Artists in Residence
The Artist-in-Residence Program is a core component of Manhattan Edit Workshop's Six Week Art of Editing Course. Top film editors join the class to screen and discuss their work, while students share their edits for comments and critique.
Our Resident Artists include some of the best in the business: Alan Heim (All That Jazz*, Network*), David Salter (Finding Nemo*, Toy Story 2), Andrew Mondshein (What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Sixth Sense), John Gilroy (Michael Clayton*, Tumbleweeds), Stephen Rotter (The Right Stuff*, Enchanted, The World According to Garp), Curtiss Clayton (My Own Private Idaho, The Assasination of Jesse James), Carol Littleton (E.T.*, Grand Canyon), Christopher Tellefsen (Capote*, The People vs. Larry Flint), Lee Percy (Reversal of Fortune*, Boys Don't Cry*), Tom Haneke (American Dream*, He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'*), Keith Reamer (I Shot Andy Warhol, Suffering Man's Charity), Meg Reticker (30 Rock, The Wire, Big Love), Jean Tsien (Travis, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, Shut Up & Sing), Michael Berenbaum (Before Night Falls, Sex and The City), Bill Pankow (Drumline, The Untouchables*) Larry Silk (Marjoe*, Wildman Blues), Kate Sanford (The Wire, Sex and The City), Bobbie O'Steen (Tess, "The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic") and Norman Hollyn (Heathers, "The Film Editing Room Handbook").
*Academy Award winner
Click a name below for a full Artist in Residence bio.
Curtiss Clayton
Clayton began an early collaboration with writer/director Gus Van Sant and edited some of his most significant films including Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, and To Die For. He also collaborated with director Jonathan Kaplan on his films, Brokedown Palace and Unlawful Entry. He has edited six features, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival including Buffalo 66, Sherrybaby, Polish Wedding, Female Perversions, Committed and A Matter of Degrees. He also co-edited The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and the Seattle International Film Festival winner The Blue Tooth Virgin.