Molly Shock is an American film and television film editor, a two-time ACE Award nominee and a two-time Emmy Award nominee. She is a member of American Cinema Editors.^[1] and serves on the board of directors for the Motion Picture Editors Guild.^[2]

Early life and education

Shock earned a B.A. in communications from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Her first job was at Davis-Glick Productions.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Shock has worked on Project Runway, Survivor, Top Chef, Last Comic Standing, Skin Wars and Swamp People. Her work has been shown on NBC, ABC, History Channel and Lifetime.^[3]

Shock's first Primetime Emmy Award nomination was in 2005 for "Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)", for the TV show, Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy.^[4] Her second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming" was in 2012 for the TV show Project Runway.^[5]

Shock's first ACE Award ("Eddie") nomination for "Best Edited Reality Series" was for the TV show Expedition Africa, "Stanley and Livingstone".^[6] She earned her second ACE Award nomination in 2012 for "Best Edited Reality Series" for the TV show Beyond Scared Straight, "Chowchilla".^{[citation needed]}