Post In Black

The director, producer and editor always had a love for film and pursued his dreams at a film school in Chicago. But defaulting loans due to the recession in 2008 forced him to leave Columbia College Chicago, and he and his family moved from his hometown on the outskirts of Detroit to Shreveport, La. Far away from his comfort zone, Calvin forged a unique way into the post-production industry. Taki...

Having began his career in the entertainment industry at the early age of 14, writer, producer and editor, Ri-Karlo Handy's pathway into post-production is largely due to a television production class offered at his school while he was in the ninth grade. This early learning opportunity gave him the skills he needed to jump-start a professional path. Sadly, those programs lost funding and weren't...

Our riveting conversation with Emmy-nominated editor Lillian E. Benson, ACE is refreshingly reflective and inspirational. With over 80 credits as an editor in film and television, Lillian's career spans over 4 decades. Lillian made history in 1991 when she became the first woman of color to become a member of American Cinema Editors. In 2022, she was honored with an American Cinema Editors Lifetim...

Peabody Award-winning editor, Dominique Ulloa, founder and chair of Ujima Entertainment Coalition, takes us on an awe-inspiring and brilliant journey as she shares how her unconventional pathway into post-production led her to creating her own company. Holistically unsatisfied with her career as a property manager, she decided to leave it behind and enroll as a full-time student at California Stat...

Award-winning editor, Taylor Joy Mason, of HBO's critically-acclaimed series, A Black Lady Sketch Show, made history as part of the first all-Black editing team to win an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming.  On this episode, Taylor talks about her HBCU experience at Howard University and it feeling similar to working on A Black Lady Sketch Show, how ma...

We learn that it was a series of ambitions and dreams that didn't happen, that helped steer James D. Wilcox, ACE, into a vastly successful career as an editor and director. Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and later, going on to attend Clark Atlanta University, James secured a series of internships that helped usher him into a career as a news editor. It was at that moment that James insists...

Born and raised in South Central, Los Angeles, ADR and Foley Re-Recording Mixer, Jesse Dodd has an astonishingly long list of credits that span decades. The California State University, Northridge grad's earliest projects were huge films, The Bodyguard and Thelma and Louise. Later on, Jesse's body of work expanded to include Abbott Elementary, Hacks, Bel-Air, Nope, Angelyne, Interview with the Vam...

Supervising Sound and ADR Editor Bobbi Banks' extensive career working in post-production in the entertainment industry has spanned 3 decades and her credits include over 120 films and series, like The Batman, Women of the Movement, Coming 2 America (2021), Coming to America (1998), Men in Black: International, The Best Man Holiday, The Incredible Hulk and Ghost Rider. For her work on “When They S...

On this episode of Post In Black, we talk to 3x Emmy-winning sound designer and re-recording mixer, Ken Johnson, whose credits include Netflix's First Kill, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Bigger, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Black Lightning, American Soul, The Quad, It, Ballers, Mission: Impossible III, The Amityville Horror and a long list of eclectic films and series that span decades. During th...

Madonna Wade-Reed's professional journey is an awe-inspiring one, decorated in good fortune, timing, talent and generosity. Some of Madonna's credits as a music supervisor include All American, Batwoman, American Crime, Smallville, One Tree Hill, Felicity and Reign, in which she won a Guild of Music Supervisors Award for Best Music Supervision for a Television Drama. Growing up in Montreal, Quebec...

On this episode of Post In Black, we interview visual effects producer and 3D artist, Bill Hudson. Bill's professional expertise spans a gamut of projects that consist of network series, animation, music videos, reality series, commercials, feature films and independent movies. His credits include Fosse/Verdon, The Good Fight (CBS), Dickinson (Apple TV+), Billions (Showtime), Ballers (HBO), P-Vall...

On this exciting episode, we talk to Editor/Assistant Editor Victoria C. Page whose post-production credits include Hightown (STARZ), Proven Innocent (20th Century Fox), Station 19 (ABC) and Shots Fired (Fox). Victoria also worked on A Wrinkle in Time, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures feature directed by Ava DuVernay that grossed over a hundred million dollars at the box office. Victoria received a...

