The Association of Independent Creative Editors announced that longtime member Burke Moody–an editor and co-owner of Seventh Art, Philadelphia, as well as an AICE New York board member since ’98–has been named executive director of AICE International. He will succeed AICE’s first executive director, John Held, who retires on July 1 after a decade of service to the organization.
During his tenure, Held was instrumental in the organization’s substantial expansion. Today AICE has more than 130 member companies with over 600 editors in the U.S. and Canada.
Held also steered such achievements as the establishment of the AICE Awards and the development of recommended editorial guidelines. He brought with his position more than 50 years of experience on the agency side of the business.
At the recent AICE Awards held last month in Los Angeles, association president Lisa Hinman of San Francisco-based Phoenix Edit.Effects.Design saluted Held on behalf of AICE. “We have benefited from his wisdom, life experience and never ending passion,” she said. “We could not have done it without [Held].”
Moody brings to his new role 30 years of experience in the editing business. He has also been an active member of AICE, instrumental in establishing the AICE Web site that he continues to help maintain. He had also developed symposia for the New York membership, and helped manage industry surveys.
“The critical mission for AICE is to insure that our members’ businesses stay agile, competitive, prosperous companies,” Moody told SHOOT, adding that the business is going through a lot of change. “The platforms are so different now and there are so many different outlets– That is in itself a challenge.
“The good thing about the postproduction world is it is likely that our companies will generate more business because of the increase in channels [such as mobile devices and cinema],” he continued. “People need editors… I don’t think the art is going to go away.”
Moody declined to comment on the topic of agency in-house editing, saying that he had not yet met with the international board to discuss issues such as this.
When asked what attracted him to the position, Moody said, “I’ve been editing for 30 years, and I feel like it’s time for me to step away from my editing desk … I had been very involved in AICE, and know most of the people. I feel that I could make a contribution to the industry, and to bring my skills in management and communication to bear on the industry and association.”
For Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17,” Robert Pattinson Again Puts Accent On His Performance
Often when Robert Pattinson gets a script, one of the first things he does โ to the annoyance of his girlfriend, Suki Waterhouse โ is try on different voices to bring his character to life.
"I've always had that sort of response to a script," he reflected, but said it became a practice while making his 2014 film, "The Rover." "I think I feel very uncomfortable just doing something in my own accent. And for a while I felt like just doing an American accent felt like I was acting more."
It's unsurprising, then, that when he was offered a starring role in "Mickey 17" โ director Bong Joon Ho's first feature film since his Oscar-winning "Parasite" โ Pattinson's wheels immediately began turning over what his character(s) would sound like.
"Mickey 17," a Warner Bros. release hitting theaters March 7, tells the story of Mickey Barnes, a naive but sympathetic protagonist who signs up to be an "expendable" in a world that makes use of "human printing" for dangerous tasks and research. When an expendable dies on the job, another version of them is printed with their consciousness and memories of their death intact.
But Mickey's immortality is threatened when a very different version of him is printed while the 17th Mickey is mistakenly believed to be dead.
"I needed to find an actor who could cover both personalities," Bong said through a translator, recalling Pattinson's performances in "The Lighthouse" and "Good Time" as he considered the more sinister and conniving Mickey 18.
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