James Mitchell

The project was mentored by Chris McGurk and James Mitchell, A.C.E.

James Mitchell, A.C.E.
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James Mitchell, A.C.E. has edited more than 30 feature films, including "Above the Rim," "The Presidio," "Narrow Margin," and "The Star Chamber."In addition, he received an Academy Award nomination for his work on "Capricorn One."He is currently head of the editing faculty at the USC School of Cinema-Television.

Jim Mitchell, USC

Jim Mitchell was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference receiver at USC from 1969-71 who ranks 13th on the Gamecocks' all-time receptions list.Mitchell was a graduate assistant in 1972, the year Jeff Grantz arrived.
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"And, as close as Jim and I have been through the years, I guess it was kind of a natural thing for them."
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"We feel great about it," Jim Mitchell said.

In addition to filling a position as Assistant to Jim Mitchell, who is the head of USC's Editing dept, Wendy is also TA'ing an Advanced Editing class that her boss is teaching.Wendy feels fortunate cuz this class allows her to glean insights into Jim's many years of editing experience.He is an Academy member, and votes each year for the films and people who recieve Oscars (".. and the Oscar goes to ... ").

Jim delegates many functions to Wendy, as most busy professionals do with their assistants.She was opening his mail from the Oscars, and had to remind him to vote by the appointed deadline.She was hoping that he might also delegate that job to her, but it wasn't to be.Nevertheless, she feels close to the action. (Wendy has a knack for predicting which films & stars will win the various 'Best' awards each year.)

Wendy wasn't sure that the class would fly, cuz Jim has a standing policy where he offers to provide editing input on any film brought to him by a student.But surprisingly, the class filled with 11 students.Eight is a comfortable number for that type of class where each student shows their cuts each week, and 10 is considered full.Since she's getting paid for this class, she feels doubly fortunate.