Michael Shawver

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Michael P. Shawver
Born1984or1985(age 39–40) [1]
Rhode Island, United States
Alma mater
Occupation Film editor
Years active2013–present
Known for Black Panther (2018)

Michael P. Shawver (born 1984or1985) is an American film editor who is known for his collaboration with director Ryan Coogler. Shawver and fellow editor Debbie Berman collaborated on Coogler's 2018 film Black Panther . [2] Before Black Panther, Shawver and Claudia Castello collaborated in editing Coogler's films Fruitvale Station (2013) and Creed (2015). [3]

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Early life and education

Shawver was born around 1984or1985 and grew up in North Providence, Rhode Island. [1] He went to Greystone Elementary School then Ponaganset High School. He went to the University of Rhode Island, [4] where he majored in communications studies. [1] He graduated from URI in 2007, [5] and he then went to the Los Angeles–based USC School of Cinematic Arts to enroll in the Master of Fine Arts program. [1] He met Ryan Coogler in 2009 in a directing class, learned about Coogler's short films in the making, and asked to help edit them. [6] Shawver edited Coogler's student films, including "Fig", which aired on HBO. [5] Shawver completed the MFA program in 2012. [7]

Career

Shawver's first feature-film credit as editor came when Coogler began work on his first feature film Fruitvale Station with Claudia Castello involved as editor. Coogler recruited Shawver, and Castello and Shawver worked as a team. [8] The two collaborated as editors again for Coogler's follow-up Creed. For Coogler's third feature film Black Panther, Shawver teamed with Debbie Berman, and the two worked on editing over 500 hours' worth of footage. Since Berman was one of the editors for the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming , Shawver learned from her how to work with visual effects in editing. [3]

Shawver collaborated with Coogler again for the 2025 film Sinners . [9]

Filmography

Shawver's editing credits
YearTitleNotesRef.
2013 Fruitvale Station Edited with Claudia Castello [10]
2014 Tell [11]
Warren [11]
2015 4th Man Out [12]
Creed Edited with Claudia Castello [10]
2017 All Summers End [11]
Dirty Dancing [13]
2018 Black Panther Edited with Debbie Berman [10]
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Credited as additional editor [14]
2020 A Quiet Place Part II Commercial release in 2021 [10]
Honest Thief [11]
2022 Blacklight [11]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Edited with Kelley Dixon and Jennifer Lame [15]
2024 Abigail [16]
2025 Sinners [9]

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