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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...

Cinematographer Buddy Squires, ASC on following his instincts in "Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama." From Sight, Sound & Story: The Art of Cinematography on December 6th, 2017.   Buddy Squires, ASC is an Oscar nominated filmmaker, an Emmy Award winning cinematographer, and a member of both the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His more than 200 screen credits include two Oscar winners, seven Academy Award nominees, and ten Emmy Award winning productions. Personal honors include thirteen Primetime Emmy nominations with one Emmy Award. Squires also received the Eric Barnouw Award, a Crystal Heart Award, a Christopher Award, and a Golden Lens Award. His work is regularly featured at the Sundance, Telluride, and Tribeca Film Festivals. The Los Angeles Times praised Squires’ cinematography as “gorgeous… astonishing camera work.” Time Magazine has called it “visually amazin...

Cinematographer Julio Macat, ASC on filming the church in "Home Alone." From Sight, Sound & Story: The Art of Cinematography on December 6th, 2017. The first film shot by Julio Macat, ASC, was the huge box-office hit "Home Alone."  He then went on to photograph "Home Alone II," "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Nutty Professor," "The Wedding Planner," "Cats and Dogs," "Bringing Down The House," and "Wedding Crashers," all of which opened to the #1 box office position in the US.  The total domestic box office receipts of the films he has photographed is over $1.7 Billion.   His extensive credits also include the features: "So I Married an Axe Murderer," "My Fellow Americans," the remake of "Miracle on 34th Street," "Because I Said So" and "Smother," both with actress Diane Keaton, and the action picture "Ballistic: Ecks vs. S...

This upcoming December 6th, MEWShop's acclaimed speaker series returns for the third year with an evening devoted to the art of cinematography.  Join us as we celebrate the craft of visual storytelling from the masters behind the camera - we’ll go behind the scenes with some of the industry's best cinematographers in documentary & television and then explore the process of shooting narrative feature films with an acclaimed cinematographer. Wednesday, December 6, 2017 ​ Schedule: 4:00pm - Check-in ​ 4:30pm - 5:30pm - "In The Moment: The Art of Cinematography in Documentary Filmmaking" Moderator: Hugo Perez ("Neither Memory Nor Magic,""Lights Camera Uganda") Panelists: Joan Churchill, ASC ("Shut Up & Sing," "Kurt & Courtney," "Last Days in Vietnam") & Buddy Squires, ASC ("The Vietnam War," "The Statue of Liberty," "The Civil War," "Baseball," "The ...

This upcoming  December 6th , MEWShop's acclaimed speaker series returns for the third year with an evening devoted to the art of cinematography.  Join us as we celebrate the craft of visual storytelling from the masters behind the camera - we’ll go behind the scenes with some of the industry's best cinematographers in documentary & television and then explore the process of shooting narrative feature films with an acclaimed cinematographer. Wednesday, December 6 , 2017 ​ Schedule: 4:00pm - Check-in ​ 4:30pm - 5:30pm - "Thinking in Pictures - Perspectives, Composition, Lighting and Mood in Documentary Filmmaking" Moderator:  TBD Speakers:  TBD 5:45pm - 6:45pm - "The Golden Age of Television: Bringing the Look of Cinema to the Small Screen" Moderator:  TBD Speakers:  TBD 7:00pm - 8:00pm - "Behind the Lens: A Conversation with an Acclaimed Cinematographer" Moderator:  TBD Speakers:...