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Mary Manhardt

Mary Manhardt is a documentary film editor and consultant, specializing in verite.  Her work has been screened at Sundance, the New York Film Festival, Hot Docs, SXSW, AFI/SilverDocs, Vancouver, Tribeca, LA and IDFA, and broadcast on HBO, PBS, MTV, ABC, and A&E.  Among her credits: The Farm,The Execution of Wanda Jean, girlhood, Farmingville, Street Fight, American TeenRacing DreamsMystic Ball, Monica & David, Love, Etc., Wham! Bam! Islam!, A Son's Sacrifice,  Bronx PrincessCamp Victory, Afghanistan, Pelotero, American Promise; Medora, Tough LoveDo You Dream in Color?, The Babushkas of Chernobyl, and Tig, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.  She recently finished co-editing multiple episodes of Making a Murderer, a 10 part doc series for Netflix.  Mary won an Emmy award in 1999 for Picture Editing for The Farm, and was nominated again in 2015 for co-editing American Promise.   American Promise won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance in 2013, and was an official selection of the 2013 New York Film Festival.