Cambern tops newly spliced editors guild
New board members named
Balloting was the first under the new national guild, IATSE's Local 700, formed in November with the merger of Los Angeles-based Local 776 and New York's Local 771.
Cambern was elected president of Local 776 in January 1992. In his new post, his term will expire in December 2002.
"With our mergers, the Editors Guild represents almost every process in feature film and television post-production," Cambern said. "This national presence puts us in a great position to address the needs of our members in an industry that continues to undergo great change -- technological and otherwise."
After making his mark in 1969 with "Easy Rider," Cambern went on to cut "Blume in Love," "The Hindenburg," "Hooper," "Time After Time," and "Romancing," for which he was nominated for an Oscar. He also co-edited "Twins." Cambern's latest credit is Disney's "My Favorite Martian."
The Editors Guild's new officers include Carol Littleton, vice president; Martin Levenstein, second veep; Diane Adler, secretary; Rachel B. Igel, treasurer; and Lisa Churgin, sergeant-at-arms.
The new board of directors includes editors Steven J. Cohen, Joanne D'Antonio, Bill Elias, Bruce Green, Alan Heim, Michael Tronick and Sidney Wolinsky; and assistant editors Jeff Burman, Todd Busch, Sharon Smith Holley, Maggie Ostroff, Mary Prange, Karen Rasch, Christy Richmond, Suzanne Spangler and Linda Yeaney.
Eastern Region board members are Louis Bertini, Laura Congleton, Peter C. Frank and Ted Troll; Eastern alternates are Damian Begley, Kent Blocher, Harry Peck Bolles and A. Maddy Shirazi.
Also on the board are sound editors Samuel C. Crutcher, Bruce Fortune, Scott A. Hecker and J. Paul Huntsman; music editor Bunny Andrews; re-recording mixers Robert Deschaine and Gregg Rudloff; recordists Gary Ritchie and John B. Trask; projectionist Ronald Finkelstein; maintenance engineer Scott Young; and at-large member Tracy T. Shimura.
In January 1998, the Editors Guild acquired the post-production sound members and studio projectionists represented by IA Local 695. Total membership of the Editors Guild, which was founded in May 1937, stands at more than 5,600.
