Fine Cuts: The Art of European Film Editing

30  Pia Di Ciaula

I talked to Pia when she was editing ‘The Escapist’ for Gillies Mackinnon, with whom she has now worked six times, including ‘Regeneration’, ‘Hideous Kinky’ and ‘Pure’. Their latest collaboration is on ‘Gunpowder, Treason and Plot’. We met in her edit suite at De Lane Lea in London’s Soho.

I was born in Toronto to Italian parents. My father was a dental technician and my mother raised five girls. She stayed home until we were all off at school. My mother loves entertainment, theatre opera and dance, and she always played music at home. She is very vivacious and loves ballroom dancing and salsa.

Regeneration (Courtesy of Artificial ...