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Film editor

Meaning in film & television, with examples

/ˈfɪlm ˌedɪtə/nounCore term

In film & television, film editor means: The person who selects and joins the shots of a film into a finished story, working with the director to shape its rhythm and structure.

In Turkish: kurgucu, film kurgucusu, editör

How it is used

Usually just called the editor. The editor starts cutting during the shoot, works with assistant editors, and spends months in the edit suite with the director. Picture editor is used to separate the job from the sound editor.

Example sentences

  1. The film editor suggested starting the story with the ending.

  2. As a film editor, he has cut most of the director's films.

Common collocations

  • film editor
  • assistant editor
  • picture editor
  • work with the editor
  • edit suite
  • editingThe work of choosing, ordering and joining shots so that they tell the story with the right rhythm, emotion and meaning.
  • rough cutAn early edited version of a film with the scenes in order but without final timing, effects, music or sound work.
  • final cutThe finished, approved version of an edited film. Final cut is also the contractual right to decide what that version will be.
  • directorThe person who leads the creative side of a film or TV episode, guiding the actors and the crew and deciding how each scene should look and feel.
  • dailiesThe raw, unedited footage from a day's shoot, prepared quickly so the director, producers and editor can check it.

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