MTW 005: Editing HBO's CHERNOBYL with Multi-Award Winning Editor Simon Smith

Simon Smith the award winning editor of HBO's Chernobyl lets us know how he became an editor, how knowing Final Cut Pro led to an award winning editing career, what’s it like to edit a high-profile mini-series for HBO which had a grueling, one hundred day shooting schedule, and how he handled that kind of workload and pressure. Perhaps most importantly, Simon tell us the bold steps he took to land the job.   Simon took home the “triple-crown” of editing awards this year, an American Cinema Editors Eddie, the Television Academy Emmy, and the British Film & Television Academy's BAFTA, for his editing on the highly acclaimed HBO mini-series Chernobyl. See the video of this interview at: https://youtu.be/NMDF_zfbj2g