Malinda Zehner Guerra

Malinda Zehner Guerra, ACE is an Emmy-winning picture editor, celebrated for shaping a variety of visual stories across television and film. She most notably 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. Other recent highlights include the acclaimed "Daphne" episode of American Horror Stories, as well as the forthcoming feature film Drag, starring Lizzy Caplan and premiering at SXSW in March of 2026.

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.

Malinda’s other credits 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, Hulu’s Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and Discovery's Portals To Hell. A graduate of The College of William & Mary, Malinda is currently based in Los Angeles, CA.