Candidate Detail

Midnight Piper Forman is a multi-hyphenate editor and visual artist with an extensive background in film production and cultural activism.  She was born and raised by funk musicians near the banks of the L.A. River.

She was awarded the First Look Award for Outstanding Producing for her work on Kerry Yang's subversive science-fiction film, ‘Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon. ’‘Genghis Khan’ screened internationally at festivals such as Cannes and Camera Image; winning multiple audience awards, support from the Knight Foundation, a Fox Fellowship for unique visual effects, and inclusion in CAA's inaugural Moebius Roster.


She has a Bachelors in Interdisciplinary Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a city where she spent half a decade producing boundary-pushing, collective public art works; followed by two years teaching critical urbanism in Barcelona and lecturing widely on her work in the arts-activism field. She returned to L.A. to complete her Masters in Film and Television Production at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she focused on post-production and hybrid storytelling.  

Basic Info

  • Reelgigs.com Signup Date*05/11/2020
  • Union Affiliations*Non-Union

My Skills

Editor - Avid
Editor - Adobe Premiere
Assistant Editor
Post Production Supervisor
Editor
Finishing Editor

Education

  • - 2015
    MFA Film and Television Production
    USC's School of Cinematic Arts

    MFA in Film & Television ProductionU.S.C.  School of Cinematic Arts - 2015 

    BFA in Interdisciplinary Art  -  School of the Art Institute of Chicago - 2005


    Production Management Skills

    Film, Television and New Media Development, Line Producing and Production Management with Industry standard tools such as Movie Magic Budgeting & Scheduling; Script Supervising & Breakdowns with CeltX, Script-E & Final Draft. End-to-end project management in cross platform film, new media, art, and social justice contexts.


    Post-Production Skills

    USC-trained Picture Editor, Assistant Editor, Online, Finishing and Post Production Supervisor.

    Skilled AE for VFX/DPX/RAW-heavy digital workflows & Online round tripping to 5.1 Dolby Sound & Color with AVID, FCP 7/10, Premiere, REDCine, DaVinci Resolve & ProTools. Also fluent in DCP authoring, FTP/HTML, ISIS/UNITY storage & 35mm Negative & Tape-Based Archival Management