Manhattan Edit Workshop is proud to welcome Curtiss Clayton as the Six Week Intensive's first Artist in Residence of 2008. Curtiss Clayton began an early collaboration with writer/director Gus Van Sant, editing Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues and To Die For. He also collaborated with director Jonathan Kaplan on his films, Brokedown Palace and Unlawful Entry. Clayton has edited more than two dozen other feature films, including Vincent Gallo's Buffalo 66, Jon Favreau's Made, Laurie Collyer's Sherrybaby starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and this year's The Assassination of Jesse James.