Michelle Tesoro
{{Short description|American film editor}}
Michelle Tesoro is an American film editor. She is best known for her work on the television miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), which earned her an ACE Eddie Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Life
Michelle Tesoro grew up in Chicago. She attended Whitney M. Young High School, studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated at the Tisch School of the Arts.
She started her career as DVD and promo editor at ABKCO Music & Records in New York City.[http://www.cinemaguild.com/theatrical/downloads/selection/press.pdf Natural Selection Press Kit]. In: cinemaguild.com, access date 8 November 2020. In 2005 she moved to Los Angeles. Soon she became assistant editor for film and TV productions. Since 2007 she started to edit TV productions like The Mimi & Flo Show, Swingtown and In Treatment.
Her work for the dramedy Natural Selection was awarded the prize for best editing at the South by Southwest 2011.Brendan Bettinger: [https://collider.com/sxsw-2011-award-winner/ SXSW 2011: Natural Selection Wins 7 Awards Including Best Narrative Feature]. In: collider.com, 15 March 2011.
Selected filmography
- 2007: The Mimi & Flo Show (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2008: Swingtown (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2009: Women in Trouble (Cinema)
- 2009–2010: In Treatment (TV series, 17 episodes)
- 2010: Fringe (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2011: Natural Selection (Cinema)
- 2012: Luck (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2013: House of Cards (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2013: The Newsroom (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014: Revenge of the Green Dragons (Cinema)
- 2014: Hoke (TV movie)
- 2015: Flesh and Bone (Miniseries, 3 episodes)
- 2017: When We Rise (Miniseries, 1 episode)
- 2017: Shot Caller (Cinema)
- 2017: Godless (Miniseries, 7 episodes)
- 2018: On the Basis of Sex (Cinema)
- 2019: When They See Us (Miniseries, 1 episode)
- 2019: Ballers (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2020: The Queen's Gambit (Miniseries, 7 episodes)
- 2021: Flag Day (Cinema)
- 2023: Maestro (Cinema)
Awards and nominations
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|+ Major associations ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |
| rowspan="2"| 2021
| 71st American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards | Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television | rowspan="2"| "Exchanges" | {{Won}} |
| 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | {{Won}} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://editedbymichelletesoro.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|2026939}}
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Category:American film editors
Category:American women film editors
Category:Film people from Chicago
Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners