Emmy award-winning editor, producer, writer for broadcast and independent television
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Filmmaker at New Day Films
- Editor/Producer at Shirley Thompson Editorial
- Past
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- Avid Certified Instructor at Avid Technology
- Editor/Independent Filmmaker at Shirley Thompson Editorial
- Education
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- Loyola University New Orleans
- Connections
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- Industry
- Media Production
- Websites
Shirley Thompson’s Summary
Shirley Thompson is an Emmy award-winning editor, producer and story consultant . She edits thought-provoking, social-issue documentaries for television. The documentaries she has edited have been awarded Emmy awards, Best of Festival Awards, Cine Golden Eagles, and the DuPont Columbia Award for Journalism, and they have screened at film festivals worldwide. She also writes and produces on-air promotions for PBS' Independent Lens, as well as trailers and sample clips for independent filmmakers.
Films broadcast on PBS include: Pidgin: The Voice of Hawaii (2009), Special Circumstances (2009),
Eating Alaska (slated for 2010), By Invitation Only (2006), No Loitering
(2001), Peace Talks (1997), Surfing for Life (1996), It’s Elementary (1995),
School Colors (1994), and Young Aspirations/Young Artists (1993).
Writer/editor/producer of On-Air Promotions for Independent Lens Series,
2004 – present. Script and edit doctor for documentaries.
Work samples & detailed bio at http://shirleythompson.net.
Shirley Thompson’s Specialties:
Editing, producing, writing, story consulting...
Shirley Thompson’s Experience
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Filmmaker
New Day Films
(Media Production industry)
1993 — Present (16 years )
Member of co-operative of independent social issue filmmakers who come together to distribute their films to the educational market.
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Editor/Producer
Shirley Thompson Editorial
(Media Production industry)
September 1989 — Present (20 years 3 months)
Freelance editor, writer, producer for broadcast and independent media. Documentaries a specialty.
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Avid Certified Instructor
Avid Technology
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AVID; Computer Software industry)
June 1994 — December 2006 (12 years 7 months)
Taught hundreds of editors introductory to advanced Avid courses as a freelance instructor for Avid’s Certified Training Program.
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Editor/Independent Filmmaker
Shirley Thompson Editorial
(Media Production industry)
August 1991 — July 1992 (1 year )
Produced, directed, co-wrote and edited Emmy award-winning documentary. Broadcast on PBS in June 1993. Self-distribute film through New Day Films cooperative.
Shirley Thompson’s Education
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Loyola University New Orleans
BA , Communications, Political Science , 1981 — 1984
- Activities and Societies:
- News Editor, Campus Radio Station
Reporter, Campus Newspaper
Additional Information
Shirley Thompson’s Websites:
Shirley Thompson’s Interests:
Half-marathon walking, organic vegetable gardening, swing dancing, travel, social networking, local & sustainable eating.
Shirley Thompson’s Groups:
New Day Films,
Women in Film.Dallas
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Bay Area Women in Film & Media -
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TV & FILM JOB LOOP -
Post Production Professionals
Shirley Thompson’s Honors:
Bronze Award for Experimental Film at the 2008 Worldfest Houston Film Festival
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 2000 Northern California
Emmy Award, Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Shirley Thompson’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
