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Maryann Brandon A.C.E., is an American television and film editor. She is a frequent collaborator with J. J. Abrams. Brandon earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her editing work on the popular television series Alias, created by Abrams. Brandon was also an associate producer on Alias during its final season.
Maryann Brandon is known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Passengers (2016) and Super 8 (2011).
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Maryann R. Brandon, ACE is a film editor who, along with Mary Jo Markey, edited Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness for director/producer J.J. Abrams. She and Markey have both received an Eddie Award nomination from the American Cinema Editors for their work on Star Trek. Brandon has a daughter, Francesca Brighty, and a son, Tristan Brighty.
Like many other production staff members working on Star Trek, Brandon has collaborated with Abrams in the past. She was an editor on his hit series Alias, for which she earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series. She was also an associate director on Alias during its fourth season and even directed a few episodes. More recently, Brandon co-edited Abrams' first feature film, Paramount Pictures' Mission: Impossible III (2006). She worked with fellow editor Mary Jo Markey on both Alias and M:I III.
Brandon's first editing job was that of assistant music editor on the 1986 comic film Off Beat, which featured William Sadler, Mike Starr and Anthony Zerbe. She then worked as an assistant film editor for 1987's Black Widow (starring Terry O'Quinn) and Bright Lights, Big City (1988). Her earliest works as head film editor were All's Fair (1989, starring Sally Kellerman) and Race for Glory (starring Ray Wise). Her first television editing work was the failed 1992 pilot for The Witches of Eastwick, whose cast included Star Trek: Voyager star Robert Picardo and Star Trek: The Next Generation guest actor Erich Anderson.
Her other editing credits include the films Born to Be Wild (starring John Billingsley, Gregory Itzin, Alan Ruck, and Titus Welliver), Grumpier Old Men, and A Thousand Acres (featuring Keith Carradine, Bob Gunton, John Carroll Lynch, and Kenneth Tigar) and the made-for-TV movies Wild Card (starring René Auberjonois and Terry O'Quinn), The Hunley, The Miracle Worker, and Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story. She more recently edited The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) and Gulliver's Travels (2010).
Other projects edited by Brandon which feature the work of other Star Trek alumni include:
•Bingo (1991 film) featuring Suzie Plakson
Jan 7, 2020 · After working in the world of indie film in New York City after NYU film school, Brandon has not only been an important part of J.J. Abrams’ world — serving as a primary editor on Alias, and then on Mission Impossible III, Super 8 and two films each in the Star Trek and Star Wars worlds — but has also edited The Jane Austen Book Club, How ...
Apr 3, 2020 · It’s the final installment in our interview with ‘Mission: Impossible 3’ editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey. In this episode we do a deep dive into other areas of their career – and...
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Apr 25, 2018 · Editors on Editing: Glenn Garland, ACE talks to Maryann Brandon, ACE and Mary Jo Markey, ACE about editing the film, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS. ...more.
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Apr 10, 2020 · Veteran editor Maryann Brandon loves Star Wars. That's clear as soon as she starts talking about her latest film, Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.
