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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...

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 1st class will be Oscar-nominated editor Kevin Tent, ACE.**   Kevin Tent’s renowned editing career started with legendary producer Roger Corman and from there he established himself as the go-to editor for the acclaimed director Alexander Payne.  Kevin is not only an experienced editor, he has also directed and co-directed three films and was recently elected as President of the honorary society of American Cinema Editors. The next installment of MEWShop’s Six Week Intensive Workshop will be taught LIVE online beginning on March 1st, 2021 and will be held Monday through Friday from 10 AM EST to 6 PM EST.  For more information on the Online Six Week Intensive Workshop or to register, please visit https://www.mewshop.com/six-week-intensive-online .  "H...

Lee Percy, ACE  has worked with director Barbet Schroeder from the Academy Award-winning film,  Reversal of Fortune  to Murder by Numbers . Lee also edited the Academy Award-winning Boys Don't Cry , and the critically acclaimed film,  Maria Full of Grace .  He also worked on The Ice Harvest  for director Harold Ramis, Oliver Stone's Snowden , as well as Sundance Film Festival 2009 nominee and Emmy-winning Taking Chance.  Lee's recent work includes the remake of the classic horror film Carrie , Amelia , HBO's Grey Gardens , and Oliver Stone's Snowden. Our next workshop starts March 2nd! Learn more about our Six Week Intensive Workshop here .

Lee Percy, ACE, has worked with director Barbet Schroeder from the Academy Award-winning film, "Reversal of Fortune" to "Murder by Numbers." Lee also edited the Academy Award-winning "Boys Don't Cry," and the critically acclaimed film, "Maria Full of Grace." He also worked on "The Ice Harvest" for director Harold Ramis as well as Sundance Film Festival 2009 nominee "Taking Chance." More information about Manhattan Edit Workshop and the classes offered visit: https://:www.mewshop.com #mewtube , #mewshop , #artistinresidence , #6week , #americancinemaeditors , #ACE , #artofediting , #criticalends , #sixweekworkshop , #editing , #LeePercy , #boysdontcry , #kimberlypeirce , #hillaryswank

Artist in Residence Jeffrey Wolf, ACE on SNL Skit "White Like Me."   From Manhattan Edit Workshop's "Critical Ends" series, featuring award winning editors discussing their craft as a part of our Six Week Editing Intensive. For more information on Manhattan Edit Workshop's Six Week Editing Intensive and Artist In Residence program please visit: mewshop.com/six_week_workshop/ More information about Manhattan Edit Workshop and the classes offered visit: http://www.mewshop.com/ #mewtube , #Mewshop , #Criticalends , #snl , #eddiemurphy , #jeffreywolf , #ACE , #editing , #whitelikeme , #sixweekintensive , #ArtistinResidence , #editors , #saturdaynightlive , #comedy , #jeffwolf

MEWShop proudly announces that television & film editor Tim Streeto, ACE, will join  our November/December 2018 Six Week Intensive Tim Streeto, ACE is a film and television editor whose recent credits include Netflix’s  Maniac ,  Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel , Director Marc Webb’s The Only Living Boy in  New York ,  HBO's series Vinyl , WeTV's South of Hell , the Emmy-winning Boardwalk  Empire , NBC’s  Crossbones ,  and Noah Baumbach's acclaimed feature films Frances Ha,  Greenberg , and the Oscar-nominated  The  Squid and the Whale . His past film credits include  Terry Kinney's Diminished Capacity, Steve Conrad's  The Promotion , Craig Zobel's Great  World of Sound and Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman's  American Splendor . He  also worked as an assistant editor on Ang Lee's Oscar-winning Crouching  Tiger, Hidden  Dragon , Todd Solondz's Storytelling...

Veteran editor Jim Stewart, ACE, has been editing feature films and television for over 30  years.  His breakthrough editing position was on the hit series  Life Goes On .  From there  he was a part of the iconic show  The Wonder Years , serving as both editor and supervising  editor on over 40 episodes.  He was nominated for an Emmy for his work on  Chicago  Hope  for Outstanding Editing in a Series in 1994 for the episode "Leave Of Absence."   For close to a decade, Jim worked on several  Law & Order  series, but did his most  work for that series on  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .  He has worked on  several animated films including  Valiant, Monsters, INC . and as an additional editor on  T oy Story 2 .  His most recent work includes ABC's  Quantico  and most recently CBS's  Instinct . Go to  https:/...

