Fine Cuts: Interviews on the Practice of European Film Editing, 2nd Edition

2Mary Stephen

Mary Stephen editing

(Courtesy Mary Stephen)

I first met Mary when we both participated in a conference in Brisbane, Australia. I was immediately struck by her intelligent approach to all things editorial. The combination of a career working both with Eric Rohmer in France and with ingénue directors in China (and elsewhere) gives her an unusual perspective.

RC: Where were you born/what did your parents do/was there an artistic background in the family?

MS: I was born in Hong Kong and grew up there in the 60s. My parents were typical self-made success stories of the post-war era in HK. My mother was a school teacher and my father ...