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In Marvel Television’s “Daredevil: Born Again,” Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course. (Description courtesy of Disney+)

Melissa Lawson Cheung is an Editor working in narrative feature film and television. Her passion for storytelling ignited as a young child, when she would dream of one day becoming a filmmaker. Looking to stay close to her family in Northern California, she found her way to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she found her calling in the post production realm. She graduated with a degree in Film and Television with an emphasis in editing. In 2000 she began her career at the cutting-edge television station TechTV in San Francisco, CA, and soon after began freelance-editing video games, promos, and independent films. Upon moving to Los Angeles in 2005, she focused exclusively on scripted film and television; she began with productions such as BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (under Ronald D. Moore) and RED TAILS (with George Lucas and Anthony Hemingway). Over the years she has served as Editor on multiple projects including many seasons of the television series OUTLANDER, the hit USA series MR. ROBOT from Sam Esmail, and a variety of projects with Director Peter Berg including PATRIOTS DAY and MILE 22. You can catch Melissa’s most recent work in the Marvel series, DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN, currently streaming on Disney+.

A native of Koreatown, Los Angeles, Cedric Nairn-Smith is a picture editor with over 20 years of experience in film and television post-production. Before assuming the role of lead editor, Cedricworked for many of his editorial heroes as an assistant film editor on features such as Terminator 3, Mission: Impossible 3, and Alice in Wonderland, to name just a few. During his tenure with editors such as Neil Travis, Mary Ann Brandon, and Chris Lebenzon, Cedric learned not only how to craft material at the highest level, but also—perhaps more importantly—how to lead a cutting room with talented assistant editors. A confident believer in the notion of collaboration, Cedric often looks to his assistant editors for fresh ideas or a new way of thinking. If he’s ever short on inspiration or stuck on a scene, Cedric is also known to watch the opening of All That Jazz for a breakthrough. Cedric’s early career as an editor include seasons of Bates Motel (A&E), Mr. Mercedes (Audience Network), and The Boys (Amazon). Recent credits include Ironheart (Marvel), Black Rabbit (Netflix), and Daredevil: Born Again (Marvel).

Stephanie Filo, ACE is a four-time Emmy, as well as Peabody and ACE Eddie Award-winning Film/Television Editor and activist based in Los Angeles, CA and Sierra Leone, West Africa. She serves on the board for Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone, a social impact and feminist-based organization for Sierra Leonean girls aged 11-16. She is one of the co-founders of End Ebola Now, an organization created in 2014 to spread accurate information and awareness about the Ebola Virus and its impact through artistic community activism.

Aside from editing television and film, Stephanie spends much of her spare time producing and editing social action campaigns and documentaries, primarily focused on the rights of women and girls worldwide. Some of her notable campaigns include her work with the United Nations, International Labour Organization, and the Obama White House Task Force's It's On Us campaign to combat campus sexual assault. Her charitable work has been featured in Forbes Magazine, Entertainment Tonight, Telegraph UK, Yahoo, Al Jazeera, XWhy Magazine, and various others. Her work on the news documentary series "Mental State" earned her an Emmy nomination for the episode "Aging Out" about youth aging out of the American foster care system. She earned an Emmy win for her editing on the Mental State episode "Separated" which covered ICE deportations, making herself and Nzinga Blake the first Sierra Leonean women to ever win an Emmy award. In 2021, she won a Primetime Emmy award for her work on HBO's "A Black Lady Sketch Show", making her team the first all-Women of Color editing team to take home the award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming. In 2022, she made history again as a member of the first all-black editing team to be nominated for and win both an Emmy and an ACE Eddie for "A Black Lady Sketch Show". In 2023, she made history again, as the first Picture Editor and first Black editor to ever be Emmy nominated for 3 different series at the same time. Most recently, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her work on the film "We Grown Now". You can catch Stephanie’s most recent work in the Marvel series, DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN, currently streaming on Disney+.