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.  

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

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