MEWShop is proud to welcome editor  Kelley Dixon, ACE  as our Artist in Residence for our March/April 2018 Six Week Intensive Art of Editing Workshop. Kelley Dixon, ACE got her start in post production in multiple capacities in the editing room on the features "Reservoir Dogs" and "Good Will Hunting" as well as TV's "Without a Trace," and "Revelations."    Kelley got her big break after many long years as an assistant when her editor, Lynne Willingham cut the "Breaking Bad" pilot and she became the series' second editor.    She's been nominated for four ACE awards and six Emmys - winning one Emmy in 2013 - for her work on "Breaking Bad." Kelley also edited on HBO's "Luck," Showtime's "Shameless," AMC's "The Walking Dead," "Halt and Catch Fire" and "Preacher."    And she's currently working on the "Breaking Bad" spin-off, "Bett...

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 ...

MEWShop is proud to welcome editor  Jo Francis , ACE  as our Artist in Residence for our June/July 2017 Six Week Intensive Art of Editing Workshop. Jo Francis has long career as both a feature film and television editor.  Her longstanding relationship with director Paul Haggis started with the television show  The Black Donnellys , and has continued on with the feature films  The Next Three Days ,  In the Valley of Ela h,  Third Person , and the television show  Crash .  They also collaborated on HBO's acclaimed mini-series Show Me Hero starring Oscar Issac.  Her other work includes Netflix's  Daredevil , Starz's  Power  and  Counterpart , and TNT's  Animal Kingdom .  For more information on our Six Week Intensive or for registration information please go to  http://mewshop.com/six_week_workshop/overview/

Our thoughts go out to the family & friends of Larry Silk, ACE. He’ll be remembered for his incredible kindness and devotion to craft. Some of the stories we were lucky enough to hear while he was Artist in Residence will stick with us forever.  Read more here: https://medium.com/@MEWShop/remembering-film-editor-larry-silk-ace-875850b7aade

Artist in Residence John Gilroy, ACE "Narc." For more information on Manhattan Edit Workshop's 6 Week Editing Intensive and Artist In Residence program please visit: www.mewshop.com/six_week_workshop/ John Gilroy, ACE, began his career working with Francis Ford Coppola's longtime editor Barry Malkin on "Peggy Sue Got Married" and MEWShop Artist in Residence Jeffrey Wolf, ACE on "Beautiful Girls" and "The Ref." His credits include the Academy Award winning "Michael Clayton", "The Bourne Legacy", "Nightcrawler", "Pacific Rim," "Miracle", "Tumbleweeds", "Narc", "Pride & Glory" and "Duplicity." "Narc" is a 2002 American crime thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric. The plot revolves around the efforts of two police detectives in search of the murderer of an undercover polic...

MEWShop is proud to welcome Oscar nominated film editor Mike McCusker, ACE  as our Artist in Residence for our Six Week Intensive Art of Editing Workshop that starts January 9, 2017.   Mike's first feature film in the editor’s chair resulted in an Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Film Editing: Walk the Line .   Walk the Line won the ACE Eddie that year for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical. Since then he has edited 3:10 to Yuma, Australia, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Wolverine , 13 Hours , The Girl on the Train , and the soon to be released  Wolverine sequel   Logan .  For more information on our Six Week Intensive or for registration information please go to  http://mewshop.com/six_week_workshop/overview/

From Manhattan Edit Workshop's "Critical Ends" series, featuring award winning editors discussing their craft as a part of our Six Week Editing Intensive. Bill Pankow, ACE, has enjoyed a long collaboration with renowned director Brian De Palma, beginning as an associate editor on the films "Dressed to Kill" and "Scarface." Pankow graduated to editor on "Body Double" and continued his affiliation with De Palma on such films as "The Untouchables," "Casualties of War," "Carlito's Way," "Redacted," and "Femme Fatale," for which he received the Seattle Film Critics Best Editing award for 2002. Bill has also collaborated with Charles Stone III on his films "Drumline," "Paid In Full" and "Mr. 3000 "and with Jean Francois Richet on "Assault On Precinct 13." "Carlito's Way" is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, base...

