Red Car has added editor Michael Sullivan, who had most recently been at Gramercy Park Studios. He joins a Red Car NY editorial roster that includes Deirdre Bell, Charlie Cusumano, Greg Letson and Keith Olwell.
Sullivan came to editing via an unconventional route. He first arrived in New York from his native Texas in the early 2000s after securing a spot to study acting at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. During his studies, however, he increasingly found himself drawn more and more toward his primary interests, which were music and sound. His background composing electronic music and working as a DJ (he also plays guitar) helped him acquire audio production skills, which in turn led him to a job as an engineer at a New York radio station. During this time Sullivan became close friends with some editors, and something clicked.
“For me, music and sound were the best ways I knew how to tell a story,” he says. “But when I saw what editing was – and how it allowed me to tell a story using visuals and rhythm while still getting to play with sound – I knew I’d found what I’d been looking for.”
Sullivan dug in and started freelancing as an assistant, working his way up to become known as a talented senior editor. He freelanced for a number of New York post houses, including Outside Edit, Berwyn Editorial, Spot Welders, Post Millennium, Cut + Run, WildChild and his new permanent home, Red Car, as well as at the production, visual effects and design studio 1stAveMachine.
During this time Sullivan built a reel featuring work for BMW, Cadillac, Nissan, Google, SunTrust Bank, Consumer Energy and Qualcomm. Just before joining Red Car he was a staff editor with Gramercy Park where he cut spots for such brands as Land Rover, Kleenex, Etsy.com and HTC.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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