Molly Shock is an American film and television film editor, a two-time ACE Award nominee and a two-time

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nominee. She is a member of

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. and serves on the board of directors for the

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Early life and education

Shock earned a B.A. in communications from

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. LMU enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largest Catholic university on the west coast of the ...

in Los Angeles, California. Her first job was at Davis-Glick Productions.

Career

Shock has worked on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Her work has been shown on

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and Lifetime. Shock's first Primetime Emmy Award nomination was in 2005 for "Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)", for the TV show, '' Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy''. Her second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming" was in 2012 for the TV show ''Project Runway''. Shock's first ACE Award ("Eddie") nomination for "Best Edited Reality Series" was for the TV show ''Expedition Africa, "Stanley and Livingstone''". She earned her second ACE Award nomination in 2012 for "Best Edited Reality Series" for the TV show ''Beyond Scared Straight, "Chowchilla"''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shock, Molly Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Loyola Marymount University alumni American film editors