Steven Cohen

Steve Cohen has been a pioneer in non-linear post-production, editing one of the first Avid TV movies (HBO’s “Teamster Boss”) and then going on to edit the first studio feature to use Avid’s Film Composer (“Lost in Yonkers”) while helping to develop the company’s 24-fps software. He remained closely connected with Avid for many years and eventually cofounded the Avid Editors Advisory Committee, a group of prominent editors that advises Avid about software features. He has worked as a teacher throughout his professional life and was the first chairman of the editing department at the American Film Institute, the first school in the U.S. to offer an MFA in editing. He later helped create, and was the publisher of the Editors Guild Magazine. His book, “Avid Agility,” now in its third edition, evolved out of his deep involvement with the development of the Avid system.

His credits include, “Before the Rains,” “Material Girls,” “The Prince and Me,” “15 Minutes,” “Blood and Wine,” “Three Wishes,” “Angie,” “Rambling Rose” and “No Man’s Land,” as well as many pilots and TV movies, including several in the Jesse Stone series. He received an Emmy for “LBJ: The Early Years,” an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award for “Don King: Only in America,” and A.C.E.’s distinguished Robert Wise Award for writing about editing. He blogs at splicenow.com.