Alumni Film Opening in NYC

Run for Your Life, a documentary edited by TEC alum Alison Shurman opens this week in NYC. The film, directed by Emmy nominated filmmaker Judd Ehrlich, chronicles the life of Fred Lebow who founded the New York City Marathon. After Run for Your Life premiered at Tribeca this year, Alison's work was praised by NY Times film critic AO Scott, who wrote that "The film's words and images... create a time-lapse picture of New York's renewal." Judd's next film, an untitled documentary about a magic camp, will be workshopped in The Edit Center's upcoming Nov/Dec 6-week class.

 

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Summer Speaker Series Ranges from 30 Rock to The Lives of Others

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The Edit Center would like to extend our thanks to all the editors who visited our summer 6-week classes: Affonso Gonçalves (40 Shades of Blue, Married Life, New York I Love You), Meg Reticker (30 Rock, Wet Hot American Summer), and Stephen Garrett (trailer editor for The Lives of Others, Half Nelson, Encounters at the End of the World). And a very special thanks to our alumni who were able to return and discuss their work: Michael Taylor (The Order of Myths, Day Night Day Night), Ramsey Fendall (Moving Midway), and Alison Shurman (Run for Your Life).

 

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Finishing Heaven Premieres at the LA Film Festival

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Finishing Heaven, the project of the Sept/Oct 2007 six-week class, recently premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The VARIETY review of the film singled out editor (and TEC alum) Amy Foote for how she "smoothly weaves in and out of the new and old footage." Finishing Heaven is directed by Mark Mann and produced by Independent Spirit Award winning producers David Shapiro and Laurie Gwen Shapiro. It has been purchased by HBO and will be airing in 2009.

 

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"Best Original Score" for The Understudy

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The Understudy, the project of the July/August 2007 six-week class, was awarded "Best Original Score" by the composers' union of France at the Avignon Film Festival. TEC instructor Kate Eales edited the film after the course, and it was directed by husband-and-wife team Hannah Davis and David Conolly. Next, the film will be screening at the Cambridge Film Festival in September.

 

Frozen River plays at BAM at Sundance series

Frozen River, winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature, starring Melissa Lo (21 Grams, The L-Word) and the project of the May/June 2007 6-week class, will be playing in the BAM at Sundance series June 8th. BAM at Sundance Series highlights the best of the Sundance Film Festival and provides sneak peeks of work being developed with Sundance Institute support.

 

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The Recruiter Screening in Theaters and on HBO

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The Recruiter (formerly titled The Army Recruiter), which was a project of the July/August 2005, September/October 2005, and May/June 2006 six-week classes at the Edit Center, will be screening in several places this summer. It is currently playing at the Cinema Village in New York City, and in June the film will open in the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. In July, The Recruiter will begin airing on HBO. The film was directed by Macarthur-winner Edet Belzberg and edited by Edit Center alumni Adam Bolt and Chad Beck (who edited the Oscar-nominated documentary No End in Sight).

 

Class Projects at Tribeca, Outfest, and FilmOut

Trucker, the project of the September/October 2007 class, premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. The film, starring Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives) and Michelle Monaghan (Made of Honor), was co-produced by Edit Center alum Riva Marker. The New 20, previously titled Fast Company and the project of the November/December 2006 6-week class, will be premiering at Outfest 2008 in July. You Belong to Me, previously titled Mama's Boy and the project of both the July/August 2006 and March/April 2007 classes, won the award for best First Narrative Feature at FilmOut, the San Diego Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

 

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Hotel Gramercy Park Wins a Special Mention at Tribeca

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Hotel Gramercy Park, directed by Douglas Keeve (Unzipped) and produced by Wendy Ettinger (The War Room), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last month and received a Special Mention in the category of New York State LOVES Film, Best Documentary. Harvey Feinstein of INDIEWIRE wrote that the film is "... a model of rhythmic doc editing and mise-en-scene, with colliding story lines that create sparks as they document seismic shifts in the New York City scene." TEC alums Mollie Goldstein and Cindy Lee edited the film, along with fellow alumni Ramsey Fendall and Anita Gabrosek as additional editors and Nick Bussey and Sarah Lynch as assistant editors.