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name: "Maya Mumma"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maya-mumma"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T05:26:03.500395+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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# Maya Mumma

Editor. Born in Oklahoma.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2690577/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1637950

## Biography

Maya Mumma is a documentary film editor. She edited episodes of the 2016 series *O.J.: Made in America*, directed by Ezra Edelman, for which she shared a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program, an ACE Eddie Award and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for best editing.

Mumma began her career working in the edit room on the documentary *Restrepo*. She has since edited numerous documentaries and series, including *Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington* (2013), *Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown* (2014), *King in the Wilderness* (2018), *John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls* (2018), *True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality* (2019, also as producer) and *Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union* (2021).

Originally from Oklahoma, Mumma holds a B.A. in Social Anthropology from Boston University and an M.A. in Media Studies from the New School, where she also completed its Documentary Media Studies programme. She is a member of the American Cinema Editors.

*Sources: imdb.com, mayamumma.com, kenburns.com, hpaonline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *O.J.: Made in America* (2016), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/o-j-made-in-america.md)

## Also known for

- *O.J.: Made in America* (2016), Editor

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