Malinda Zehner Guerra

Malinda Zehner Guerra is celebrated for shaping a variety of visual stories across television and film. Most recently, Malinda received an Emmy win and an ACE Eddie nomination for her work on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, working alongside an all female editing team for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming on the episode, “My Love Language Is Words Of Defamation.” Malinda has three previous Emmy-nominations for her editing work on VH1’s RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, A&E’s Born This Way, and Discovery’s Naked & Afraid XL.

Malinda Zehner Guerra is celebrated for shaping a variety of visual stories across television and film. Most recently, Malinda received an Emmy win and an ACE Eddie nomination for her work on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, working alongside an all female editing team for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming on the episode, “My Love Language Is Words Of Defamation.” Malinda has three previous Emmy-nominations for her editing work on VH1’s RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, A&E’s Born This Way, and Discovery’s Naked & Afraid XL.

Starting her career as an actor, Malinda discovered her calling as an editor and has continued to ascend in the competitive industry ranks. Drawing on her performance roots, she immerses herself in each character working to find the performance or cut that best brings the story to life on screen and fulfills the showrunner or director’s vision. Just as Michelangelo felt his job as a sculptor was to liberate the creation from the stone, Malinda sees her role as an editor in the same light. She works to find the nuances of a performance that can really add to the subtext and emotional life of the character. With a passion for socially aware projects, Malinda finds herself taking on timely issues and bringing new voices to the world with her work.

Other highlights of Malinda’s work include Third Wheel Material, which was an official selection at the American Black Film Festival, the Pan African Film Festival, and the Micheau Film Festival. Her previous credits also include E’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians, NBC’s Making It, and Discovery's Portals To Hell. She is a graduate of The College of William & Mary.

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Awards & Nominations

4 Nominations | 1 Emmy
Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming - 2023
  • Winner
  • Malinda Zehner Guerra, Editor
  • A Black Lady Sketch Show
  • "My Love Language Is Words Of Defamation"
  • HBO Max
  • HBO in association with For Better or Words, Inc., Hoorae, 3 Arts Entertainment and Jax Media
Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program - 2019
  • Nominee
  • Malinda Zehner Guerra, Editor
  • Born This Way
  • "Series Body Of Work"
  • A&E
  • Bunim/Murray Productions
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Structured Reality Or Competition Program - 2019
Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program - 2016
  • Nominee
  • Malinda Zehner, Editor
  • Naked And Afraid XL
  • "40 Days Jungle Rich"
  • Discovery Channel
  • Renegade 83, LLC for Discovery Channel

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Malinda Zehner Guerra, Taylor Mason and Stephanie Filo from the editing team of A Black Lady Sketch Show at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards Governors Gala
Stephanie Filo, Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason accept the award for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming for A Black Lady Sketch Show at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Stephanie Filo, Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason, the picture editing team for A Black Lady Sketch Show, backstage at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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Malinda Zehner Guerra, Taylor Mason and Stephanie Filo from the editing team of A Black Lady Sketch Show at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards Governors Gala
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Malinda Zehner Guerra, Taylor Mason and Stephanie Filo from the editing team of A Black Lady Sketch Show at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards Governors Gala

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Stephanie Filo, Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason accept the award for Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming for A Black Lady Sketch Show at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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Stephanie Filo, Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason accept the award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming for A Black Lady Sketch Show at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards

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Stephanie Filo, Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason, the picture editing team for A Black Lady Sketch Show, backstage at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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Stephanie Filo, Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason, the picture editing team for A Black Lady Sketch Show, backstage at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards

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