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San Francisco Film Society Announces Behind the Scenes: The Art and Craft of Cinema – Master Class: Sam Pollard on Editing
Master Editor to Engage in Craft-Based Discussion on the Art of Film Editing, Friday November 2 at FilmHouse
10/1/2012
The San Francisco Film Society has announced a new master class with Sam Pollard, the award-winning editor best known for his narrative and documentary collaborations with director Spike Lee, 1:00 pm, Friday November 2 at FilmHouse, 1426 Fillmore Street, Suite 300.
In this unique master class, acclaimed editor Sam Pollard will lead an intimate in-depth craft-based discussion on the art of editing narrative and documentary films. Pollard's professional accomplishments as a feature film and television video editor and as a documentary producer and director span more than thirty years. His acclaimed collaborations as an editor with writer-director Spike Lee include Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Jungle Fever (1991), Juice (1992), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), 4 Little Girls (1997), Bamboozled (2000) and When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006). Among his producing credits are Eyes On The Prize II: America at the Racial Crosswords (1990), for which Pollard received an Emmy; and I'll Make Me A World: Stories of African-American Artists and Community (1999), for which he received the George Peabody Award; and Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson, which earned him another Emmy. Pollard lectures frequently and teaches film and television editing at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Master Class Tickets $25 for SFFS members, $30 general. Box office now open online at sffs.org.
For more information visit sffs.org.
For interviews, photos and press materials contact bproctor@sffs.org.
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive will also be hosting a discussion with Pollard on Thursday November 1, followed by a screening of Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues. On Saturday November 3, Pollard will introduce Tony Silver’s classic 1984 documentary Style Wars, which he coedited. For more information about film programs at the PFA theater visit bampfa.berkeley.edu.
Previous Behind the Scenes participants have included documentary filmmaker Les Blank, editor Curtiss Clayton, costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis, composer Mark Isham, animator John Musker, art director Patricia Woodbridge, special effects creator Phil Tippett and producer Sid Ganis.
Behind the Scenes: The Art and Craft of Cinema is presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive with major support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
San Francisco Film Society
Building on a legacy of more than 50 years of bringing the best in world cinema to the Bay Area, the San Francisco Film Society is a national leader in exhibition, education and filmmaker services.
The Film Society presents 365 days of exhibition each year, reaching a total audience of 130,000 people. Its acclaimed education program introduces international, independent and documentary cinema and media literacy to more than 10,000 teachers. Through Filmmaker360, the Film Society’s filmmaker services program, essential creative and business services, professional development classes, and funding totaling millions of dollars are provided to deserving filmmakers of all levels.
The Film Society seeks to elevate all aspects of film culture, offering a wide range of activities that engage emotions, inspire action, change perceptions and advance knowledge. A 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, it is largely donor and member supported. Patronage and membership provides discounted prices, access to grants and residencies, private events and a wealth of other benefits.
For more information visit sffs.org.
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In this unique master class, acclaimed editor Sam Pollard will lead an intimate in-depth craft-based discussion on the art of editing narrative and documentary films. Pollard's professional accomplishments as a feature film and television video editor and as a documentary producer and director span more than thirty years. His acclaimed collaborations as an editor with writer-director Spike Lee include Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Jungle Fever (1991), Juice (1992), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), 4 Little Girls (1997), Bamboozled (2000) and When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006). Among his producing credits are Eyes On The Prize II: America at the Racial Crosswords (1990), for which Pollard received an Emmy; and I'll Make Me A World: Stories of African-American Artists and Community (1999), for which he received the George Peabody Award; and Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson, which earned him another Emmy. Pollard lectures frequently and teaches film and television editing at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Master Class Tickets $25 for SFFS members, $30 general. Box office now open online at sffs.org.
For more information visit sffs.org.
For interviews, photos and press materials contact bproctor@sffs.org.
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive will also be hosting a discussion with Pollard on Thursday November 1, followed by a screening of Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues. On Saturday November 3, Pollard will introduce Tony Silver’s classic 1984 documentary Style Wars, which he coedited. For more information about film programs at the PFA theater visit bampfa.berkeley.edu.
Previous Behind the Scenes participants have included documentary filmmaker Les Blank, editor Curtiss Clayton, costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis, composer Mark Isham, animator John Musker, art director Patricia Woodbridge, special effects creator Phil Tippett and producer Sid Ganis.
Behind the Scenes: The Art and Craft of Cinema is presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive with major support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
San Francisco Film Society
Building on a legacy of more than 50 years of bringing the best in world cinema to the Bay Area, the San Francisco Film Society is a national leader in exhibition, education and filmmaker services.
The Film Society presents 365 days of exhibition each year, reaching a total audience of 130,000 people. Its acclaimed education program introduces international, independent and documentary cinema and media literacy to more than 10,000 teachers. Through Filmmaker360, the Film Society’s filmmaker services program, essential creative and business services, professional development classes, and funding totaling millions of dollars are provided to deserving filmmakers of all levels.
The Film Society seeks to elevate all aspects of film culture, offering a wide range of activities that engage emotions, inspire action, change perceptions and advance knowledge. A 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, it is largely donor and member supported. Patronage and membership provides discounted prices, access to grants and residencies, private events and a wealth of other benefits.
For more information visit sffs.org.
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