Editor Greg Scruton has come back to Arcade Edit as a partner. He had most recently been at Cabin Editing Company where he worked for brands including Hulu, Uber Eats, Pepsi and Powerade. Scruton’s collaborations with directors Dave Meyers, Nadia Lee Cohen, Saman Kesh, Randy Krallman and Sam Brown exemplify his ability to work across wide ranging visual and comedic genres.
Scruton began his career editing music videos, quickly receiving recognition for his work with high-profile artists like Kendrick Lamar. In 2018 Scruton took home an AICE award for his work on the rapper’s hit single “Humble.” In between cutting music videos, Scruton has nurtured relationships with such agencies as Wieden+Kennedy, 72andSunny, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and more. Scruton has been recognized by AICP in 2020 for his work with AKQA on Palms Casino starring Cardi B and his work with Anomaly LA on Uber Eats starring a flute playing Guy Fieri.
Arcade partner and EP Sila Soyer described Scruton as “a super creative editor whose work really compliments the roster. He has a personality that you want on your team and makes work not seem like so much work.”
Arcade Edit is a bicoastal film and television editorial house established in 2008. The roster includes Scruton, Ali Mao, Brad Waskewich, Colin Patton, Dave Anderson, Geoff Hounsell, Jeff Ferruzzo, Josh Hegard, Kim Bica, Kyle Brown, Laura Sanford, Matt Laroche, Paul Martinez, Quin Williams, Sean Lagrange and Will Hasell.
In Time For Oct. 7 Anniversary, “We Will Dance Again” Documents Hamas’ Attack On Israel Music Festival
Horror came with sunrise following an all-night rave near the Gaza border on Oct. 7, 2023, the Hamas attack presaged by rockets that some young people mistakenly thought were fireworks. A new documentary shows the attack unfold over the next hours in stomach-churning detail: Gunmen mowing down passengers in cars that try to escape. Hiding in a garbage dumpster, or a refrigerator, to avoid detection. Live grenades tossed into a bunker, then thrown out seconds before exploding. Terrified hostages carried away to an uncertain fate. Veteran news producer Susan Zirinsky calls "We Will Dance Again" the most significant project she's ever worked on, notable praise considering her "9/11" film is arguably the best video document of that day. How much it is seen, however, may depend as much on context as content. The film is now streaming on the Paramount+ service and debuted last weekend on Showtime, in advance of the attack's one-year anniversary. Distributors acknowledge, however, that it has been a hard sell in markets across the world: many potential outlets and film festivals did not want to wade into a hot-button political issue with war in the Mideast grinding on. Different openings were made for different markets A message at the film's beginning acknowledges that the human cost of the Oct. 7 massacre and the war that followed in Gaza "has been catastrophic for both Israelis and Palestinians" and lists the death toll on both sides. "This film cannot tell everyone's story," it says. The message does not appear, however, when "We Will Dance Again" is screened in Israel. "We are documenting a moment in history," Zirinsky said. "This is not a political film. This happened." The former CBS News president is now chief of See It Now... Read More