Charlotte Zwerin (born Charlotte Mitchell, August 15, 1931, Detroit, Michigan – January 22, 2004, Manhattan) was a documentary film director and editor best known for work concerning artists or musicians, although she also made films concerning other subjects.
She studied at Wayne State University and established a film society there. After this she moved to New York City where she worked with Albert and David Maysles. Among her notable works with them is Salesman and Gimme Shelter.[1] This work gained them some notoriety due to it filming the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter. She later did work on her own, most notably Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. She died of lung cancer in 2004. Her last editing project was as Story Consultant on the 2003 documentary film "West 47th Street" [2]She was the first wife of jazz trombonist Mike Zwerin.[3]