Carol Littleton stumbled into the movie business when she was a student in France during the 1960s and discovered the works of Renoir, Godard, and Melville. Returning to Los Angeles in 1970 to pursue a master's degree in literature, Carol met her future husband, future cinematographer John Bailey, who was a USC film student. She discovered that working around film sets was more fun than studying literature, so she landed a job transferring sound. One day when she was through syncing dailies, her boss asked her to straighten out his edit bay. "Little did I know, I was being taught how to be an assistant editor," Carol says. She's gone on to edit 30 major releases such as Body Heat, Swimming to Cambodia, Beloved, The Accidental Tourist, and E.T., for which she was nominated for an Oscar. Littleton will be talking about editing with an emphasis on developing characters and pushing forward narrative, lessons that can be adapted to making nonfiction work more engaging. She will use sequences from Grand Canyon, Anniversary Party, Swimming to Cambodia, and Margot at the Wedding to talk about her editing strategies. Open to all and free.