You don't find too many editors who work "office jobs." David Rogers and Dean Holland do, however. Only their "office" is The Office, the award-winning NBC comedy series depicting the day-to-day lives of office employees at a Pennsylvania paper company.

The original British series The Office aired on BBC 2 for two seasons beginning in 2001, and won two Golden Globe Awards. The American version premiered as a midseason replacement in 2005. It was adapted for the US by executive producer Greg Daniels, a writer from Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill and The Simpsons. NBC renewed The Office for a full fourth season starting this September.

Unlike many television series, the editors for The Office are located together with the production department on the show’s own two-stage lot in Van Nuys. Editorial is directly downstairs from the writers. Editors Guild Magazine spoke with Rogers and Holland, along with assistant editor Michael Zurer, about their work on the series. Rogers and Holland won the American Cinema Editors' (ACE) Eddie Award for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television last February and have been nominated for Emmy Awards, including a recent nod for the 2006-2007 season. The Office also received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy in 2006.

Click here to read the entire article by Robin Rowe at the Editors Guild Magazine.

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