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23 JUL-AUG 14 / CINEMONTAGE From 1992 through 2006, the program accepted two interns each year. In 2007, an international slot was added for a foreign intern and, in 2012, a fourth internship was offered for veterans of the US Armed Services. The program was streamlined down to two American interns for the current year, but Coleman hopes that the international internship can be re-established. Every year, ACE receives up to 100 applications. Coleman and Friedberg pare this number down to five-to-10 for in-person interviews with the full committee. Coleman chairs this committee, whose members include Christopher Cooke, ACE (Resurrection, 2014-present), Sabrina Plisco, ACE (The Smurfs, 2011), Hirsch, Takaki and Friedberg. Ten years after becoming director, Coleman initiated another integral feature of the program to broaden its networking capacity. Impressed by the applicants' level of ability, she felt they should all benefit from the program and help it develop into a kind of family. She created the Internship Lecture Series, to which all applicants are invited every year. Scheduled for immediately after the intern selection, the Lecture Series is a set of panel discussions among editors and assistant editors. Series chair Stephen Lovejoy, ACE (Eureka, 2006-12), organizes the panel participants. All the program's committee members have served as panelists — as have Angus Wall, ACE (The Social Network, 2010), Bonnie Koehler, ACE (In Plain Sight, 2008-12), Virginia Katz, ACE (Dreamgirls, 2006), Stephen Mirrione, ACE (The Hunger Games, 2012), Alan Heim, ACE (All That Jazz, 1979), and many others. Coleman planned the series to explore the technical, aesthetic and personal skills necessary to rise in the editing profession. This year's series, presented in January at Universal Studios, was a clear example of her approach. Throughout the day, an interactive exchange among panelists and audience kept the sessions lively and informative. The outgoing directors moderated "Getting Started," the first discussion, with interview committee co-chair Cooke and new chiefs Kurpanek and Nelson serving as panelists. Skills, cutting-room protocols and etiquette were the central topics. "Teaching about manners and personalities is unique for an editing program," says Friedberg. The second panel, "Assistant Editors in Dramatic TV and Features," was an overview of editing procedures from setting up the cutting room to dailies, online and delivery. Coleman and Kurpanek moderated the panel of assistant editors that included Amy Colla (House of Cards, 2013-present), Vince Filippone (American Beauty, 1999), Evan Fisher (The Walking Dead, 2010-present), Leslie Webb (Need for Speed, 2014) and former intern Laura Zempel (Dexter, 2006-13), along with editor/visual effects editor/assistant editor Evan Schiff (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006). Moderated by Coleman, "Film Editors in Dramatic TV and Features" focused on moving up from assisting to editing and offered insights into editors' hiring practices. Panelists were MaryAnn Brandon, ACE (Star Trek into Darkness, 2013), Steven Cohen, ACE (the Jesse Stone TV movies, 2009-12), Terry Kelley, ACE (Homeland, 2011-present), Harvey Rosenstock, ACE (The Blacklist, 2013-present), Christopher Rouse, ACE (Captain Phillips, 2013), Lynne Willingham, ACE (The X-Files, 1993-2002) and Friedberg. "Reality Film Editors and Assistant Editors" capped the day with Coleman and Kurpanek, who started out in unscripted TV, moderating the discussion about organizing workflows for the massive amounts of footage demanded by reality shows. The editors on the panel were reality venues committee chair Andrew, Vince Anido (Celebrity Carsten Kurpanek, left, and Tyler Nelson. CineMontage_Jul-Aug_14-4.indd 23 6/18/14 5:34 PM