Film editor Jeffrey Wolf, ACE on "Beautiful Girls." From Manhattan Edit Workshop's "Critical Ends" series, featuring award winning editors discussing their craft as a part of our Six Week Editing Intensive. For more information on Manhattan Edit Workshop's Six Week Editing Intensive and Artist In Residence program please visit: mewshop.com/six_week_workshop/ Jeffrey Wolf, ACE, worked with director Ted Demme on "The Ref," "Beautiful Girls," "Monument Avenue" and "Life." He also edited the award-winning film "Holes," "Penn & Teller get Killed" and "Billy Madison." He also worked on "The Longshots" starring Ice-Cube, and directed his first film, the documentary, "James Castle, Portait of an Artist." "Beautiful Girls" is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Ted Demme from a screenplay written by Scott Rosenberg, starring Matt Dillon, Lau...

Artist in Residence Jeffrey Wolf, ACE on SNL Skit "White Like Me." From Manhattan Edit Workshop's "Critical Ends" series, featuring award winning editors discussing their craft as a part of our Six Week Editing Intensive. For more information on Manhattan Edit Workshop's Six Week Editing Intensive and Artist In Residence program please visit: mewshop.com/six_week_workshop/ Jeffrey Wolf, ACE, worked with director Ted Demme on "The Ref," "Beautiful Girls," "Monument Avenue" and "Life." He also edited the award-winning film "Holes," "Penn & Teller get Killed" and "Billy Madison." He also worked on "The Longshots" starring Ice-Cube, and directed his first film, the documentary, "James Castle, Portait of an Artist." In "White Like Me," from Saturday Night Live sketch in the mid 1980’s, Eddie Murphy goes undercover using makeup to see what it is like to ...

New York, New York - October 18, 2016 - As the leader in post-production training and certification, Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop) , has produced, over a number of years, a wealth of video content. Already known for its " Sight, Sound & Story " speaker series and Six-Week Art of Editing course , MEWShop is expanding its purview to web content. That content is available on YouTube.com/MEWShop , from interviews with award-winning editors and cinematographers, to how-to videos detailing step-by-step edit processes. MEWTube is home to more than 400 videos from MEWShop's " Sight, Sound & Story " event series; including documentary editors, cinematographers, VFX artists, and exclusive interviews with dozens of top visual storytellers like Anne V. Coates, ACE  ( Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man) , Michael Kahn, ACE ( Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park) , William Goldenberg, ACE ( The Imitation Game, Argo ), Kelley Dixon, ACE ( Breaking Bad ), A...

Making the Cut with Bobbie O'Steen Course Series - Promo Video from Manhattan Edit Workshop on Vimeo . The purpose of these classes is to understand the art and technique of master editors. How do they decide what shot to use and when exactly to cut in and out of that shot? How do they shape actors’ performances and fit the puzzle pieces together to make a story work? O’Steen will reveal the wisdom and strategies of master editors by taking you through a cut-by-cut analysis of many classic movie scenes, based on interviews from her popular books, panels, and event series. Ultimately, you’ll develop a deeper knowledge of the thinking behind the editing process, empowering you to become a better editor and storyteller yourself. “O'Steen uses her insider knowledge and sensitivity to the work of editors to expose the techniques, or rather the feelings, and the instincts behind "making movie magic." - Editor Carol Littleton, ACE ("E.T. the Extra Terres...

Manhattan Edit Workshop  is proud to announce that acclaimed editor Mary Manhardt, will be our April 2016 Artist in Residence.  Mary's work includes   American Teen, Street Fight, The Farm, Angola USA,  and  The Great Chicken Wing Hunt . Mary recently consulted on and co-edited the Netflix hit "Making a Murder."  MEWShop Owner and Six Week Intensive Instructor Josh Apter says, “Having an editor like Mary in the workshop will definitely be a special experience for our upcoming class." "Her credits and experience are second to none in the Documentary landscape." Our next Six Week Intensive starts May 9th! For more information on our Six Week Intensive please click  here .