Mary Jo Markey is an American television and film editor. Markey has been elected to membership of the American Cinema Editors society."American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04. She is a frequent collaborator with J. J. Abrams and Maryann Brandon.
Career Markey has edited several mainstream films including The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Mission: Impossible III. She has also worked as an editor on several television shows, such as three episodes of Felicity, Breaking News, Skin, fourteen episodes of Alias, and was also chief editor on Lost.
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 Maryann Brandon, 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 Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for her work on the film.
In her role editing Abrams' Star Trek, she reported she did not realize that he intended to make extensive use of lens flares and bright lighting, and contacted the film developers asking why the film seemed overexposed.
Filmography Feature films Year Title Director Notes1996Mariette in EcstasyJohn BaileyCo-edited with Greg Finton2002DawgVictoria HochbergCo-edited with Claudia Finkle2006Mission: Impossible IIIJ. J. AbramsCo-edited with Maryann Brandon2009Star TrekCo-edited with Maryann Brandon2010KillersRobert LuketicCo-edited with Richard Francis-Bruce2011Super 8J. J. AbramsCo-edited with Maryann Brandon2012The Perks of Being a WallflowerStephen Chbosky2013Star Trek Into DarknessJ. J. AbramsCo-edited with Maryann Brandon2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensCo-edited with Maryann Brandon2016The Great WallZhang YimouCo-edited with Craig Wood2017LifeDaniel EspinosaCo-edited with Frances Parker2019Charlie's AngelsElizabeth BanksCo-edited with Alan Baumgarten2021 The Eyes of Tammy Faye Michael Showalter
Television films Year Title Director Notes1996The Cold EquationsPeter Geiger1997The StepsistersCharles Correll1998Rhapsody in BloomCraig M. SaavedraMeteorites!Chris ThomsonGiving Up the GhostClaudia Weill2007Life SupportNelson GeorgeNominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or MovieNominated — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television2009Anatomy of HopeJ. J. Abrams2014The MoneyJustin Chadwick
Television series Year Title Network Episode(s)1998–2002FelicityThe WB142001–2004AliasABC142004–2009Lost12
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