Biography

Deanna Nowell, ACE is an award-winning television and film editor whose work spans some of the industry's most high-profile studios and networks. She began her career at Turner Studios, editing promos for TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network, and contributing additional editing to the Emmy Award-winning Inside the NBA. While at Turner, she also honed her craft in independent cinema, editing shorts and features before landing her first studio feature, Three Can Play That Game (Sony/Rainforest Films).

Over the course of her career, Nowell has brought her editorial expertise to projects for Marvel Studios, Netflix, NBC, BET, OWN, SyFy, Nickelodeon, and Lionsgate, among others. Her notable credits include Ironheart (Marvel/Disney+), Grand Crew (NBC), Beauty in Black (Netflix), Sacrifice (BET+), Raising Dion (Netflix), Ambitions (OWN/Will Packer Productions), Sistas (BET/Tyler Perry Studios), Superstition (SyFy/Netflix), and Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK (BET). Her feature work includes Operation Aunties (AMC Networks), Echo at 11 Oak Drive (Symmetry Entertainment), and the acclaimed documentary Cheating the Stillness: The World of Julia Peterkin (PBS).

A proud Chicago native, Nowell earned her BA in Mass Media Arts from Clark Atlanta University. She is a dedicated mother, a creative force, and a respected collaborator in the television and film industry-known for her storytelling precision, versatility across genres, and passion for amplifying diverse voices on screen.
- IMDb mini biography by: Deanna Nowell