---
name: "Michelle Tesoro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michelle-tesoro"
fi1m_id: "michelle-tesoro"
imdb_id: "nm2026939"
tmdb_id: 1475899
wikidata_id: "Q101251081"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T13:46:51.303697+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."
---

# Michelle Tesoro

## Identity

Michelle Tesoro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michelle-tesoro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michelle-tesoro
- **IMDb ID:** nm2026939
- **TMDB ID:** 1475899
- **Wikidata ID:** Q101251081
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Tesoro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101251081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2026939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1475899

Editor. Born 1 January 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Josh Singer](https://film.one/person/josh-singer.md), [Scott Frank](https://film.one/person/scott-frank.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 79 (2), 2020s 73 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 76 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Music 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Tesoro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101251081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2026939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1475899

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*When They See Us*](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md) (84), [*The Queen's Gambit*](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md) (74), [*Godless*](https://film.one/tv/godless.md) (74), [*Maestro*](https://film.one/film/maestro.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*Fringe*](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michelle Tesoro is an American film and television editor. She grew up in Chicago and studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before graduating from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She began her career in New York as a DVD and promo editor, moved to Los Angeles in 2005, and started editing television productions in 2007.

Tesoro is known for her work on the miniseries *The Queen’s Gambit* (2020), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and an ACE Eddie Award; *Fringe* (2010); *Godless* (2017); *When They See Us* (2019); and the film *Maestro* (2023). Her other credits include *On the Basis of Sex* (2018), *Shot Caller* (2017) and *Flag Day* (2021). She received an ACE Eddie Award nomination for *Maestro*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Maestro* (2023), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/maestro.md)
- *The Queen's Gambit* (2020), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md)
- *When They See Us* (2019), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md)
- *Godless* (2017), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/godless.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Maestro* (2023), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/maestro.md)
- *Flag Day* (2021), Editor
- *The Queen's Gambit* (2020), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md)
- *When They See Us* (2019), series, Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/when-they-see-us.md)
- *On the Basis of Sex* (2018), Editor
- *Godless* (2017), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/godless.md)
- *Shot Caller* (2017), Editor
- *When We Rise* (2017), series, Editor
- *Flesh and Bone* (2015), series, Editor
- *Revenge of the Green Dragons* (2014), Editor
- *Hoke* (2014), Editor
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, Editor
- *Luck* (2012), series, Editor
- *Deep Blue Breath* (2011), Editor
- *Women in Trouble* (2009), Editor
- *Fringe* (2008), series, Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Editor
- *Put It in a Book* (2007), Editor

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