Editors

         "Film editing is part of the creative process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling. Film editing is the only art that is unique to cinema, separating film-making from other art forms that preceded it (such as photography, theater, dance, writing, and directing), although there are close parallels to the editing process in other art forms like poetry or novel writing. Film editing is often referred to as the "invisible art"^[1] because when it is well-practiced, the viewer can become so engaged that he or she is not even aware of the editor's work.
On its most fundamental level, film editing is the art, technique, and practice of assembling shots into a coherent whole. A film editor is a person who practices film editing by assembling the footage. However, the job of an editor isn’t simply to mechanically put pieces of a film together, cut off film slates, or edit dialogue scenes. A film editor must creatively work with the layers of images, story, dialogue, music, pacing, as well as the actors' performances to effectively "re-imagine" and even rewrite the film to craft a cohesive whole. Editors usually play a dynamic role in the making of a film."

(Information found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_editing)

         Film editors are on the post-productions team of film.  They work closely with directors in figuring out what they are expected to portray.  Although the editors are really at the Directors discression, they generally have a bit of room to do what they feel is right for editing certain sequences of film.  The editors are really doing a lot of the behind the scene things that don't necessarily get the credit that they deserve. (editing is a stressful and laborious process that can take many many hours to complete)  They get screen credit obviously, but they aren't really recognized like specific directors and actors are.  Despite this however, they are very vital in the film-making process.

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