AVID ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - Amelia Allwarden, ACE Editor for Dune: Prophecy
December 3, 2024
Amelia Allwarden, ACE speaks with Avid about getting her start in the industry and working on Dune: Prophecy.
CINEMONTAGE - INTERVIEW WITH ‘SUNNY’ EDITOR AMELIA ALLWARDEN
August 9, 2024
Amelia Allwarden: How Drive and an ACE Internship Led Her to a ‘Sunny’ Editing Career.
Allwarden recently completed work on Katie Robbins’ series, “Sunny,” cutting Episodes 2, 4, and 8. The series follows Suzie Sakamoto (Rashida Jones), an American living in Japan, who is thrust into a mystery after her husband Masa (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and son Zen (Fares Belkheir) disappear in a plane crash. Set in a near-future Japan, Suzie receives a robot named Sunny (voiced by Joanna Sotomura), programmed by Masa, as a condolence gift.
Allwarden’s genre-spanning background proved crucial in her work on “Sunny,” a show that blends various tones and genres, requiring a nuanced and instinctive touch.
EDIT GIRLS - ARCHIVE 81 - INTERVIEW WITH EDITOR AMELIA ALLWARDEN
February 2, 2022
Editor Amelia Allwarden takes us on a journey through time and space with her editing in the hugely popular Netflix series Archive 81.
ART OF THE CUT - PEN15 (Podcast Interview)
July 28, 2021
Three of the four series editors join us on Art of the Cut; Matt McBrayer, Amelia Allwarden, and John Daigle. (Taichi Erskine was unable to make it due to work commitments.) We talk about friendship, the difficulties of editing improv, and finding the heart and soul of this warm, and often painful, TV show.
THE ROUGH CUT - PEN15 (Podcast Interview)
May 17, 2021
The PEN15 editing team of Tai Erskine, Amelia Allwarden and John Daigle (along with editor Matt McBrayer) form the post production backbone of Hulu’s original series. Starring and co-created by Maya Erskine (Tai’s sister) and Anna Konkle, PEN15 is described as a “middle school as it really happened” comedy. That is if two of your classmates were actually in their thirties!
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE EDITORS ROUNDTABLE
April 22, 2020
Originally airing on Hulu, hear from Amelia Allwarden, Tyler L. Cook, and Phyllis Housen, on portraying perspective, the importance of collaboration and representation in the editing room, and the scenes they fought for on the cutting room floor, in Little Fires Everywhere.
THE ART OF THE CUT - Little Fires Everywhere (Podcast Interview)
May 6, 2020
In this episode, Art of the Cut interviewed the editors from the Hulu eight-episode mini-series, Little Fires Everywhere, starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon. The show’s editors were Tyler Cook, Amelia Allwarden, and Phyllis Housen.
THE ROUGH CUT - Little Fires Everywhere (Podcast Interview)
May 4, 2020
On this week’s episode of The Rough Cut, editors Tyler Cook, Amelia Allwarden and Phyllis Housen bring the heat to Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere. The team talks about; not letting the characters get too “hot” too soon, their approach to cutting a show adapted from a novel, laying the groundwork for the show’s aesthetic and style and lots more!
HELLO SUNSHINE / AT&T FILMMAKER LAB 2019
September 17, 2019
For the second year, AT&T and Hello Sunshine teamed up to launch the Filmmaker Lab in partnership with Fresh Films. Amelia Allwarden was among select women interviewed.
AMELIA ALLWARDEN WINS BEST EDITING AT RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Lunch Ladies)
August 13, 2018
Amelia Allwarden took home Best Editing at Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival for her work editing Lunch Ladies. Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival is now in its 22nd year and is ranked as one of the top 10 U.S. festivals. It is New England’s only Academy Award-qualifying festival.
AMELIA ALLWARDEN WINS BEST EDITING AT MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Lunch Ladies)
December 14, 2017
Editor Amelia Allwarden took home the Best Editing Award from the 6th Mumbai Shorts International Fest for her work on Lunch Ladies.