Terilyn A Shropshire

Editor

Terilyn A. Shropshire collaborates with some of the industry's most talented filmmakers. Recently, Shropshire worked with Halle Berry on BRUISED, a film marking Berry's fierce directorial debut. As editor of Netflix's 2020 action movie hit, THE OLD GUARD, Shropshire continued to build upon her over twenty-year creative partnership with director Gina Prince-Bythewood.

In 2019, Shropshire received an American Cinema Editors Eddie nomination for her work on Part 1 of Netflix's 4-part mini-series WHEN THEY SEE US, directed by Ava DuVernay.

Shropshire's distinctive roster includes feature films, such as MISS BALA, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, BEYOND THE LIGHTS, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, and LOVE AND BASKETBALL, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, as well as Kasi Lemmon's films, EVE’S BAYOU, THE CAVEMAN’S VALENTINE, TALK TO ME, and BLACK NATIVITY.

Other notable work includes: SPARKLE, JUMPING THE BROOM, AMERICAN VIOLET, WAIST DEEP, DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN, BIKER BOYZ, and COPS AND ROBBERS, a Peabody award-winning animated short on social justice.

Shropshire earned an Emmy nomination for the Lifetime Achievement Award tribute to Sidney Poitier for the 74th Annual Academy Awards and an ACE Eddie Award for REDEMPTION: THE STAN TOOKIE WILLIAMS STORY.

Shropshire's career success crosses media platforms, contributing to TV projects such as HBO special BETWEEN THE WOLD AND ME, the pilot for MARVEL’S CLOAK & DAGGER, SHOTS FIRED, QUANTICO, and the soon to be released WOMAN OF THE MOVEMENT.

Shropshire earned dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Cinema at the University of Southern California. She serves on the Board of Governors at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Board of American Cinema Editors. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Diversity Committee of the Motion Picture Editor's Guild. She is the recipient of the 2021 Sundance Institute/Adobe Mentorship Award for her commitment to supporting the future's rising stars in the craft.