Guest:John Axelrad/Editor/The Immigrant

John Axelrad, A.C.E. recently finished editing THE IMMIGRANT, his third collaboration with director James Gray. The feature film, starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jeremy Renner, premiered in competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and will be released by The Weinstein Company. Axelrad's other films with James Gray (TWO LOVERS with Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow, and WE OWN THE NIGHT with Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg), also premiered in competition at Cannes (in 2008 and 2007, respectively). In between those films, Axelrad edited thethriller GONE for Lakeshore and Summit Entertainment, the romantic comedy SOMETHING BORROWED, starring Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin, for Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros, and the Miramax romantic comedy THE SWITCH, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. In 2009, Axelrad edited Fox Searchlight's critically acclaimed CRAZY HEART (starring Jeff Bridges) for director Scott Cooper.Earlier credits for Axelrad include James Gunn's horror/comedy SLITHER, directors Danny and Oxide Pang's horror/thriller THE MESSENGERS, and Sony Screen Gems' horror/thriller BOOGEYMAN. He was also an additional editor on David Koepp's STIR OF ECHOES, starring Kevin Bacon and Kathryn Erbe. In 2002, Axelrad served as editor on the pilot and 11 episodes of CBS' television series HACK. Axelrad began his editing career mentored by some of the best editors in Los Angeles, including working as an assistant editor for Anne V. Coates, OUT OF SIGHT, ERIN BROCKOVICH, Debra Neil-Fisher, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL and Bruce Green, HOME ALONE 3 and WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING. Presently: "Rudderless," a feature directed by William H. Macy. You can email your questions to 123filmeasy@gmail.com Link: www.123FilmEasy.com. Follow us on Twitter @123Film

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