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Go behind-the-scenes with the DP and Colorist of the new Netflix film “Passing” New York, NY – November 4, 2021 - Manhattan Edit Workshop’s “Sight, Sound & Story: Live” monthly online event series continues on November 11th behind the look of Netflix’s spectacular new film “Passing” with Cinematographer Edu Grau, ASC , and Colorist Roman Hankewycz with Moderator & Colorist Patrick Inhofer . Inside Episode XVI:  In this panel, Cinematographer  Edu Grau, ASC , and  Colorist Roman Hankewycz  discuss their collaboration to bring Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” a brilliantly stark color palette to elevate the story.  Edu will discuss his choice of lensing and their decision to shoot in color, though the finished film would be delivered in B&W, Dolby Vision.  Veteran Colorist and Educator  Patrick Inhofer  will moderate this in-depth discussion and bring the audience behind-the-scenes of one of the most distinctive looking films of the year!...

Manhattan Edit Workshop’s “Sight, Sound & Story: Live” monthly online event series continues in February with the filmmakers from the acclaimed documentary film “Dick Johnson is Dead.” Inside Episode VII:  There can be no more collaborative and intertwined relationship in filmmaking than that between Director and Editor.  In documentary filmmaking this is especially so.  Join us for a special conversion with Director  Kirsten Johnson, ASC  and Editor  Nels Bangerter  as they discuss the creative process of documentary filmmaking within the acclaimed films “Dick Johnson Is Dead “and “Cameraperson”; as well as other films.  Creative Director of Wheelhouse Creative and documentary filmmaker  Jeremy Workman  will help guide the conversation and show examples of Kirsten and Nels work.  Jeremy was also an editing collaborator for the dance sequence in “Dick Johnson is Dead” and edited the trailer for “Cameraperson.”   All attende...

The monthly online event series Sight, Sound & Story: Live, continues this September with Editor Daysha Broadway & Producer Deniese Davies from both   Insecure and A Black Lady Sketch Show  .   Sight, Sound & Story: Live "Making it Work: From Editor to Producer" Moderator: Sean Weiner (Jacob Burns Film Center, Director of Programs, Media Arts Lab) Speakers: Daysha Broadway  ( Insecure, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Surviving R. Kelly)   &  Deniese Davis  ( Insecure, A Black Lady Sketch Show, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl ) Inside Episode III:  The relationships between Editors and Producers are some of the most important in the post-production process in television. In this panel we'll hear from multiple Emmy-nominated Editor  Daysha Broadway  and multiple Emmy nominated Producer  Deniese Davis .  Sean Weiner  will moderate the panel and explore how emerging filmmakers can learn from Daysha'...

Manhattan Edit Workshop presents: Sight, Sound & Story - Michael Berenbaum, ACE on "The Americans." From Sight, Sound & Story - June 14th, 2014. Michael Berenbaum, ACE, has been editing feature films and television in New York for over twenty years. He has worked with such directors as Joel and Ethan Coen, John Turturro, Al Pacino, Julian Schnabel, and Martin Scorsese. His television work includes "Sex and the City," for which he won two ACE awards, the pilot for "Desperate Housewives," for which he won an Emmy, "ED", "The Wire," "The Comeback", and "Love Monkey." His latest films include "Hollywoodland," starring Adrian Brody & Diane Lane, both "Sex and the City" features, "What to Expect When Expecting" starring Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Anna Kendrick, and Chris Rock, and the FX series "The Americans", starring Kari Russell and Matthew Rhys. "The ...

Editor Erin Casper on shaping interviews in "American Promise." From "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 11th, 2016. This week's #WCW at MEWShop is former Sight, Sound and Story panelist and Erin Casper! Erin is an Emmy-nominated documentary editor based in New York.  Erin’s recent editing credits include "The Last Season" (2015 Truer Than Fiction Independent Spirit Award nominee); and "American Promise" (POV 2014, Special Jury Prize for Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection of the 51st Annual New York Film Festival).  Erin also edited "The New Black" (Independent Lens in 2014, GLAAD and NAACP Image Award nominee); "Our School," (winner of the 2011 Sterling Award for Best US Feature Documentary at AFI DOCS); and short nonfiction pieces for NY Times Op-Docs and The Intercept. In 2011, Erin was the inaugural recipient of the prestigious Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship...