The Midnight Sky

Editor, Stephen Mirrione ACE

The Midnight Sky editor, Stephen Mirrione ACE has spent the past twenty-five years building an impressive body of work.  Unlike many editors who begin their journey into post production as assistants, Stephen made a name for himself right away as an editor in the indie film world.  His work with directors Doug Liman (Getting in, Swingers, Go) and Jill Sprecher (Clockwatchers, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing) quickly established Stephen as a creative force to be reckoned with in the editing room.

Soon after Stephen would meet a director who would have a significant impact on Mr. Mirrione's career...Steven Soderbergh.  Their time together would begin with the film Traffic.  This would not only be the first of Stephen's three Oscar nominations, but also his first Oscar win.  Following Traffic, Stephen would take on the duties of editing Soderbergh's "Ocean's" films, starring an actor that would eventually become a prominent director in his own right, George Clooney.

When Clooney began looking for an editor for his first project, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Soderbergh recommended Mirrione.  The creative partnership between Clooney and Mirrione currently spans over eighteen years and encompasses seven feature films, culminating with their latest effort, The Midnight Sky.  Not one to rest on his laurels too long, over that same time period Mirrione would also edit five of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's films (21 Grams, Babel, Biutiful, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Revenant).

Editing The Midnight Sky

In our discussion with The Midnight Sky editor Stephen Mirrione ACE, we talk about:

• How Stephen's collaborative workflow with George Clooney has evolved over the past eighteen years
• Knowing how and when to offer objective opinions
• Putting together the tools and the team for a film
• The challenge of screenings and reshoots in a "pandemic post" workflow
• Balancing the pacing of films featuring lots of quiet moments

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