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  Sight Sound & Story: Live: SoundShow: Creating a New Sound Universe for "Wheel of Time" ​ Moderator: Woody Woodhall, CAS  (Studio Principal of Allied Post Audio) ​ Panelists: Sound Designer Luke Gentry  ( Aladdin, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard ),  Sound Designer Ben Meechan  ( Last Night In Soho ), &  Supervising Sound Editor Matt Skelding  ( Black Mirror) ​ Inside Episode XVIII:  Sound is one of the most important elements in film and can be used to elevate a performance, evoke emotions, and make fantasy worlds come alive.  Join Emmy-winning Supervising Sound Editor Matt Skelding (Black Mirror), and Sound Designers Luke Gentry (Aladdin, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard) & Ben Meechan (Last Night In Soho) as they discuss their incredible sound work on Amazon's new fantasy series The Wheel of Time.  The conversation will be guided by moderator Woody Woodhall, CAS (Studio Principal of Allied ...

TODAY at 2PM EST, "Belfast" & "Death on the Nile" Editor Ùna Ní Dhonghaíle, ACE, Joins Filmmaker U! TODAY at 2PM EST we are joined by "Belfast" & "Death on the Nile" Editor Ùna Ní Dhonghaíle, ACE !  In this episode we talk with Ùna about her relationship with Director Kenneth Branagh and her own family Irish history how it influenced her work on the critically acclaimed film "Belfast."  Tune in! A multi-award-winning editor, Ùna Ní Dhonghaíle, ACE , studied Film and Media in her native Dublin and then graduated from the National Film and Television School specialising in film editing.  Her TV work has included "The Crown," "Wallander," "Les Misérables," "Ripper Street and Three Girls." She co-directed and edited the award-winning documentary, "Invisible Man."  Her film work includes "Misbehaviour," "Stan and Ollie" and two previous films for Kenneth Branagh: ...

  ANNOUNCING THE 2022-2023 KAREN SCHMEER FILM EDITING FELLOWSHIP OPEN CALL Newly Redesigned Fellowship Program Provides Mentorship for Assistant, Associate and Emerging Documentary Film Editors from Underrepresented Backgrounds and Experiences  Open call for submissions begins FEBRUARY 1, 2022 Received-by application deadline is MARCH 20, 2022 The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship is a year-long group mentorship program for documentary assistant, associate and emerging editors from historically underrepresented backgrounds and experiences. Our mission is to cultivate the careers of an inclusive group of emerging and aspiring documentary film editors through mentorship to help them grow as artists and build their community. By investing in editors, we affirm and strengthen the critical role editors play in documentary storytelling.   Applicants must be based in the U.S., reside there September 2022 – September 2023, have at least two credits as an assistant, associate,...

Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop) , the cutting-edge, online digital-training destination for post-production specialists and content creators is proud to announce the upcoming Artist in Residence for the March 7th class will be Oscar-nominated Editor Tom Eagles, ACE.**   Tom Eagles, ACE, is a film editor hailing from Aotearoa/New Zealand. It was there that he began his collaboration with Taika Waititi, cutting cult comedy "What We Do in the Shadows," "Hunt for the Wilderpeople," and "Jojo Rabbit," for which Eagles was nominated for an Oscar and Bafta, and won an American Cinema Editors’ ‘Eddie’ award. Most recently, his work can be seen in Netflix’s Western hit, "The Harder They Fall." His work with director Roseanne Liang has won awards at Sundance and Toronto film festivals. Eagles’ television credits include "Ash vs Evil Dead," "Spartacus" and FX’s small screen adaptation of "What We Do in the Shadows" and his c...