Ken Schneider (filmmaker)

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Ken Schneider, ACE is a director, producer, and editor for PatchWorks Films, a production company in San Francisco. He has traveled and made films in Cuba for many years alongside wife and film collaborator, Marcia Jarmel. They co-directed Los Hermanos/The Brothers, which tells the story of virtuoso Afro-Cuban brothers living on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm, one in New York, the other in Havana.[1] The film follows their parallel lives and poignant reunion through their momentous first performances together after so long apart.  

Outside of his directorial work for PatchWorks Films, Schneider works as a freelance editor and is a member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE).[2][3] He has edited over 40 feature documentaries for PBS, HBO, Showtime, and Al Jazeera. The subjects range from art and literature to war and peace, immigration, disability and social justice. A notable editing credit is on the Oscar-nominated, Regret to Inform, which the New York Times described as “unforgettable … exquisitely filmed, edited and scored.”[4] Regret to Inform was a Peabody Awards winner, recipient of the International Documentary Association Award for most distinctive use of archival footage, and a national Emmy Awards nominee.[5] 

Schneider has also consulted on dozens of documentaries[

San Francisco City College, San Francisco Art Institute, Chapman University, Harvard University, and New York University.[6][7]

Filmography (as editor)

War Peace and Human Rights

  • Regret to Inform | PBS’ POV Special (1998, documentary)
  • Geographies of Kinship | PBS’ America Reframed (2019, documentary)
  • The Judge | PBS’ Independent Lens (2017, documentary)[8]
  • Then They Came For Us (2017, documentary)[9]
  • Mankiller | PBS (2017, documentary)
  • El Poeta | PBS’ Voces (2015, documentary)
  • La Principita de los Andes (The Little Princess of the Andes) | Al Jazeera’s Witness (2015, documentary)
  • 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus | HBO (2013, documentary)
  • Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa (2013, documentary)
  • Into the Current (2011, documentary)
  • Have You Heard from Johannesburg?
    | PBS, BBC, South Africa TV (2010, documentary series)
  • Bolinao 52 | PBS (2008, documentary)
  • The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It | PBS Special (2000, documentary)
  • Iwo Jima: Memories in Sand | PBS Special (2000, documentary)

Art & Artists

  • Los Hermanos/The Brothers | PBS (2021, documentary)[10]
  • Orozco: Man of Fire | PBS’ American Masters (2007, documentary)
  • Ralph Ellison: An American Journey | PBS’ American Masters (2002, documentary)
  • In Camera: Naive Visual Effects; The Art of Eiko Ishioka; Method and Madness: Visualizing Dracula (2007, documentary)

Contemporary Social Issues

  • Beyond the Opposite Sex | Showtime Network (2018, documentary)
  • In Football We Trust | PBS (2017, documentary)[11]
  • Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story | PBS’ America Reframed (2016, documentary)
  • Havana Curveball (2014, documentary)
  • Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014, documentary)
  • My Favorite Neoconservative (2014, documentary)
  • A Fierce Green Fire | American Masters, PBS (2012, documentary)[12]
  • Come Hell or High Water | PBS World (2012, documentary)
  • Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice | PBS (2010, documentary)
  • Speaking in Tongues | PBS (2008, documentary)
  • Tale of Two Cities | PBS (2004, documentary)
  • Hold Your Breath | PBS  (2004, documentary)
  • Freedom Machines | PBS’ POV (2003, documentary)
  • Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town | PBS Special (2001, documentary)
  • Born in the U.S.A. | PBS’ Independent Lens (2000, documentary)
  • Lieweila | PBS (1997, documentary)
  • Ancestors in the Americas: Chinese in the Frontier West | PBS Special (1997, documentary series)
  • The Return of Sarah's Daughters | PBS (1997, documentary)
  • Making Peace | PBS (1996, documentary series)
  • School Colors | PBS Frontline Special (1994, documentary)

Filmography (as director)

  • Los Hermanos/The Brothers | PBS (2021, documentary)[13]
  • It's Only Rock n' Roll (2019, documentary short)
  • And Then They Came for Us (2017, documentary)
  • The Wheel of Life (2016, documentary short)
  • Havana Curveball (2014, documentary)
  • Open the Classroom Door (2013, documentary short)
  • Speaking in Tongues | PBS (2008, documentary)
  • Born in the U.S.A. | PBS’ Independent Lens (2000, documentary)

References

  1. ^ Huver, Scott (2021-12-15). "'Los Hermanos/The Brothers' Documentary Tells the Story of a Musical Reunion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  2. ^ "ACE Holiday Slideshow 2022". American Cinema Editors. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. ^ "Welcome New ACE Members". Cinema Editor Magazine. 72: 10. 2022 – via EditFest.
  4. ^ "'Regret to Inform': Odyssey of Loss and War in a Land of Languid Beauty". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  5. ^ "Ken Schneider". KQED. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  6. ^ "Release of Award-winning Documentary Feature Los Hermanos/The Brothers". Latin Jazz Network. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  7. ^ "Ken Schneider". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  8. ^ "Ken Schneider". BFI. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  9. ^ "UNAFF 2017: Awards". www.unaff.org. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  10. ^ "AIFF 2021 Award Winners". Ashland Independent Film Festival. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  11. ProQuest 1805459834
    – via ProQuest.
  12. ^ Kitchell, Mark (2014-03-25). "A Fierce Green Fire ~ How to Make a Film on the Environment | American Masters | PBS". American Masters. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  13. ^ Huver, Scott (2021-12-15). "'Los Hermanos/The Brothers' Documentary Tells the Story of a Musical Reunion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-03-18.

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