Transitioning from Docs to Drama

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Join us for a podcast with host Isabel Sadurni and New York\\u2019s top Editors, about how they consistently and successfully bridge the worlds of non-fictional to scripted editorial. Followed by Q&A.

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PANELISTS:

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ALLYSON C. JOHNSON

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(The Namesake, Vanity Fair, Monsoon Wedding )

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\\nSAM POLLARD

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(If God Is Willing And Da Creek Don\\u2019t Rise, 4 Little Girls, Clockers)

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TIM SQUYRES

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(Life of Pi, The Armstrong Lie, Syriana)

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CRAIG McKAY\\n

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(Sin Nombre,Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia)

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\\n ALAN OXMAN

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(Control Room, Happiness, Welcome To The Dollhouse )

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\\nMany established narrative editors have turned their hand todocumentaries, while others have worked in the opposite\\ndirection working as documentarians who crossover intonarrative territory. Whether working within fictional or non-fictional worlds -- we as visual storytellers are instinctively\\n drawn to elements common to both genres, yet thefilmmaking communities often exist separately.\\n What are the strengths, strategies and strokes of luckrequired to bridge the two worlds successfully?
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\\n ALLYSON C. JOHNSON\\u2019sFeature Film work includes: Mira\\n Nair\\u2019sAmelia,The Namesake, Vanity Fairand\\n MonsoonWedding\\n which received the Golden Lion for Best Film at the2001 Venice Film. Her television work includes NBC\\u2019sS\\n mashand\\n The Slap, The Wire, Quanticoand\\n Marco PoloforNetflix. She is presently editing Baz Luhrmann\\u2019s series\\n TheGet Down\\n for Netflix. Johnson received an Emmy Nominationediting the documentaryT\\n he Who\\u2019s Tommy: The AmazingJourney. Other rockumentaries include\\n Up From theUnderground\\n (Quincy Jones),S\\n ay It Loud(VH-1) and herTriptych short film\\n Kick Out the Jamsappeared at the\\n opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. She hasalso collaborated with such filmmakers as Spike Lee and\\n Griffin Dunne and Bill Moyers.
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\\n SAM POLLARDis an Emmy and Peabody Award winning\\n feature film and television video editor, and documentaryproducer/director whose work spans almost thirty years. He\\n recently completed as Producer/Director a 90-minutedocumentary titled\\n August Wilson: The Ground On Which I\\n Standfor the PBS series American Masters. His first\\n assignment as a documentary producer came in 1989 forHenry Hampton\'s Blackside production\\n Eyes On The Prize II:\\n America at the Racial Crossroadsfor which he received a\\n Peabody Award. Between 1990 and 2010, Mr. Pollard editeda number of Spike Lee\'s films:\\n Mo\' Better Blues, Jungle\\n Fever, Girl 6, Clockers, and Bamboozledand co-produced a\\n number of documentary productions for Spike Lee PresentsM\\n ike Tyson, Four Little Girls, When The Levees Broke.
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\\n TIM SQUYRESh\\n as edited several films fordirector Ang Lee;\\n Pushing Hands,\\n The Wedding Banquet\\n ,EatDrinkManWoman,\\n Sense a\\n nd Sensibility,T\\n he Ice Storm,Ri\\n de with the Devil,\\n The Hulk,\\n andCrouching Tiger, Hidden\\n Dragon.\\n The latter earned Mr. Squyres Academy Award,\\n BAFTA Award, Hong Kong Film Award, and [American\\n Cinema Editors (ACE)] Eddie Award nominations, as well as\\n the Golden Horse Award (Taiwan\'s equivalent of the\\n Oscar).He was an Eddie Award nominee for his\\n workonRobertAltman\'sAcademyAward-winning,\\n GosfordPark\\n ,whichalsoearnedMr.Squyresan American Film Institute (AFI)\\n Award nomination.His other feature credits as editor include\\n Stephen Gaghan\'s\\n S\\n yriana\\n ,\\n starring Academy Award winner\\n George Clooney; Paul Auster\'s\\n L\\n ulu on the Bridge\\n and\\n TheInnerLifeofMartinFrost;\\n andGeorgeButler\'sdocumentary\\n G\\n \\n oingUpriver:TheLongWarof\\n John\\n Kerry\\n .\\n \\n He\\n has\\n also\\n edited\\n \\n television\\n documentaries\\n for\\n Bill\\n Moyers\\n \\n W\\n \\n hat\\n Can\\n We\\n Do\\n \\n About\\n \\n Violence?\\n \\n a\\n nd\\n \\n A\\n ddiction:\\n Close\\n to\\n Home\\n )\\n \\n fo\\n r\\n Michael\\n Moore,\\n ESPN,\\n and\\n VH1\\n .\\n
