9 Lives Like a Cat is the remarkable story of Daniel Arie’s five-decade career at the forefront of film editing, television systems design, and the evolution of electronic cinema.

Beginning at a time when electronic and digital-audio editing were still emerging technologies, Arie witnessed, and helped shape, major changes in the way film and television were produced. From pioneering new editing methods to designing advanced television facilities in Canada, his career offers a firsthand look at an industry undergoing rapid technological transformation.

But this is more than a professional memoir. Woven through the story of innovation, experimentation, and technical achievement is a deeply personal journey of resilience, memory, and enduring love.

9 Lives Like a Cat is both a record of electronic cinema’s evolution and the life story of a man who experienced that transformation from the inside.