Rare that you get two powerhouses in one episode but we managed. We got to chat with two multi-hyphenates about how they began working together in post-production despite being continents apart. Their pathways into filmmaking and editing are different but that didn't deter them from still managing to work together for the first time on “What Say What?!”, a wildly popular YouTube Originals series,...

Adam Lingo, Lead Senior Editor at National Geographic, has been working in the industry for over two decades. On this episode, we talk to Adam, an Earlham College grad, who stumbled into editing by accident while looking for work in the Washington, DC area. Getting hired as a researcher for a small production company ended up landing him his first editing gig as an assistant editor for that same c...

Post in Black is Back!!! Our host David Hunter, Jr. our Founder Daniel K. Hunter, and our producers Eric Johnson (SVP of Sound + Engagement) and Aurelia Belfield (Music Supervisor/Executive Producer) of Trailblazer Studios discuss our past seasons, what they look forward to in Season 3 and what they've been binge watching during our break.   Stay tuned for sneak peeks for Season 3 during the...

We meet again with Award winning editor, Terilyn Shropshire! Terilyn was one of our first interviews 10 years ago when Post in Black was just a blog. In our follow up interview with her we dig deeper into her post production journey, what events led her to major projects such as Eve's Bayou, Love and Basketball, When They See Us and the Old Guard, and why mentorship is so important to her. Visit a...

On this episode of #PostinBlack, Director, Head of Animation and VFX at Stept Studios, Ruel Smith discusses his discovery of animation through Disney's "The Lion King". Tune in to hear his story on how cultivating relationships led to the opportunity to work on projects such as #DareDevil, #Destiny, #GodofWarII and #TheBlackPanther. Visit anchor.fm/postinblack to support this podcast with a small...

On this episode of #PostInBlack, Film and Television Editor, Bradinn French discusses his journey from Wisconsin to Los Angeles. Tune in to hear his story and how he navigated through the industry from #Darkgirls to #Freshprincereunion and #americanhorrorstory. Visit anchor.fm/postinblack to support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Special Guest: Bradinn...

On this episode of #PostInBlack, assistant editor, Paul Alderman, talks about the power of visualization and how a successful career in the U.S. Air Force still inspires his career in post-production today. Visit anchor.fm/postinblack to support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Special Guest: Paul Alderman (@paul_alderman) Host: David Hunter Jr. Executive...

On this episode of #PostInBlack, we talk to the co-founder of Sutchilee Productions and our very own, PreShus Lee, on how she turned tragedy into triumph. Visit anchor.fm/postinblack to support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Special Guest: PreShus Lee Host: David Hunter Jr. Executive Producers: Daniel K Hunter, David Hunter Jr, Tatiana Johnson Producers...

On this episode of #PostInBlack, Trailblazer Studios SVP of Sound and Engagement, Eric Johnson discusses how his fascination with sound at a young age led him to pursue a path in music production and helped him steer Trailblazer Studios into becoming a major player within the industry.   Visit anchor.fm/postinblack to support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future e...

On this episode of #PostInBlack, NBC Sports VP of Post Production / Digital Workflow, Darryl Jefferson, discusses his journey from children's programming to curating and supervising the production of over 4,000+ hours of content for the Olympics Games.  Visit anchor.fm/postinblack to support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Special Guest: Darryl Jeff...

On this episode of #PostInBlack , Compton Native and Award-Winning Editor, Daysha Broadway, discusses how Robert Zemeckis and her fascination with the technical aspects of film lead her to editing. Visit anchor.fm/postinblack to support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Special Guest: Daysha Broadway - @daybroadway (IG) Host: David Hunter Jr. Executive Pro...

On this episode of #PostInBlack, Music Supervisor and Executive Producer, Aurelia Belfield, discusses how she was able to successfully navigate the industry and find her calling outside of the major markets of Los Angeles and New York.  Visit anchor.fm/postinblack to support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Special Guest: Aurelia Belfield - @aurelia_...

On this episode of #PostInBlack, Deanna Nowell discusses how being enrolled in a film/tv program as a child and seeking intentional mentorship sparked a fire that would fuel her journey to becoming an award-winning editor.  Visit anchor.fm/postinblack to support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Special Guest: Deanna Nowell - @dnowell_edits (IG) @dean...