Gabriella Oldham is a freelance writer. Her books include First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors (UC Press), and Keaton's Silent Shorts. Harrison Engle is the award-winning director and producer of more than 80 films, including the documentaries The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt and The LOST Kennedy Home Movies.

"The real accomplishment of Oldham's book is her concentration on the psychology of editors rather than just their technical ingenuity ... Let's hope a third volume of this illuminating series will follow." -- Kevin Lewis Editors Guild Mag

• Acknowledgements Foreword Harrison Engle Preface to the 2012 Edition Introduction Being an Editor Sheldon Kahn Becoming an Editor Emily Paine Distilling the Documentary Tom Haneke Film as All the Arts Carol Littleton Flashback, Flashforward Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress The Essential Film Geof Bartz Telling Stories Tom Rolf Sparkling Life, Shaping People Paul Barnes Touching the Heart Anne V. Coates Maximizing the Moment Bill Pankow Percussive Editing Paul Hirsch Keeping the Beat Donn Cambern Seeing the Invisible Evan Lottman Remaining Versatile Peter C. Frank Good Stuff Never Changes John D. Dunning Subliminal Truths Ted Winterburn The Inner Voice Sidney Levin Drawing the Emotional Line Merle Worth The Supreme Collabotion Barry Malkin Diplomatic Takes Rudi Fehr Creating a Legacy Richard Marks "Locking Up" Alan Heim Appendix: Awards and Nominations References Index