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SHERWOOD JONES Instructor – Filmmaker - Editor – Postproduction Supervisor [email protected]

Summary: industry veteran of 30 years in editing, postproduction, sound, and directing. Made over 20 short . Tutored 12 students in editing and postproduction.

EDUCATION: Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Master of Fine Arts in Film. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. BA in Cinema & Photography.

CLASSES TAUGHT: Film production, Ohio University. Taught film production to undergraduate non-major students. Introduction to Film, Ohio University. As a teaching assistant, taught a discussion session for undergraduate Film History course. Camcorder Skills, Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC. Taught courses on video production to video hobbyists. Film Connection. Trained editing interns on Final Cut Pro and Avid software through Film Connection, www.filmconnection.com

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY: Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Da Vinci Resolve

FEATURES, EDITOR: Comedy: 'S 2: THE RISE OF TAJ (MGM) BOTTOMS UP ( Home Video) A KID IN ALADDIN’S PALACE () HOW TO BE A VAMPIRE (CW Network web series) PASSPORT TO PARIS (Warner Home Video) OUR LIPS ARE SEALED (Warner Home Video) WINNING LONDON (Warner Home Video) HOLIDAY IN THE SUN (Warner Home Video) GETTING THERE (Warner Home Video) WHEN IN ROME (Warner Home Video) THE CHALLENGE (Warner Home Video) BETTING ON BAKER

Action: DIPLOMATIC SIEGE (Trimark Pictures) THE CHAIN (Tapestry Films/Warner Home Video) ESCAPE (Image Organization)

Drama: DOOMSDAY MAN (World International Network) REVERSAL (Reversal Prods) REFUGE FROM THE STORM (Inspired Images)

Suspense Thriller and Horror: BEAST OF BURDEN (Aloe Entertainment) FEAR CLINIC (Anchor Bay Films) RUCKER (Decadent Cinema) COME BACK TO ME (Idiot Savant Pictures) DARK AWAKENING (Atlantic & Pacific Pictures) INSTINCT TO KILL (American World Pictures) THE GRANNY (Tapestry Films/Warnervision) THE DARK POWER (Magnum Entertainment) ALIEN OUTLAW (Alpine Productions)

FEATURES, POST SUPERVISOR: NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ (MGM) THE FORGER (Vision Films) HELLRAISER III () A KID IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT (Disney) A KID IN ALADDIN’S PALACE (Trimark Pictures) VAN WILDER: FRESHMAN YEAR (Paramount Home Video) WARLOCK: THE ARMAGEDDON (Trimark Pictures) KILL THE IRISHMAN (Code Entertainment) BLOOD SURF (aka Krocodylus) (Trimark Pictures) DENIAL (aka Something about Sex) (Kushner-Locke) ABOVE SUSPICION (World International Network) PAYBACK (Tapestry Films/Trimark Pictures) THE LAST TIME I COMMITTED SUICIDE (Kushner-Locke) DARK TIDE (Tapestry Films/Trimark Pictures) SWING (Kushner-Locke) TANGLED () CRUSH(ED) (Raz Productions) STOLEN (Code Entertainment) WARBIRDS (Sci Fi Channel) REVERSAL (Reversal Prods) PASSPORT TO PARIS (Warner Home Video) OUR LIPS ARE SEALED (Warner Home Video) WINNING LONDON (Warner Home Video) HOLIDAY IN THE SUN (Warner Home Video) GETTING THERE (Warner Home Video) WHEN IN ROME (Warner Home Video) THE CHALLENGE (Dualstar Prods/Warner Home Video) ENDLESS BUMMER (National Lampoon) DIPLOMATIC SIEGE (Trimark Pictures) NATIONAL LAMPOON’S PUCKED (Sony Home Video) (recut & delivery) THE CHAIN (Tapestry Films/Warnervision) THE GRANNY (Tapestry Films/Warnervision)

Features, assistant editor: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (Fox Searchlight) ALMOST FRIENDS () DECEPTION (Miramax) (recut) LADIES MAN (MTV) AN AMERICAN CAROL (Vivendi Entertainment) YOU KILL ME (IFC Films) ENDLESS BUMMER (Endless Bummer Prods) HOUSE OF CARDS (Miramax) AN AMERICAN AFFAIR () 11-11-11: THE LEGACY (Epic Pictures) WARLOCK: THE ARMAGEDDON (Trimark Pictures) DEADLY EXPOSURE (Kushner-Locke) WILD HORSES () ALIEN OUTPOST (037 Films) THE CHARNEL HOUSE (Charnel House Films) MONUMENTAL (Monumental Films) A HISTORY OF RADNESS ( Studios web series) SECOND SIGHT (Canadian TV movie) DEPORTED (Deported Entertainment) BIGGER SPEED KILLS (Hannibal Classics) REALLY LOVE (Chocolate City LLC) LOVE, WEDDINGS, & OTHER DISASTERS

Features, director: THE FIRST TIME (Boncrate Studios) OFF-RAMP TO EDEN (Blindside Illuminations, LLC)

Shorts, editor: "The Reality of Doing" (Petulla Productions) "Heavy Load" (Johnny Stevens Films) “Dalton Got Hit” (documentary) “Close-Knit Neighbors” (documentary) “Addie James: Art Unbound” (documentary) “Poor George” (PG Productions.) ”Reverence with Clay: Crystal King Pottery” (documentary) ”Martha in Lattimore” (documentary) “Queer Knitter in the Queen City” (documentary) “You’re Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley’s School Dance Party” (Dualstar Prods/Warner Home Video)

Wrote, directed, and edited short promotional videos for Southeastern Eye Center, Carolina By-Products, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and N. C. Council on the Holocaust, as well as commercials for Choicenter Homes, Super Flea, Triad Toy / Doll / Sportscard Expo, and Lazer Toner.

AWARDS: American Cinema Editors Student Editing Competition. Winner, national editing competition conducted by A.C.E. for college students, 1984. Student . Regional Winner, narrative category, for thesis film The Projectionist, 1988. New River Mixed Media Gathering. First place, Super 8 category, My Love, 1978. Finalist, Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking, 2016.

RELATED EXPERIENCE: Postproduction Supervisor. Tapestry Films, 1993-2006. Boom Operator. PROBE (ABC TV movie), WARBIRDS (SciFi Channel TV movie), NATIONAL LAMPOON’S PUCKED (Indie feature), THE BONEYARD (Indie feature), BROTHER FUTURE (Feature for PBS’ “Wonderworks” series). 16mm cinematographer. Ohio University Football, 1983-84 season. Projectionist. Janus Theatres, Greensboro, NC, 1984. Studio crewperson/cameraman. WGHP-TV, High Point, NC, 1981-82.

LINKS TO CREATIVE WORK: clips from "The First Time" (10 mins.) (entire film is 73 minutes) https://vimeo.com/21092402 clips from "The Projectionist" (12 mins.) (entire film is 50 minutes) https://vimeo.com/21093114

Examples of professional editing work are visible at https://vimeo.com/user4650820/review/302976851/055e6ff8c1