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MEWShop Welcomes Editor Allyson C. Johnson as Our November 2017 Artist in Residence!

MEWShop is proud to welcome editor Allyson C. Johnson as our Artist in Residence for our November/December 2017 Six Week Intensive Art of Editing Workshop.
Allyson C. Johnson’s Feature Film work includes: Mira Nair’s “Amelia,” ”The Namesake,” “Vanity Fair” and “Monsoon Wedding” which received the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2001 Venice Film.  Her television work includes NBC’s “Smash” and “The Slap,’ “The Wire,” “Quantico” and “Marco Polo” for Netflix.  She is currently editing Baz Luhrmann’s series “The Get Down” for Netflix.  Johnson received an Emmy Nomination editing the documentary “The Who’s Tommy: The Amazing Journey.”  Other rockumentaries include “Up From the Underground” (Quincy Jones), "Say It Loud" (VH-1) and her Triptych short film “Kick Out the Jams” appeared at the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.  She has also collaborated with such filmmakers as Spike Lee and Griffin Dunne and Bill Moyers. 
For more information on our Six Week Intensive or for registration information please go to http://mewshop.com/six_week_workshop/overview/

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