Bobbie O’Steen is a New York-based writer, dedicated to sharing the editor’s invisible art with film students, professionals, and the movie-going public. Educated at Stanford University, she is an Emmy-nominated film editor and the author of two acclaimed books about editing. Cut to the Chase is based on interviews with her late husband and colleague, legendary editor Sam O’Steen, and filled with stories from the cutting room and behind the scenes on such landmark films as The Graduate and Chinatown. Her second book, The Invisible Cut, deconstructs classic movie scenes from such films as Rear Window and The French Connection through a cut-by-cut analysis.

O’Steen frequently hosts evenings honoring and leading discussions with master editors at UCLA Film and Television Archive, 92YTribeca and Emerson College, and recently inaugurated the series “Inside the Cutting Room” at NYU’s Cantor Film Center. She moderates panels bi-annually for A.C.E.’s EditFest, teaches graduate student workshops at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and contributes to publications including Editors Guild Magazine, CinemaEditor and MovieMaker Magazine.