Sherril Schlesinger

Sherril began working in film in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. She then relocated to Los Angeles and has worked on over 30 feature films, documentaries and theme park films as an editor, visual effects editor, post production supervisor/coordinator, production coordinator and writer.

She often guides the post process from principal photography to delivery, which has given her the opportunity to use her creative, technological and organizational skills. She is well versed in Avid, Premiere Pro and Final Cut and understands the post process intimately.

Sherril's career spans a wide array of genres: comedy, mockumentary, romance, horror, drama, inspirational/spiritual, kids’ content, and animation. A few of the feature films that she has edited include Mr. Christmas, a romantic comedy for Hallmark; All-Stars, a mockumentary starring Fred Willard and several other Second City comedians; Curse of Mesopotamia, a Middle Eastern horror film; and Atlas Shrugged Part 1, an adaptation of the Ayn Rand novel.

Sherril’s diverse interests have led her to explore a multitude of subjects through the medium of documentaries - examining human consciousness (The Louise Hay Story); social conscience (the award-winning political documentaries Reconciliation: Mandela’s Miracle and Rush To War); and human resilience and perseverance (Women of the Gulag and Banner On The Moon.)

Her work in the theme park arena allowed her to expand into diverse formats in the world of 70mm, 3D and Circle Vision. She edited Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem a 3D Ride for Universal Studios which won both an Annie and a VES Award; and the 3D-animated ride, It’s Tough to Be a Bug (It’s a Bug’s Life spin-off) for Disney and Pixar. She was the Visual Effects Editor on Ellen’s Energy Adventure a 70mm circle vision attraction for Epcot in Disneyworld starring Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Nye and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Some of her other projects include segments for Sesame Street, The Dr. Phil Show, several scripted series for Brat TV, lifestyle series for Philo and One TV and branding videos for corporate clients in the tech and health sectors.

Sherril headed up the post production department for Uproxx Reports, a division of Uproxx Media (Woven Digital) dedicated to telling web-based stories about things that matter and people who are making a difference. She oversaw a team of editors and AEs.

She shot, wrote and edited a short film entitled: "Okavango: Journey To My Heart" (in Botswana) reflecting her deep love of nature and the inhabitants of the “wild spaces” that are left on our planet.

Making content that transforms, informs and inspires embodies her mission; and her passion: storytelling.