The soundworks collection talks with the sound and picture team behind director ang lees newest film, life of pi. Editor tim squyres, ace discusses the comicbook style editing seen in hulk. Tim squyres is a film editor, and director ang lees partner in crime for the last two decades, having edited all but one of his films. The letters that accompanied the books were published as 101 letters to a prime minister. Tim squyres was born on march 29, 1959 in wenonah, new jersey, usa as timothy squyres. Possessing encyclopedialike intelligence, unusual zookeepers son pi patel sets sail for america, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry bengal tiger remain. He most recently edited life of pi, an adaptation of the bestselling book that follows the tale of an indian boy struggling to survive inside a. Based on yann martels booker prizewinning bestseller, life of pi tells the story of. List of nominations and aw ard won by life of pi in 70th golden globe awards20. Among others, squyres edited hulk, sense and sensibility, lust, caution, and crouching tiger, hidden dragon, which earned him an academy award nomination for best film editing. Texas wind by james reasoner, trigger city by sean chercover, sleep with slander by dolores hitchens, a quiet flame. Based on the bestselling novel by yann martel, life of pi is a magical adventure story about a young castaway and the bengal tiger that survives a tragic shipwreck with him. The usage of 3d animation technology in conjunction with real people is interesting enough to raise curiosity about the work.
Ang lee discusses filming the unfilmable, the practicality of 3d, and winning the oscar with tim squyres and david magee at life of pi event cameron sinz mar 12, 20 10. Life of pi editor tim squyres on the pains of creating. What led yann martel to write life of pi following the publication of his international bestseller, this question was on the tip of everyones tongue. Whether peppering pi s memories of his beloved uncle with gentle humor, portraying an early bout of heartbreak with poignant brevity, or showing a painful life lesson that will later play a crucial role in the plot, magee frontloads life of pi with a profundity thats perfectly complemented by mirandas gorgeous images and lees inspired. Dec 15, 2012 life of pi editor tim squyres on the pains of creating cg tigers and shooting in 3d. Life of pi by ang lee ang lee, suraj sharma, irfan khan. While squyres didnt adapt life of pi for the big screen. More sharma shines as 16yearold pi, whose life is changed forever when a startled zebra jumps into his lifeboat, forcing the pair overboard during a powerful storm. Oct 15, 2019 tim squyres, ace, has been nominated for multiple oscars and ace eddies and baftas for crouching tiger, hidden dragon, gosford park and life of pi. Find movie and film award information for life of pi 2012 ang lee on allmovie. Chosen 2001, hulk 2003, lust, caution 2007, taking woodstock 2009 and life of pi 2012. Sharma shines as 16yearold pi, whose life is changed forever when a startled zebra jumps into his.
Art of the cut with oscar nominee tim squyres, on editing. Oscarnominated film editor tim squyres will talk about what film editors do, show beforeandafter clips, and discuss how scenes are shot and what an editor can do to create different styles. Squyres served as editor of angelina jolies adaptation of unbroken, released on december 25, 2014. Editor tim squyres, ace discusses motivation for making cuts. Tim squyres flanked by director ang lee, left, and dp claudio miranda. The saturn award for best editing originally saturn award for outstanding editing is one of the annual awards given by the american academy of science fiction, fantasy and horror films. The 2012 academy awards were presented on february 24, 20, at the kodak theatre. Manhattan edit workshop presents inside the cutting room with bobbie osteen featuring editor tim squyres, a. Life of pi takes place in 1970s india where we get the story of pi growing up in a zoo. The ghostly weightlessness of computergenerated characters has undermined many a film that has placed heavy dramatic burden on them, but at no point in life of pi does one lose the sense that there is, indeed, a whopping big great cat weighing down one end of pis dinghy thanks in no small part to human effect, namely newcomer sharmas. While in the final throes of post production on life of pi, squyres took time. At the start of my interview with tim squyres, the editor of most of ang lees films. Life of pi editor tim squyres on the pains of creating cg.
Editor tim squyres, ace discusses the comicbook style. Life of pi life of pi a novel authors note this book was born as i was hungry. Film editor tim squyres 81, who introduces his latest movie with ang. List of nominations and awards won in 85th academy awards by.
Squyres editing room for life of pi and billy lynn. A canadian novelist named yann martel meets an indian man, pi patel, with some knowledge from pi s late fathers friend, known to pi as mamaji, for a good book. Deadline revealed exclusively friday that longtime uta production department cohead wayne fitterman had left that agency and was in talks to land at wme. Tim squyres, the oscarnominated film editor of life of pi, wrestled with a boatload of challenges for the critically acclaimed ang lee production. Suraj sharma irrfan khan tabu adil hussain rafe spall gerard depardieu.
The last nod for squyres came thanks to crouching tiger, hidden dragon, the lee film to which most folks compare this new epic. Reviewers were puzzled, or damned it with faint praise. Tim squyres, ace, has edited 23 narrative feature films. Best picture beasts of the southern wild silver linings. He is known for his work on crouching tiger, hidden dragon 2000, life of pi 2012 and lust, caution 2007.
