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Joi McMillon is an American . In 2003, she graduated from Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts. McMillon is known for her work on the -winning film Moonlight (2016), and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), both winning several respective accolades.


Career
McMillon initially planned to be a journalist, but a high school field trip to Universal Studios introduced her to the craft of editing and inspired her to apply to . She attended Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts, graduating in 2003.

In 2017, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing (shared with ) at the 89th Academy Awards. McMillon is the first black woman to be nominated for an Oscar for film editing. said of her nomination in 2017: "I respect her work. It makes me very proud of the work she did to see that I'm not the only one. Clearly all these folks in the academy respected the work she did as well." McMillon also won (with Nat Sanders) Best Film Editing for her work on Moonlight at the 2017 Spirit Awards.

Since then, she has edited numerous films and a television series. In 2018, she collaborated with Nat Sanders again on the editing of If Beale Street Could Talk. In 2020, McMillon cut together Zola with filmmaker . Zola went on to win 2022 Winner Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing. In 2021, Joi led the editorial department on The Underground Railroad, a limited series adapted from Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for .


Filmography

Editor
  • Blue Boy (Short, 2009)
  • Shades of Gray (Short, 2009)
  • Shoot the Moon (Short, 2009)
  • Chlorophyl (Short, 2011)
  • The Other Side of Silence (Documentary, 2012)
  • The Radio Gamers (Short, 2013)
  • Off-Season (Short, 2013)
  • SMILF (Short, 2015)
  • Anne & Jake (TV series) (7 episodes, 2015)
  • Girls (TV series) (1 episode, 2016)
  • Man Rots from the Head (Short, 2016)
  • Moonlight (2016)
  • Lemon (2017)
  • Hum (Short) (2017)
  • American Woman (2018)
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
  • Zola (2020)
  • The Underground Railroad (TV series) (2021)
  • (2024)


Editorial department
  • The Biggest Loser (TV series) (assistant editor - 5 episodes, 2004)
  • The Surreal Life (TV series) (assistant editor - 12 episodes, 2004)
  • (TV series) (first assistant editor - 2005)
  • Beauty and the Geek (TV series) (first assistant editor - 15 episodes, 2005-2006)
  • The Sarah Silverman Program (TV series) (assistant editor - 5 episodes, 2007) (first assistant editor - 1 episode, 2007)
  • Talk to Me (apprentice editor, 2007)
  • Taking 5 (first assistant editor, 2007)
  • Judy's Got a Gun (TV Movie) (assistant editor, 2007)
  • Columbus Day (first assistant editor, 2008)
  • (first assistant editor, 2008)
  • Not Easily Broken (first assistant editor, 2009)
  • I Can Do Bad All by Myself (first assistant editor, 2009)
  • Why Did I Get Married Too? (first assistant editor, 2010)
  • (first assistant editor, 2010)
  • For Colored Girls (first assistant editor, 2010)
  • Madea's Big Happy Family (first assistant editor, 2011)
  • (first assistant editor, 2012)
  • Madea's Witness Protection (assistant editor, 2012)
  • (first assistant editor, 2013)
  • Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn (TV Movie) (assistant editor, 2014)
  • Togetherness (TV series) (assistant editor - 5 episodes, 2015)
  • Another Evil (additional editor, 2016)
  • (assistant editor: live action footage, 2016)
  • Mr. Church (first assistant editor, 2016)


Other credits
  • Little Brown Boy (2003) (Short)
  • My Josephine (2003) (Short)
  • Straw Hat (2004) (Producer, Assistant Director)
  • Medicine for Melancholy (2008) (special thanks)
  • (2016) (special thanks)


Accolades
2016Best Film EditingMoonlightJoi McMillon
(shared with )
Alliance of Women Film JournalistsBest Editing
American Cinema Editors AwardsBest Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
Critics' Choice AwardsBest Editing
Central Ohio Film Critics AssociationBest Film Editing
Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest Editing
Independent Spirit AwardsBest Editing
Indiewire Critics' PollBest Film Editing
London Critics Circle Film AwardsTechnical Achievement Award
Online Film Critics Society AwardsBest Editing
Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest Film Editing
San Francisco Film Critics CircleBest Film Editing
Best Editing
Seattle Film Critics AwardsBest Film Editing
St. Louis Film Critics AssociationBest Editing
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association AwardsBest Editing


See also
  • List of film director and editor collaborations


External links
  • Https://foefestival.wsj.com/person/joi-mcmillon/

  • Https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Joi+McMillion/404747
  • Https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Joi+McMillion/404747
  • Https://www.filmsupply.com/articles/the-women-behind-the-film-5-editors-who-shaped-cinema/

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