THE ART OF THE CUT WITH LEO TROMBETTA, ACE Leo Trombetta, ACE has profession-
By Steve Hullfish
Vanities and David Mamet’s Homicide. Trombetta won an Emmy and an ACE Eddie for editing Temple Grandin for HBO Films as well as additional Eddies in 2011 and 2012.
al credits dating back into the mid-1980s and has been in the editor’s chair since the early 1990s. He has edited more than a dozen feature films, like Twin Falls Idaho and a range of TV shows like WB’s Roswell, Michael Mann’s Luck for HBO, AMC’s Mad Men, FOX’s Wayward Pines, Netflix’s Narcos and 13 Rea-
STEVE HULLFISH (SH): Tell me a little bit about your approach to editing. LEO TROMBETTA (LT): The truth is I find answering questions about editing difficult because, for me, editing is an intuitive process. I don’t really know why some things work and some don’t. I just know what feels right. It’s been my experience that the less I think about what I’m doing and trust my gut, the
sons Why, and HBO’s True Detective.
He has also worked as a sound editor on such films as Bonfire of the
Stephen Dorff and Mahershala Ali from True Detective Season 3
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SIGHT, SOUND & STORY
