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name: "Debra Simone"
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roles: ["Editor"]
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updated: "2026-09-17T04:32:46.019997+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Debra Simone

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Also known as:** Debra Shibuyama Simone, Debra DeSilva, Debra F. Simone

## Biography

Debra Shibuyama Simone, also credited as Debra F. Simone, Debra DeSilva and Debra Shibuyama Simone, is an American editor, director and writer. She has edited numerous television series, including ten episodes of *Better Things* (2017–2019), as well as episodes of *Russian Doll*, *Bodkin*, *Generation*, *Mrs. Fletcher* and *Queer as Folk*.

She trained in writing and character development at The Groundlings and Second City. Simone began her career in post-production before moving into editing on comedy series at Paramount. She has also directed the short film *The More Things Change* (2019) and the documentary *Ascendance: The Angels of Change* (2015), on which she also wrote.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Better Things* (2016), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-things-2016.md)

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