MEWShop’s one-day post-production summit returned to New York on Saturday, June 13th, 2015, at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway.  Panels included behind the scenes of unscripted reality TV, the art and processes of editing documentary film and the cinematic revolution of episodic television.  Our closing panel highlighted the career of Oscar winning feature film editor William Goldenberg, ACE with author and film historian Bobbie O’Steen.  The summit culminated with a gala reception and networking session for guests, panelists and vendors.  

 

Schedule:

9:30 am - Check-in

 

10:00am - 11:30am - The Great Unscripted: The “Real” in Reality Television

Moderator: Gordon Burkell (AOTG.com)

Speakers: Alanna Yudin (Ink Master, Mob Wives), Joe Schuck (Alaskan Bush People, Best Funeral Ever), and Julie "Bob" Lombardi (Teen Mom, Town of the Living Dead) 

 

11:45am - 1:15pm - Anatomy of a Scene: Deconstructing Documentary Films 

Moderator: Garret Savage (My Perestroika, Ready! Set, Bag!)

Speakers:  Andy Grieve (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, The Armstrong Lie), Zac Stuart-Pontier (The Jinx, Catfish), and Pax Wassermann (Cartel Land, Knuckleball!)

 

1:15pm - 2:15pm - Intermission

 

2:15pm - 3:45pm -  TV is the New Black: Television's Cinematic Revolution

Moderator: Michael Berenbaum, ACE (The Americans, Sex and the City)

Speakers:  Fabienne Bouville, ACE (American Horror Story, Masters of Sex), Sidney Wolinsky, ACE (Ray Donovan, The Sopranos), and Jesse Averna (Sesame Street, Monica’s Mixing Bowl)

 

4:00pm - 6:00pm - "Inside the Cutting Room with Bobbie O’Steen": A Conversation with Oscar Winning Editor William Goldenberg

Moderator: Bobbie O'Steen ("Cut to the Chase", "The Invisible Cut")

Speakers:  William Goldenberg, ACE (Argo, The Imitation Game, Zero Dark Thirty, Unbroken)

 

6:00pm - 8:00pm - Networking Party & Tech Lounge

 

General Admission:  $89