Mary Jo Markey is an American television and

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film edit ...

. Markey has been elected to membership of the

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society. She is a frequent collaborator with

J. J. Abrams Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced such films as '' Regarding Henry'' (1991), '' F ...

Career

Markey has edited several mainstream films including ''

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'' and '' Mission: Impossible III''. She has also worked as an editor on several television shows, such as three episodes of '' Felicity'', ''

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'', ''

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'', fourteen episodes of ''

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'', and was also chief editor on ''

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''. 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

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, 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

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nomination for Best Film Editing for her work on the film. In her role editing Abrams' ''

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'', she reported she did not realize that he intended to make extensive use of

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s 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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