Maryann Brandon facts for kids
Maryann Brandon is a talented American film editor who works on both movies and TV shows. She is a member of the American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.), which is a special group for film editors. Maryann Brandon often works with the famous director J. J. Abrams.
Maryann Brandon was nominated for a big award called the Primetime Emmy Award for her editing work on the popular TV show Alias. This show was created by J. J. Abrams. During the last season of Alias, she also helped produce the show. Since then, she has edited almost all of Abrams' movies with Mary Jo Markey. One movie, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, was different because she edited it with Stefan Grube.
She worked with J. J. Abrams on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which came out in December 2015. For her amazing work on that movie, she was nominated for an Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for Best Film Editing. She shared this nomination with Mary Jo Markey.
When Maryann Brandon was editing Abrams' movie Star Trek, she said that she and the other editor didn't know that J. J. Abrams planned to use a lot of bright lights and special effects called lens flares. At first, they thought the movie looked too bright and even asked the people who developed the film why it seemed "overexposed."
Maryann Brandon's Movies and TV Shows
Maryann Brandon has worked on many exciting movies and TV shows. Here are some of them:
| Film or TV Show | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bingo | 1991 | |
| The Birds II: Land's End | 1994 | |
| Born to Be Wild | 1995 | |
| Grumpier Old Men | 1995 | (edited with Seth Flaum and Billy Weber) |
| A Thousand Acres | 1997 | |
| The Miracle Worker | 2000 | |
| Alias | 2001 | |
| Mission: Impossible III | 2006 | (edited with Mary Jo Markey) |
| The Jane Austen Book Club | 2007 | |
| Star Trek | 2009 | (edited with Mary Jo Markey) |
| How to Train Your Dragon | 2010 | (edited with Darren T. Holmes) |
| Super 8 | 2011 | (edited with Mary Jo Markey) |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | 2011 | (edited with Clare Knight) |
| Star Trek Into Darkness | 2013 | (edited with Mary Jo Markey) |
| Endless Love | 2014 | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 2015 | (edited with Mary Jo Markey) |
| Passengers | 2016 | |
| The Darkest Minds | 2018 | |
| Venom | 2018 | (edited with Alan Baumgarten) |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | 2019 | (edited with Stefan Grube) |
| Venom: Let There Be Carnage | 2021 | (edited with Stan Salfas) |
More Information
- Official resume: http://www.utaproduction.com/talent.php?tid=142&titl=2 at Innovative Artists
