Electric Stories
George Gittoes 'The western media are pussies!'
Susan Brand interviews documentary film director, George Gittoes about his film The Miscreants of Taliwood. Miscreants is highly entertaining and funny, all the more surprising, as it is about the Taliban.
Extracts from The Miscreants of Taliwood
Gittoes & Dalton Productions 2009
Director: George Gittoes
Editor: Nick Meyers ASC
Anne V. Coates 'The most important thing is story.'
Anne V Coates won an oscar for her editing of Lawrence of Arabia in 1961. She's now edited 51 features. Susan Brand talked to her about her career and got the inside story on one of Steven Soderbergh's most famous scenes in Out Of Sight.
Srik Narayanan 'From the shoot, things will change completely in the edit."
Susan Brand interviews Srik Narayanan, director and producer of television documentaries. Susan edited a number of his films, including cult film The Man Who Ate His Lover and award winning series What We Still Don't Know.
SB: When we have worked together, you have always come to the documentary editing with quite a well-developed script. How much do you expect things to change from that?
SN: “Things will change completely in the edit.
David Glover 'The manic-depressive experience of editing is just thrilling!'
Susan Brand interviews David Glover
Commissioning Editor, Science, Channel 4
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Taylor Downing 'Book your editor well in advance.'
Susan Brand interviews Taylor Downing
Managing Director and Head of History, Flashback Television
SB: You believe that editors should be chosen for your documentary editing as soon as possible once you get a commission. Why is that?