The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick

CUNEO, MELANIE VINER

Melanie Viner Cuneo began working with STANLEY KUBRICK in 1997 onEYES WIDE SHUTand worked closely with him for two and a half years, seeing the production through to the end as the first assistant editor. Cuneo, who has also worked with such directors and editors as Kenneth Branagh and Tony Lawson (BARRY LYNDON) later served as editor forSTANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES.She described the filmmaker, saying, “Stanley is an inspiration for all of us who worked with him—a director who marched to his own drummer and never compromised his own unique vision. ”