Melissa Parry

Melissa Parry has worked in the film industry as a freelance editor since 2005 on feature films, documentaries, wildlife, artist’s films and series. She is driven by a strong desire to keep refining her craft and has vigorously pursued opportunities to expand her skills-set as an editor through, for example, multiple workshops and masterclasses. Melissa holds the South African Guild of Editors (SAGE) acronym, was nominated for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative (2012) and has won multiple international awards for her work. In 2022 Melissa was welcomed by the American Cinema Editors (ACE) as an International Partner member and participated as a panellist in the ACE EditFest Global 2022 panel Editing for the World.