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by Susan K. Merzbach
Remember MGM? No, not that one — the real one, spread out on two lots in Culver City, a place of film history, a place where the guard at the gate really was named Ken Hollywood. That’s where my film life began, a life which lasted some 45 years.
So what led me to film? It certainly wasn’t growing up in small-town New England. I had parents whose children could only see those films recommended by Parents magazine (it was a “no” for Calamity Jane because my immigrant mother thought cowboys meant killings). Early film going was limited to Bambi and the like — not influential. College didn’t help. I was a math major at Bucknell University but flunked out after two years since I much preferred playing bridge than going to classes or cracking a textbook. After that, I lived in Vienna for a year with a beloved aunt. The constant throughout? An addiction to reading, to stories.
My life in film really began after Vienna when my intelligent mother got me terribly drunk on a bottle of champagne and asked, “So vat do you rrrreally want to do vis your life?” I slurred, “Actress.” Ah, the veritas in the vino. The next step was the Pasadena Playhouse.
There, I took a course called Play Analysis. It was taught by Michael Peretzian, eventually a wel
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Cathy Repola to Retire as National Executive Director of Editors Guild
Cathy Repola will retire as the national executive director of the Motion Picture Editors Guild at the end of January 2025.
Repola has worked at the Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, for 32 years, and has been national executive director since 2016. A search committee will be appointed to fill the position.
“Working for the Guild has been an extremely rewarding career,” Repola said. “I have always had a profound commitment to the Guild and our mission and a deep affinity for our members. Now, I have reached a place in my life where I want to shift my priorities to my loved ones and friends.”
“Cathy has been an indispensable leader for the Guild these past eight years. She has helped lead us successfully through some of the most hard-fought and intricate contract negotiations in our history, and through many challenging times, and done it all with remarkable courage and grace. Whoever succeeds her will have some very big shoes to fill,” said Guild President Alan Heim, ACE.
The Motion Picture Editors Guild represents about 9,000 post-production professionals, including picture editors, sound editors, mixers and more, in Los Angeles and New York.
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