Cut to Black: Celebrating the Achievements of African Americans in Post

It’s celebration time! For each day in February, The MPEG African American Steering Committee is celebrating it’s African American members, as well as our Post Production legacies, milestones, fun facts and heroes. Our contributions to film and television are extraordinary! Today we celebrate… (Drumroll, please!)…

Cut to Black: Aric Lewis, Picture Editor, Assistant, Visual Effects Editor
Assistant VFX editor on the iconic “Black Panther” released on this day, February 16, 2018 Read more
Cut to Black: Kenneth L. Johnson, Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer
Winner of three Emmys and owner of Artistry in Sound studio Read more
Cut to Black: Shannon Baker Davis, Picture Editor
Known for her editing work on the upcoming feature "The Photograph," "Grown-ish" and much more. Read more
Cut to Black: George Bowers, Picture Editor
Edited over 30 films and worked with directors like Penny Marshall, Joseph Ruben, Eddie Murphy, the Hughes Brothers and Malcolm Read more
Cut to Black: Earl Watson, Jr, Picture Editor
Legendary career including classics like "Boomerang," "House Party," and "Everybody Hates Chris" Read more
Cut to Black: Bobbi Banks, Supervising Sound/Dialogue/ADR Supervisor
Credits range from “Fast and Furious” to “When They See Us,” and she won a 2015 Golden Reel Award Read more
Cut to Black: James D. Wilcox, Picture Editor
Won the 2018 ACE Eddie for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television for “Genius" Einstein: Chapter One Read more
Cut to Black: Sam Pollard, Former Picture Editor
An acclaimed editor and doc producer/director, and worked with Spike Lee on many iconic films, such as “Mo’ Better Blues” Read more
Cut to Black: Wellington Harrison, Picture Editor
Assisted on several TV shows including “Transformers: Robots in Disguise,“ and recently began editing his first show Read more
Cut to Black: Kevin Lee, Picture and Sound Editor
Credits include “Scarface,” “Malcolm X,” and the “Sex and the City” television series Read more
Mike Jones, Assistant Editor/Editor
Cut to Black: Mike Jones, Assistant Editor
Mike assisted on “Grown-ish” and “Ready or Not,” and just cut his first feature, “5 South” Read more
Cut to Black: John Carter, Picture Editor
John Carter edited over 30 films and TV shows, and was the first African American to be inducted into American Read more
Jacques Gravett, Picture Editor
Cut to Black: Jacques Gravett, Picture Editor
Picture Editor on tjhe upcoming Apple TV+ pilot and series "Swagger." Producted by Reggie Bythewood and NBA star Kevin Durant. Read more
Cut to Black: Anedra Edwards, Visual Effects Editor
"Known for her work as Visual Effects Editor on the DC Comics superhero show 'Black Lightening' on the CW Network" Read more
Cut to Black: Lillian Benson, Picture Editor
"The first African-American woman to be inducted into the American Cinema Editors society" Read more
Cut to Black: Glenfield Payne, Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
"A Primetime Emmy Nominated Sound Editor knows for his work on '4 Little Girls' doc, 'Beasts of No Nation,' and Read more
Cut to Black: Leander Sales, Picture Editor
My intro to picture editing was "Do the Right Thing"!" Read more