South jersey native nominated for oscar for life of pi. Life of pi life of pifilm directed by ang lee produced. Life of pi life of pi film directed by ang lee produced by gil netter ang lee,david womark screenplay by david magee based on. When the inspiration for life of pi struck yann martel, it couldnt have come at a better time. Argo, lincoln, ted among ace eddie filmediting nominees. The partnership between a director and an editor can be one of the longest lasting in hollywood. Feb 21, 20 as life of pis squyres puts it, an actor might read a particular line between six and 100 times, but only one takes gonna be in the movie.
Tim squyres, ace life of pi was a complicated film to make, and not just for the obvious reason that its about a tiger in a lifeboat in the ocean. Squyres has had an extended collaboration with the taiwanese director ang lee, having edited all but one of lees feature films. Tim squyres is an american film editor with about 30 film credits. The 20 oscar nominations were announced this morning, delivering several notable snubs and surprises. In the book, it is very clear why he felt he had to feed the tiger, but in the. He is known for his work on crouching tiger, hidden dragon. In 2012, he was also nominated for the academy award for life of pi. Life of pi was his tenth film with director ang lee, and the first in 3d for both. Oscar nominee tim squyres on cutting life of pi goldderby. Jun 04, 2002 more than seven million copies soldthe beloved and bestselling novel and winner of the booker prize, life of pi.
Tim squyres 81 from fleeing physics to life of pi cornell chronicle. Backpacking across india, the spanishborn canadian author fell in love with the country. Nov 01, 2012 tim squyres flanked by director ang lee, left, and dp claudio miranda, as they work on life of pi. The book continues with pi ending in a shipwreck and having to share a lifeboat with a tiger. In the spring of 1996, my second book, a novel, came out in canada. May 09, 2002 life of pi was adapted for the silver screen by ang lee, garnering four oscars. Squyres is an american film editor with about 30 film credits.
Ang lee, is of course a very popular name which holds respect as a director of academy award winner movies. Sep 28, 2012 life of pi a gently transporting work of allages entertainment that melds a harrowing highseas adventure with a dreamy meditation on the very nature of storytelling. Best pic noms argo, life of pi, lincoln zero dark thirty, les miserables and silver linings playbook make cut for editing by mike fleming jr mike. Life of pi is a commercially successful and critically wellreceived book. Find books like life of pi from the worlds largest community of readers. Directed by ang lee, the films adapted screenplay was written by david magee, and it stars suraj sharma, irrfan khan, rafe spall, tabu, adil hussain, and gerard depardieu. Dec 31, 2015 tim squyres is an american film editor with about 30 film credits. She is an emmynominated film editor and the author of two acclaimed books about editing entitled cut to the chase and the invisible cut.
Life of pi editor tim squyres on the pains of creating cg tigers and. Jun, 2017 life of pi by yann martel is about an indian boy, pi, who gets shipwrecked with a tiger. Among others, squyres edited hulk, sense and sensibility, lust, caution, and crouching tiger, hidden dragon, which. Life of pi is a 2012 adventure drama film based on yann martels 2001 novel of the same name. Oct 19, 2012 if miranda slips in, a development that, at this point, seems quite likely, then tim squyress editing may well get recognized too, thoroughly hoisting life of pis best picture hopes. The gemini man editing room was at a facility called final frame and was quite similar, just with a larger screen and black walls. While in the final throes of post production on life of pi, squyres took time out to speak to cinemontage about the film, its special challenges and his career. Life of pi by yann martel is about an indian boy, pi, who gets shipwrecked with a tiger. Life of pi is a 2012 survival drama film based on yann martels 2001 novel of the same name. Interviews include phil stockton supervising sound editor, tim squyres picture editor, doug hemphill sound rerecording mixer, ron bartlett sound rerecording mixer, and erich stratmann music editor. If you read the book, theres the adventure story about the boy, the tiger and. Tim squyres, who was nominated for an academy award for his work on life of pi. Jan 11, 20 nominated for bestedited film are william goldenberg for argo, tim squyres for life of pi, michael kahn for lincoln, stuart baird for skyfall and dylan tichenor for.
Life of pi tim squyres lincoln michael kahn silver linings playbook jay cassidy and crispin struthers zero dark thirty dylan tichenor and william goldenberg. Life of pi is a 2012 3d fantasy adventure film directed by ang lee and written by david magee, based on the 2001 novel of the same name written by author yann martel. Tim squyres flanked by director ang lee, left, and dp claudio miranda, as they work on life of pi. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to life of pi. Former wenonah resident tim squyres, who has edited 11 of director ang lees 12 films, has been nominated for an oscar for his work on lees acclaimed fantasy adventure life of pi. The monitor in the center of the photo could be wheeled away to use the big screen. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Mar 01, 2015 tim squyres is an american film editor with about 30 film credits. Film editor tim squyres 81, who introduces his latest movie with ang lee, life of pi, march 10 at cornell cinema, talks about his embrace of film production as a cornell student.
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