
STEPHANIE FILO, ACE
TV/Film Editor
About Me.
Stephanie Filo, ACE is a three-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning TV/Film Editor and activist with over 15 years of experience editing and producing both Scripted and Unscripted content. She is based in Los Angeles, CA and Sierra Leone, West Africa, and also serves on the board for Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone, a social impact and feminist-based organization for Sierra Leonean girls aged 11-16. She is one of the co-founders of End Ebola Now, an organization created in 2014 to spread accurate information and awareness about the Ebola Virus and its impact through artistic community activism.
Aside from editing television and film, with a passion for bringing a voice to social issues and telling stories of the under-represented, Stephanie spends much of her spare time producing and editing social action campaigns and documentaries, primarily focused on the rights of women and girls worldwide. Some of her notable campaigns include her work with the United Nations, International Labour Organization, and the Obama White House Task Force's It's On Us campaign to combat campus sexual assault. Her charitable work has been featured in Forbes Magazine, Entertainment Tonight, Telegraph UK, Yahoo, Al Jazeera, XWhy Magazine, and various others. Her work on the news documentary series "Mental State" earned her an Emmy nomination for the episode "Aging Out" about youth aging out of the American foster care system. She earned an Emmy win for her editing on the Mental State episode "Separated" which covered ICE deportations, making herself and Nzinga Blake the first Sierra Leonean women to ever win an Emmy award. In 2021, she won a Primetime Emmy award for her work on HBO's "A Black Lady Sketch Show", making her team the first all-Women of Color editing team to take home the award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming. Most recently, she made history again as a member of the first all-black editing team to be nominated for and win an Emmy for "A Black Lady Sketch Show".




Recent Television.
Recent Features.
Networks and Affiliations.








Recent Press.
HBO
Meet the Crew - A Black Lady Sketch Show
Post In Black
Season 2 Interview
California Film Commission
Women On The Frontlines Panel
Women Who Soar
Emmy Featurette
Forbes Magazine
End Ebola Now Campaign
The Hollywood Reporter
50 For Freedom Campaign
XWhy Magazine
"Style and Substance - Stephanie Filo"
Featurette
XWhy Magazine
"Ebola - A Crisis We Can't Ignore"
Written by: Stephanie Filo
Obama White House Task Force
It's On Us Campaign
Entertainment Tonight
End Ebola Now Campaign
My Resume.
Recent Press.
Feature
The Art of Editing Comedy Panel
Feature
Breakout Session
Feature
HBO
Meet the Crew - A Black Lady Sketch Show
Feature
Feature
‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ editors on making Emmy history with nomination
Post In Black
Season 2 Interview
Editing Feature
California Film Commission
Women On The Frontlines Panel
HBO
The Craft - A Black Lady Sketch Show
Feature
Podcast & Article
Career Feature
Awards Feature
Forbes Magazine
End Ebola Now Campaign
The Hollywood Reporter
50 For Freedom Campaign
XWhy Magazine
"Style and Substance - Stephanie Filo"
Featurette
XWhy Magazine
"Ebola - A Crisis We Can't Ignore"
Written by: Stephanie Filo
Obama White House Task Force
It's On Us Campaign
Entertainment Tonight
End Ebola Now Campaign