MANHATTAN EDIT WORKSHOP'S 15 QUESTIONS WITH EILEEN MEYER
/Check out Manhattan Edit Workshop's "15 Questions with Eileen Meyer" to find out what films have inspired her, what she does when she's stuck on a scene and more:
Manhattan Edit Workshop congratulates Eileen Meyer, winner of the 2016 Karen Schmeer Fellowship! Eileen completed the MEWShop Six-Week Workshop in the fall of 2011. We caught up with her to chat about her achievements since, including a Cinema Eye Honors "Outstanding Achievement in Editing" nomination for her latest film, Best of Enemies, a 2015 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize nominee.
1. Where did you grow up?
Durham, North Carolina.
2. What kind of film education did you receive?
My first job at 15 was at a local, independent video store that was walking distance from my house. The store catered more towards the new indy films that were coming out in the late 90s, so that was my first experience with films that inspired me to be a filmmaker, especially all of the Sundance films of that era. Later in high school I worked nights and weekends at an arthouse movie theater in Chapel Hill, NC and got my second dose of inspiration. I attended Hampshire College in Amherst, MA from 2000-2004 and studied documentary film. I lived in NY for a few years after college and worked for a small documentary production company. I was able to explore all aspects of the field, but gravitated mostly towards editing and producing.