Award-winning Filmmaker Erik Angra Is Youngest Person to Receive Sole Credit as Editor of a Ken Burns Film
buzzz worthy. . . Angra helped to crystallize ten years of filming for the riveting documentary, "Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War" NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2016 -- With his work on " Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War ," Erik Angra ( http://erikangra.com/ ) has become the youngest person to earn sole credit for editing a Ken Burns documentary. This accomplishment is no surprise to those who have worked alongside him and witnessed his filmmaking skill and intuition, both behind the camera and in the editing room. "Defying the Nazis" will be shown at select theaters in New York and Los Angeles, with a special screening at the White House as part of the administration's discussion of the Syrian refugee crisis. The film premieres nationwide September 20 on PBS at 9 PM EDT. "Working with Ken Burns was like earning a Ph.D. in documentary filmmaking," says Angra. "Burns and his Co-Director and Co-Producer Artemis Joukowsk...