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  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,...

Sight, Sound & Story: Live Goes “Inside the Cutting Room of Sam O’Steen” The Sight, Sound & Story: Live monthly event series continues in November with Author & Film Historian Bobbie O’Steen and a panel of seven editor s​ Manhattan Edit Workshop’s “Sight, Sound & Story: Live” monthly online event series continues in November with an in-depth look at the work of legendary editor Sam O’Steen. Inside Episode V :  This panel will honor legendary editor Sam O’Steen.  He first found acclaim for his work in the late 1960s, at a time when the studio system was crumbling, and independent filmmakers were captivating young audiences with personal, provocative narratives and experiments with sound, music, cinematography, and editing.  These shifts all elevated the status of the editor.  Bobbie O’Steen , who was Sam’s wife and collaborator, is a film historian whose book, "Cut to the Chase," is filled with Sam's behind-the-scenes stories on such landmark film...

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...