Mo Henry
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Mo Henry is a film negative cutter acclaimed by many as the greatest in her field. Her works include Spider-Man 2
, Before Sunrise
, Money Train
, The Matrix
, The Blind Side, and many others. According to The Internet Movie Database, she has been a negative cutter on over 300 films, although Mo claims IMDB is has many inaccuracies, missing many films that she cut and including her on films incorrectly, and her ultimate total far exceeds 300. In addition she cut a fair number of adult films under the alias Ruby Diamond. Her other main credit is as the producer of the 2003 movie Anima
. Despite her low profile she has amassed a fan base over the years, and many fans are known to stay during the final credits to see if Mo Henry's name shows up.
She was a third generation Henry negative cutter, starting at Universal at 18. Her first cut film (uncredited) was Jaws
(a film she was told was not important at the time and could therefore be cut by a novice). She took a break from negative cutter to be a real estate agent in Beverly Hills in the eighties (with, as she describes it, "Big Hair and Big Shoulder pads"). In the seventies she lived next door to Timothy Leary.
She is left-handed, which made it harder for her to cut negative. However, she says her obsessive-compulsive disorder allows her to remember exact keycodes from negative cut days before and is an advantage in her work. She can type with her feet. She claims to be legally blind in one eye due to so many years cutting negative.
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Alvin Sargent and developed by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Michael Chabon. It is the second film in the Spider-Man film franchise based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...
, Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise
Before Sunrise is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The film follows Jesse , a young American, and Céline , a young French woman, who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, where they spend the night walking around the city and...
, Money Train
Money Train
Money Train is a 1995 American comedy thriller film starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Jennifer Lopez as New York City transit cops...
, The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
, The Blind Side, and many others. According to The Internet Movie Database, she has been a negative cutter on over 300 films, although Mo claims IMDB is has many inaccuracies, missing many films that she cut and including her on films incorrectly, and her ultimate total far exceeds 300. In addition she cut a fair number of adult films under the alias Ruby Diamond. Her other main credit is as the producer of the 2003 movie Anima
Anima
Anima may refer to:*the Latin term for the "animating principle", see vitalism**the Latin translation of Greek psyche**in Christian contexts, the soul**see also spirit...
. Despite her low profile she has amassed a fan base over the years, and many fans are known to stay during the final credits to see if Mo Henry's name shows up.
She was a third generation Henry negative cutter, starting at Universal at 18. Her first cut film (uncredited) was Jaws
Jaws (film)
Jaws is a 1975 American horror-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. In the story, the police chief of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a giant man-eating great white shark by closing the beach,...
(a film she was told was not important at the time and could therefore be cut by a novice). She took a break from negative cutter to be a real estate agent in Beverly Hills in the eighties (with, as she describes it, "Big Hair and Big Shoulder pads"). In the seventies she lived next door to Timothy Leary.
She is left-handed, which made it harder for her to cut negative. However, she says her obsessive-compulsive disorder allows her to remember exact keycodes from negative cut days before and is an advantage in her work. She can type with her feet. She claims to be legally blind in one eye due to so many years cutting negative.