The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship was created in 2010 to honor the memory of gifted editor Karen Schmeer. Our mission is to support an inclusive group of documentary film editors through programs that help them grow as artists and build their community. By investing in editors, we affirm and strengthen the critical role editors play in documentary storytelling. Since 2010 we have supported 139 documentary editors, associate editors and assistant editors through our professional development programs. We currently have 27 fellows in our 2023-2024 group fellowship program.
If you are looking to hire for your next production or know someone who is, we have a sortable and searchable database of all of our program alumni and current fellows:
CLICK HERE FOR THE SCHMEER FELLOWSHIP EDITORS & ASSISTANT EDITORS LIST
We endorse the Alliance of Documentary Editors Guide for Documentary Edit Schedules which is designed to help producers, directors, and distributors plan a realistic documentary schedule, ensuring the most efficient and cost-effective edit while maximizing the creative contributions of the edit team. We encourage all to review the document when staffing your edit teams.