‘It’s where the poetry is written in cinema language’: the female editors behind cinema’s masterpieces (opens in new tab)

In an industry dominated by men, many women dedicate themselves to the craft of editing – as well as managing directors’ egos – to create some of the most celebrated and memorable big-screen classicsBehind every great director, to coin a phrase, is a great editor – and as the to the late Marcia Lucas, Oscar-winning editor of Star Wars: Episodes IV to VI, and former wife of creator George Lucas, reminded us, that editor is often a woman. In a historically male-dominated industry, this familiar...