One Night in Miami

Editor, Tariq Anwar

One Night in Miami editor, Tariq Anwar has a career that spans over fifty years and features such memorable films as American Beauty and The King's Speech.  For his latest movie, Tariq collaborated with actor and first time director Regina King to turn Kemp Powers' play into a critically acclaimed film that's currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.  With such an extensive resume, it should come as no surprise that this isn't even the first time Tariq has worked with a director who is also an actor.  During the podcast Tariq recounts his time working with Robert DeNiro on The Good Shepherd.  Despite being such a celebrated and formidable actor, DeNiro proved to be a humble and collaborative director who even followed Tariq's advice for reshooting a scene because the actor's eye line was off.

Editing One Night in Miami

In our discussion with One Night in Miami editor, Tariq Anwar we talk about:

• Convincing Director, Regina King to let him do temp music
• The skills and processes from cutting film that still hold up in the digital world
• Blocking scenes in tight spaces so that the editor always has something to work with
• The importance of an editor being uninhibited and working without fear
• Building smooth transitions between scenes
• His low success rate in job interviews

The Credits

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