Thompson: I’ve been a professional freelance editor for 32 years through my company Shirley Thompson Editorial, specializing in long and short-form documentaries.

Y.M.Cinema Magazine: Please let us know about yourself (short bio focusing on your editing career), as well as w hy (and how) did you choose editing as a profession? Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking, Photo credit: Liz BarneyĮditing can be arduous, but it’s so rewarding when the story starts to click and the film really comes together. Left to right: Sound recordist Alison Week, filmmaker Zoë Eisenberg, director Shirley Thompson, series co-producer Vera Zambonelli, cameraperson Liz Barney. At the Palace Theater in Hilo, HI, Shirley Thompson also co-directs and is the series co-producer of the Reel Wāhine of Hawai‘i film series, which highlights the creative work of Hawai‘i women filmmakers, and is produced with all women crews by Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking. Thompson is best known for the documentaries she has edited and/or produced, including Savvy (2020), Finding Kukan, (2016), Kū Kanaka: Stand Tall (2016), Winning Girl (2014), Pidgin: the Voice of Hawai’i (2008), Special Circumstances (2006), Surfing for Life (2000) & It’s Elementary (1996).

In this chapter, we interviewed veteran editor Shirley Thompson, which is a seasoned documentary producer, writer and editor, and a passionate storyteller. I’m building a community of like-minded, enlightened collaborators.

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Editing is one of the most important and powerful roles in the creation process. This episode and the previous one, deal with editors. The previous episodes were focused on cinematographers. Women’s Cinema is a series of articles by Y.M.Cinema Magazine that focus on the women in our film industry, with the goal of encouraging other women to pursue after filmmaking career and to provide a stage for female content creators in the filmmaking industry, regardless of their roles on set.

Shirley Thompson Editorial, Photo credit: Stanford Chang Women’s Cinema by Y.M.Cinema Magazine She believes that a good editor has to own a passion for storytelling, appreciates art and beauty, music, culture, and history. Thompson has started her career as a production assistant. In this chapter, we introduce veteran editor and mentor Shirley Thompson, who has been a professional freelance editor for 32 years. Here’s another episode of Women’s Cinema that is dedicated to female editors who made the climb in the industry.

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