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\\n CRAIG McKAY i\\n s\\n \\n an\\n award-winning\\n feature\\n film\\n editor,\\n story\\n \\n consultant,\\n director,\\n and\\n executive\\n producer.\\n Directing\\n credits\\n \\n include\\n Emmy-Award-winning\\n Bubbe\\n Meises,Bubbe\\n Stories\\n \\n for\\n PBS\\n and\\n HBO\\u2019\\n s\\n \\n T\\n he\\n Red\\n Shoes\\n \\n written\\n by\\n Jo\\n hn\\n Guare.\\n Documentary\\n credits\\n include\\n Br\\n avo\\u2019s\\n \\n H\\n aiti:\\n Dreams\\n of\\n Democracy,\\n \\n A\\n cadem\\n y\\n -\\n Award\\n -\\n nominated\\n \\n M\\n andela\\n ,\\n \\n and\\n PBS\\u2019s\\n a\\n ward\\n -\\n winning\\n \\n W\\n itness:\\n Voices\\n from\\n the \\n Holocaust.\\n \\n Awards\\n in\\n editing\\n include\\n an\\n Emmy\\n for\\n the\\n NBC\\n \\n mini-series\\n \\n Holocaust\\n \\n ,\\n as\\n well\\n as\\n two\\n Academy\\n Award\\n \\n nominations\\n for\\n \\n R\\n \\n eds\\n \\n and\\n \\n T\\n \\n he\\n Silence\\n of\\n the\\n Lambs.\\n Other\\n \\n editing\\n highlights\\n include\\n \\n Copland,\\n Philadelphia,\\n Married\\n to\\n the\\n Mob,\\n Something\\n Wild,\\n \\n Melvin\\n and\\n Howard\\n \\n and\\n many\\n others.\\n McKay\\n was\\n also\\n an\\n \\n Executive\\n Producer\\n on\\n the\\n award-winning\\n feature-length\\n \\n documentary\\n \\n A\\n \\n Normal\\n Life.\\n
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\\n ALAN OXMAN\\n \\n is\\n a\\n film\\n editor\\n and\\n producer\\n who\\n has\\n worked\\n \\n on\\n a\\n variety\\n of\\n narrative\\n and\\n documentary\\n films.\\n As\\n a\\n \\n producer\\n Alan\'s\\n recent\\n credits\\n include\\n \\n A\\n \\n Matter\\n of\\n Taste\\n \\n which\\n \\n screened\\n on\\n HBO\\n and\\n was\\n nominated\\n for\\n an\\n Emmy\\n Award\\n \\n and\\n \\n P\\n \\n age\\n One:\\n Inside\\n the\\n New\\n York\\n Times\\n \\n which\\n was\\n \\n distributed\\n by\\n Magnolia\\n Films\\n and\\n was\\n also\\n nominated\\n for\\n an\\n \\n Emmy\\n Award.\\n He\\n was\\n a\\n producer\\n on\\n Edet\\n Belzberg\\u2019s\\n \\n T\\n he\\n Recruiter\\n ,\\n which\\n won\\n the\\n Peabody\\n Awar\\n d,\\n as\\n well\\n as\\n on\\n \\n C\\n hildren\\n Underground\\n \\n which\\n \\n won\\n the\\n Special\\n Jury\\n Prize\\n at\\n the\\n Sundance\\n Film\\n Festival\\n and\\n \\n was\\n nominated\\n for\\n an\\n Academy\\n Award.\\n Alan\\n recently\\n served\\n \\n as\\n post-production\\n supervisor\\n on\\n \\n Inside\\n Job\\n \\n (Academy\\n Award\\n \\n for\\n Best\\n Documentary,2011)andproduceron\\n H\\n \\n otCoffee\\n \\n (Sundance2011,HBOSummerDocSeries).Hewas\\n the\\n co-\\n producer\\n and\\n supervising\\n editor\\n of\\n the\\n Al-Jazeera\\n \\n documentary\\n \\n C\\n \\n ontrol\\n Room\\n \\n (Grand\\n Jury\\n Prize,\\n Full\\n Frame\\n \\n Film\\n Festival).\\n His\\n editing\\n credits\\n include\\n \\n W\\n \\n elcome\\n to\\n the\\n \\n Dollhouse\\n \\n (Grand\\n Jury\\n Prize,\\n Sundance\\n Film\\n Festival),\\n \\n H\\n \\n appiness\\n (\\n \\n International\\n Critic\\u2019s\\n Award,\\n Cannes\\n Film\\n Festival)\\n \\n and\\n \\n Storytelling\\n \\n (Cannes\\n Film\\n Festival),\\n all\\n for\\n director\\n Todd\\n \\n Solondz.\\n He\\n was\\n a\\n consulting\\n editor\\n on\\n the\\n Oscar-\\n nominated\\n N\\n \\n oEndinSight,\\n \\n which\\n also\\n won\\n the\\n Special\\n Jury\\n Prize\\n at\\n the\\n 2007\\n Sundance\\n Film\\n \\n Festival.Alan\\n co-edited \\n U\\n nzipped\\n \\n (Audience\\n Award,\\n Sundance\\n Film\\n Festival),\\n which\\n won\\n the\\n A.C.E.\\n \\n Award\\n for\\n Best\\n Documentary\\n Editing.\\n He\\n won\\n two\\n Emmy\\n \\n Awards\\n for\\n Outstanding\\n Documentary\\n Editing\\n on\\n the\\n PBS\\n \\n series\\n \\n C\\n ity\\n Life\\n \\n . \\n