bob Fosse. You can share this conversation through our website bit.do/framebyframe—or viaTwitter at @postny. You can also find us on iTunes- search Frame By Frame and click on the orange icon. We welcome your comments and suggestions -- write us at framebyframe@postnewyork.org. Frame By Frame is expanding to include snapshot conversations spotlighting bold new voices in New York filmmaking called Generation Next. Listen for upcoming mini-episodes. Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted, produced and edited by Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and

  FXF_S04EP04 : SPIKE LEE: BARRY ALEXANDER BROWN, TOM FLEISCHMAN, PHIL STOCKTON, JUDY ALEYPLAY PODCAST   Picture editor Barry Alexander Brown, sound editor, Phil Stockton. researcher Judy Aley and re-recording Mixer Tom Fleischman have worked with filmmaker Spike Lee on such films as She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze, 25h Hour, Inside Man, Malcolm X and most recently BlacKKKlansman. In this episode we talked with them about how they first began working with Spike Lee, their collaborative process and the cinematic breakthroughs they’ve made together in making films together for over 30 years. You can share this conversation through our website bit.do/framebyframe—or viaTwitter at @postny. You can also find us on iTunes- search Frame By Frame and click on the orange icon. We welcome your comments and suggestions -- write us at framebyframe@postnewyork.org. This session was recorded at Soundtrack in New York City. The sound engineer was Kristin Coutogna.   Frame By Frame is expandi

FXF_S04EP02:MIRA NAIR: ALLYSON JOHNSON, BARRY BROWN, DOMINICK TAVELLA, JENNIFER DUNNINGTON, DAVID PATTERSON, TONY MARTINEZ, DAVID SMITH PLAY PODCAST In this episode of Frame By Frame, picture editors Barry Brown and Allyson Johnson, re-recording mixer, Dominick Tavella, supervising sound editor, Dave Paterson, dialogue and ADR editor Tony Martinez, Music editor, Jen Dunnington and Assistant Editor David A Smith talk about their work with Mira Nair on both documentaries and scripted features including India Cabaret, Salaam Bombay!,Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair, Kama Sutra, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and The Queen of Katwe over the past 40 years. Filmmaker Mira Nair who splits her time between New York, Kampala and New Delhi creates complex worlds of color and sound where modernity often meets with tradition. The same complexity is reflected in the diverse talents she surrounds herself with in her New York-based post production family. Picture Editor Barry Brown started things off by talking about

  GENERATION NEXT EP001: MARIELLE HELLER AND ANNE McCABEPLAY PODCAST Post New York Alliance's  Generation Next spotlights bold new work by emerging New York filmmakers and post-professionals. In this first episode, director, screenwriter and playwright Marielle Heller talks in conversation with picture editor, Anne McCabe about their collaboration on the feature film Can You Ever Forgive Me? produced by Anne Carey and starring Melissa McCarthy as writer Lee Israel.  Marielle Heller is best known for her award-winning debut feature and play, The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Anne McCabe's feature film credits include Adventureland and Maria Full of Grace. We met up in Anne's New York edit suite and started off by talking about the real-life story behind the film and how Melissa McCarthy was able to deliver a nuanced interpretation of Lee Israel by weekday and a send-up of former White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer for SNL, on weekends during the

 FXF_S03EP06: MIKE NICHOLS: SUZANA PERIC, NANCY ALLEN, DEBORAH WALLACH, ANN GRAY, LEE DICHTER, RON BOCHAR, PAUL LEVINPLAY PODCAST Filmmaker Mike Nichols who died in 2014, first became famous performing as part of an improvisational comedy duo with writer-director Elaine May-- What began as an improvised skit with Chicago’s Compass Players, expanded to a radio show which then moved to television and ended as a Broadway hit and Grammy winning album.   Nichols the comedian, Nichols the director of movies and television, Nichols the director of plays, Nichols the producer, the writer, whose work earned him four Emmys, a Grammy, an Oscar, and nine Tonys was also an urbane man about town whose wit and humanity preceded him in reputation and attracted the admiration and loyalty of the best actors and artists in television film and theater. From his first film Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, nominated for 13 Oscars and winner of 5 to The Graduate, Catch 22 Carnal Knowledge Silkwood, Wit, Angels

  FXF_S03EP05: DAVID MAMET: BARBARA TULLIVER, MAURICE SCHELL and MICHAEL BARRYPLAY PODCAST Since the nineteen-seventies, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, David Mamet has been writing comedies and dramas in which the art of the con, the abuse of power and the search for truth is as much a subject as is a cadence of speech and quality of character. Raised in Chicago during the Cold War, David Mamet has collaborated with New York professionals in theater and film for over 40 years, beginning with his Off Broadway debut in 1976 a trio of plays, The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for his play, Glengarry Glen Ross. One of the most prolific contemporary dramatists, David Mamet at the time of this recording has written and produced 38 plays, 33 screenplays, and 18 books both novels, and non-fiction.  David Mamet's first produced screenplay was the 1981 production

  FXF_S03EP04: ROBERT-BENTON: TOM FLEISCHMAN, BOB REITANO and MICHAEL JACOBIPLAY PODCAST A soft-spoken, young writer from Texas, Robert Benton broke onto the feature film scene with his debut screenplay, Bonnie and Clyde for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Developing into a writer/director, he won Oscars for Kramer vs Kramer and Places in the Heart. Here, we gather with collaborators, re-recording mixer, Tom Fleischman, picture editor, Bob Reitano and ADR Supervisor, Michael Jacobi, describe the New York scene that gave birth to Robert Benton's best collaborations and their part in creating films like Places In The Heart and Billy Bathgate. Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted by editor Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinema post-production professionals working in New York today. Through intimate, informal discussions between collaborators about post-production craft, aesthetics, process and technique, we’ll recognize and celeb

  FXF_S03EP03_Brian DePalma: Kris Boden, Lee Dichter, Bill Pankow, Dan Sable, Maurice SchellPLAY PODCAST Best known for his films Dressed to Kill, Blow-Out, Scarface and The Untouchables, Brian De Palma became part of the New Hollywood generation of the 1960’s and 70’s along with Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Stephen Spielberg, but it wasn’t until his 10th feature and breakthrough film, Carrie, that he mastered the visual grammar of suspense, psychological thriller and crime drama and developed an approach in representing sex and violence that began to define his style. In this episode, picture editors Bill Pankow and Kris Boden, supervising sound editor, Dan Sable and Maurice Schell and re-recording mixer, Lee Dichter talk about collaborating with director Brian dePalma on films such as Blow Out, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Carlito's Way. Frame By Frame is a podcast series hosted by editor Isabel Sadurni, that introduces you to the most influential, respected and accomplished cinem