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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

EditFest NY 2010 "Cutting Yourself Out of a Corner" Part I with legendary Martin Scorcese editor Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE. For more information go to www.editfest.com. #EditFestny , #artofediting , #joepesci , #RobertDeNiro , #improvisation , #MEWTube , #MartinScorcese , #ThelmaSchoonmaker , #RagingBull , #editing , #MEWShop , #Editor , #ACE , #dialoguescene , #improvisation , #JakeLaMotta , #kitchenscene

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  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

Each March, college basketball dominates the month with the insanity of the "March Madness" tournament. This year Manhattan Edit Workshop has picked the top 32 edited narrative feature film scenes to face off for "March Edit Madness"!  The best edited s cene's continue to do battle in ROUND TWO each day on Manhattan Edit  Workshop's facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/ ManhattanEditWorkshop ), where the public will have 24 hours to vote on selected scenes moving on to the next round.  Below are the matchups! ROUND TWO March 23, 2017 EAST 1. Baptism scene in "The Godfather" vs.  4. Splitscreen scene in "Requiem for a Dream"    VOTE HERE:  https://poll.fbapp.io/ bzzfkc WINNER: WEST 1. Pool scene in "The Graduate" vs.  5. Phone booth attack scene in "The Birds"  VOTE HERE:  https://poll.fbapp.io/ lhtbvy WINNER: March 24, 2017 NORTH 1. Subway scene in The French Connection" vs.  4. 'How a...

Carol Littleton's body of work as an editor spans several decades and genres, from the 1970s to the present. She's perhaps best known for her collaborations with Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan, on films including E.T., The Big Chill, and The Manchurian Candidate , and was nominated for an Academy Award for her work on E.T.  MEWShop's Director of Education Janet Dalton, talked to her about her early career and how studying literature made her a stronger editor. 
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Editor Anne V. Coates, ACE discusses character chemistry in "What About Bob?" From "Sight, Sound & Story" on June 11th, 2016. Anne V. Coates, ACE, is a renowned British editor who has worked on over sixty films, including the classic epic "Lawrence of Arabia," for which she received an Academy Award. She has garnered four additional Academy Award nominations for "Becket," "The Elephant Man," "In the Line of Fire," and "Out of Sight." She was awarded BAFTA’s highest honor, The Academy Fellowship, as well as the Career Achievement Award from American Cinema Editors - and last year Coates was only the second editor besides Dede Allen to receive a career achievement award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.  About the moderator: Bobbie O’Steen is a New York-based writer and film historian, dedicated to sharing the editor’s invisible art with students, professionals, and the movie-going public. She i...

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...

Former Manhattan Edit Workshop Six-Week student Spencer Morin talks about his experiences with Mewshop's Six Week Intensive Program, as well as his work at Cause + Effect Productions on projects for MTV and Nickelodeon. About MEWShop’s Six Week Intensive Course The post-production industry is highly competitive, and knowing the industry standards – Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Avid Media Composer – is critical for success. MEWShop is the only school in the world to offer in one comprehensive, six-week course all of these editing applications, taught by certified instructors. No other program guarantees more time in the classroom or more working on one’s own machine. The Six Week Intensive Course takes students through each program as they work on various real-world projects to illustrate the distinct strengths and nuances of each NLE. MEWShop’s Six Week Intensive is also the only course of its kind that allows students to choose the footage they want to edit ...

Manhattan Edit Workshop Announces New Class Series with Film Historian and Author Bobbie O’Steen 'Making the Cut with Bobbie O’Steen’ courses explore the editor’s endgame decisions from inside the cutting room New York, New York  – Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), the east coast's top school in the post-production industry, for cutting edge certified training and for filmmakers learning the art and craft of editing, has just announced weekend dates for the ‘Making the Cut with Bobbie O’Steen’ class series this January 2017.  The purpose of this course is to understand the art and technique of master editors through screening and discussion of their work.  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 movi...

Former Manhattan Edit Workshop Six-Week student and assistant editor Jonathan Proctor talks about his experiences with Mewshop's Six Week Intensive Program and his work on HBO's "Vinyl." About MEWShop’s Six Week Intensive Course The post-production industry is highly competitive, and knowing the industry standards – Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Avid Media Composer – is critical for success. MEWShop is the only school in the world to offer in one comprehensive, six-week course all of these editing applications, taught by certified instructors. No other program guarantees more time in the classroom or more working on one’s own machine. The Six Week Intensive Course takes students through each program as they work on various real-world projects to illustrate the distinct strengths and nuances of each NLE. MEWShop’s Six Week Intensive is also the only course of its kind that allows students to choose the footage they want to edit on the platform the...

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...

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 Terrestrial," "The Big Chill")  About the classes:  Making The Cut with Bobbie O'Steen: Volume 1 ...