Mary Jo Markey is an American television and
film editor
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The film edit ...
. Markey has been elected to membership of the
American Cinema Editors
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society. She is a frequent collaborator with
J. J. Abrams.
Career
Markey has edited several mainstream films including ''
The Perks of Being a Wallflower'' and ''
Mission: Impossible III''. She has also worked as an editor on several television shows, such as three episodes of ''
Felicity'', ''
Breaking News
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'', ''
Skin
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Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have different ...
'', fourteen episodes of ''
Alias
Alias may refer to:
* Pseudonym
* Pen name
* Nickname
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film
* ''Alias'' (TV series), an American action thriller series 2001–2006
* ''Alias the J ...
'', and was also chief editor on ''
Lost
Lost may refer to getting lost, or to:
Geography
* Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
*Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
''.
She worked with Abrams on three of his television shows (''Felicity'', ''Alias'', and ''Lost''), and on almost all of his feature films as director with
Maryann Brandon, with ''
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' being the lone exception.
Markey worked with Abrams on ''
Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', which was released in December 2015.
Along with her co-editor Brandon, she received an
Academy Award
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nomination for
Best Film Editing for her work on the film.
In her role editing Abrams' ''
Star Trek
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'', she reported she did not realize that he intended to make extensive use of
lens flares and bright lighting, and contacted the film developers asking why the film seemed overexposed.
Filmography
Feature films
Television films
Television series
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American film editors
American Cinema Editors
Place of birth missing (living people)
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