Michelle Tesoro
Biography
Michelle Tesoro is an American film editor. She is best known for her work on the television miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), which earned her an ACE Eddie Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Michelle Tesoro grew up in Chicago. She attended Whitney M. Young High School, studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts.
She started her career as a DVD and promo editor at ABKCO Music & Records in New York City. In 2005 she moved to Los Angeles. Soon she became an assistant editor for film and TV productions. Since 2007 she started to edit TV productions like The Mimi & Flo Show, Swingtown, and In Treatment.
Her work for the dramedy Natural Selection was awarded the prize for best editing at the South by Southwest 2011.
