Maryann Brandon

Maryann R. Brandon, is a film editor who, along with Mary Jo Markey, edited and 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' (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 (1988). Her earliest works as head film editor were (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 Robert Picardo and 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 (2007) and (2010).
Brandon edited Abrams' (2011), the short comedy Baby Love (2012) on which she also worked as co-director, and (2014, with Bruce Greenwood).
She worked again with Markey as editors on Abrams' , released in 2015. For this work she received an Academy Award nomination in the category Film Editing. 
== Other Trek connections ==
Other projects edited by Brandon which feature the work of other Star Trek alumni include:
* Bingo (1991 film) featuring Suzie Plakson
* Caught in the Act (1993 TV movie) featuring Leslie Hope, Jack Kehler and Kevin Tighe
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Category:Film editors
Category:ACE Eddie Award nominees