Michael Shawver

Michael P. Shawver (born 1984 or 1985) is an American film editor who is known for his collaboration with director Ryan Coogler. Shawver and fellow editor Debbie Berman collaborated on Coogler's 2018 film Black Panther.^[2] Before Black Panther, Shawver and Claudia Castello collaborated in editing Coogler's films Fruitvale Station (2013) and Creed (2015).^[3]

Michael P. Shawver
Born	1984 or 1985 (age 39–40)[1] Rhode Island, United States
Alma mater	University of Rhode Island '07 University of Southern California '12
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	2013–present
Known for	Black Panther (2018)

Early life and education

Shawver was born around 1984 or 1985 and grew up in North Providence, Rhode Island.^[1] He went to Greystone Elementary School then Ponaganset High School. He went to the University of Rhode Island,^[4] where he majored in communications studies.^[1] He graduated from URI in 2007,^[5] and he then went to the Los Angeles–based USC School of Cinematic Arts to enroll in the Master of Fine Arts program.^[1] He met Ryan Coogler in 2009 in a directing class, learned about Coogler's short films in the making, and asked to help edit them.^[6] Shawver edited Coogler's student films, including "Fig", which aired on HBO.^[5] Shawver completed the MFA program in 2012.^[7]

Career

Shawver's first feature-film credit as editor came when Coogler began work on his first feature film Fruitvale Station with Claudia Castello involved as editor. Coogler recruited Shawver, and Castello and Shawver worked as a team.^[8] The two collaborated as editors again for Coogler's follow-up Creed. For Coogler's third feature film Black Panther, Shawver teamed with Debbie Berman, and the two worked on editing over 500 hours' worth of footage. Since Berman was one of the editors for the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming, Shawver learned from her how to work with visual effects in editing.^[3]

Shawver collaborated with Coogler again for the 2025 film Sinners.^[9]

Filmography

Shawver's editing credits

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2013	Fruitvale Station	Edited with Claudia Castello	[10]
2014	Tell		[11]
	Warren		[11]
2015	4th Man Out		[12]
	Creed	Edited with Claudia Castello	[10]
2017	All Summers End		[11]
	Dirty Dancing		[13]
2018	Black Panther	Edited with Debbie Berman	[10]
2019	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Credited as additional editor	[14]
2020	A Quiet Place Part II	Commercial release in 2021	[10]
	Honest Thief		[11]
2022	Blacklight		[11]
	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Edited with Kelley Dixon and Jennifer Lame	[15]
2024	Abigail		[16]
2025	Sinners		[9]

See also

• List of University of Rhode Island people

References

1. Smith, Andy (March 3, 2018). "Rhode Islander Michael Shawver talks about editing 'Black Panther'". The Providence Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
2. Bui, Hoai-Tran (December 27, 2018). "'Black Panther' Editor Michael Shawver on Working With Ryan Coogler and Being 'Popular' at the Oscars [Interview]". Slashfilm. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
3. Caranicas, Peter (January 9, 2019). "Editing Duo Worked Together to Raise 'Black Panther' to Blockbuster Status". Variety. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
4. Shorey, Ethan (December 15, 2015). "NP native praised for editing work on 'Creed'". Valley Breeze. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
5. Staff (April 11, 2018). "Michael Shawver '07". harrington.uri.edu. University of Rhode Island. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
6. Leland, Amy (February 19, 2019). "Black Panther editors Debbie Berman and Michael Shawver". postPerspective. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
7. Ruiz, Renato (December 10, 2015). "Creed creative team comes home to USC School of Cinematic Arts". USC News. University of Southern California. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
8. Staff (July 23, 2018). "The Art of Editing with Douglas Crise, Claudia Castello & Michael P. Shawver". NYFA Podcasts. New York Film Academy. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
9. Staff. "WarnerBros.com | Sinners | Movies". Warner Bros. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
10. "Michael P. Shawver". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
11. "Michael P. Shawver". TV Guide. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
12. "4th Man Out". cinema.usc.edu. USC School of Cinematic Arts. March 10, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
13. "Michael P. Shawver". tcm.com. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
14. "Michael P. Shawver" (PDF). Worldwide Production Agency. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
15. Weiss, Josh (December 1, 2022). "'Black Panther' editor and VFX crew unpack 'Wakanda Forever' secrets, including fabled 4-hour cut". Syfy. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
16. Gleiberman, Owen (April 17, 2024). "'Abigail' Review: A Remake of 'Dracula's Daughter' Turns Into a Brutally Monotonous Genre Mashup". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

External links

• Michael Shawver at IMDb