Michelle Tesoro is an American film editor. She is best known for her work on the television miniseries '' The Queen's Gambit'' (2020), which earned her an ACE Eddie Award and a

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Life

Michelle Tesoro grew up in

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. She attended Whitney M. Young High School, studied at the

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and graduated at the

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. She started her career as DVD and promo editor at ABKCO Music & Records in

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.
Natural Selection Press Kit
'. In: cinemaguild.com, access date 8 November 2020. In 2005 she moved to

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. Soon she became assistant editor for film and TV productions. Since 2007 she started to edit TV productions like '' The Mimi & Flo Show'', ''

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'' and '' In Treatment''. Her work for the dramedy ''

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'' was awarded the prize for best editing at the

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2011.Brendan Bettinger:
SXSW 2011: Natural Selection Wins 7 Awards Including Best Narrative Feature
'. In: collider.com, 15 March 2011.

Selected filmography

* 2007: The Mimi & Flo Show (TV series, 3 episodes) * 2008:

(TV series, 2 episodes) * 2009–2010: In Treatment (TV series, 17 episodes) * 2009: '' Women in Trouble'' * 2010: ''

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'' (TV series, 3 episodes) * 2011: ''

'' * 2012:''

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'' (TV series, 4 episodes) * 2013: '' House of Cards'' (TV series, 5 episodes) * 2013: The Newsroom'' (TV series, 2 episodes) * 2014: ' Revenge of the Green Dragons'' * 2014: Hoke (TV movie) * 2015: Flesh and Bone (Miniserie, 3 episodes) * 2017: When We Rise (Miniserie, 1 episodes) * 2017: Shot Caller * 2017: Godless (mini series, 7 episodes) * 2018: On the Basis of Sex * 2019: When They See Us (mini series, 1 episode) * 2019: Ballers (TV series, 1 episode) * 2020: The Queen's Gambit (mini series, 7 episodes)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tesoro, Michelle Living people American film editors American women film editors People from Chicago Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women