Editors - Susy Benaim and Todd Downing, ACE CLIPPED editors Susy Benaim and Todd Downing are no strangers to telling true stories about real-life characters, compelling and complicated real-life characters.  Those storytelling skills were put to the test for CLIPPED, a sordid soap opera about the day of reckoning for one of the NBA's most notorious owners. Created by showrunner Gina Welch and based on the ESPN 30 for 30 podcast The Sterling Affairs, CLIPPED focuses on the downfall of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling (Ed O'Neill), amid the team's drive to win a championship under new coach Doc Rivers (Laurence Fishburne). SUSY BENAIM Susana Benaim is a Venezuelan Film and Television Editor best known for her work on THE DROPOUT on Hulu, NATIONAL TREAURE: EDGE OF HISTORY series for Disney+, and SELF MADE: INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF MADAM C.J. WALKER on Netflix.  Susy is currently a Junior Mentor for the ACE Diversity Mentorship Program, for which she was also a mentee a few years prior. She recently wrapped editing on the feature film HURRICANNA, directed by Francesca Gregorini. TODD DOWNING, ACE Todd Downing, ACE edits television series, films, and documentaries across a wide range of genres, from arthouse animation to slapstick comedy to documentaries about the Syrian civil war.  His credits include RUSSIAN DOLL, DIFFICULT PEOPLE, FRONTLINE, and MRS. AMERICA.  He's worked in both the U.K. and the U.S.A., and has been nominated for three BAFTAS, an ACE Eddie, and won two Royal Television Society awards. Editing CLIPPED In our discussion with CLIPPED editors Susy Benaim and Todd Downing, we talk about: Developing a "doom scroll" Being objective with dailies Spending time with horrible people Gina hates jazz Making a basketball series without basketball The Credits Visit Extreme Music for all your production audio needs Hear Todd talk about his work on MRS. AMERICA and RUSSIAN DOLL See the latest new features in Avid Media Composer Subscribe to The Rough Cut podcast and never miss an episode Visit The Rough Cut on YouTube

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