Yvette M. Amirian, ACE is an award-nominated Armenian-American film and television editor. After graduating from USC’s School of Cinema-Television, she built a successful editing career, having also served as a writer and producer on multiple projects, overseeing all aspects of post-production.

In 2011, Yvette and her team received an Eddie Award nomination from the American Cinema Editors (ACE) for their work on Whale Wars (Best Edited Non-Scripted Series). In 2017, she edited and produced John Singleton's L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later, which was nominated for an Emmy (Outstanding Documentary Special). 

Yvette’s latest projects include a fiction feature for critically acclaimed filmmaker Robert Machoian, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022 (U.S. Narrative Competition), and released theatrically in 2023; as well as Ophelia Harutyunyan’s It Takes a Village, “Best International Film” Winner at the Oscar-qualifying L.A. Shorts Film Festival.

Her most recent work includes the original comedy feature for Amazon/MGM Studios, ExMas directed by Jonah Feingold, currently streaming on Prime Video. She also edited and produced an upcoming feature film, A Winter’s Song, which was shot in Armenia and has been acquired for streaming by The Wonder Project via Amazon Prime. 

Yvette is currently a Creative Executive at Wormhole Pictures, a company she co-founded with colleagues committed to telling stories that offer glimpses into unseen worlds (and a twist on their own). They are currently in pre-production for a feature film set to start production in 2026.

Yvette is a proud member of the Motion Picture Editor's Guild, the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences, and the American Cinema Editors. She has also taught Motion Picture Editing as an adjunct faculty member at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, and loves educating future generations of aspiring filmmakers.

Download Yvette’s résumé here.

Contact: UTA or ymamirian@gmail.com