---
name: "Shannon Baker Davis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shannon-baker-davis"
fi1m_id: "shannon-baker-davis"
imdb_id: "nm1564835"
tmdb_id: 1900178
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:36:18.142084+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."
---

# Shannon Baker Davis

## Identity

Shannon Baker Davis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shannon-baker-davis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shannon-baker-davis
- **IMDb ID:** nm1564835
- **TMDB ID:** 1900178
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1564835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1900178

Editor. Born in Augusta, Georgia.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Shannon Baker
- **Frequently works with:** [Alexis Martin Woodall](https://film.one/person/alexis-martin-woodall.md), [Michael Uppendahl](https://film.one/person/michael-uppendahl.md), [Ryan Murphy](https://film.one/person/ryan-murphy.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1564835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1900178

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*American Crime Story*](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md) (78), [*The Beauty*](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Shannon Baker Davis is a film and television editor. She began her career in New York editing unscripted programmes and documentaries, including Top Chef and Project Runway. After a decade in that field she moved into scripted work.

Her credits include the series Queen Sugar (2016), grown-ish (2018), Insecure, #blackAF, American Crime Story, From Scratch (2022), Grotesquerie (2024), Doctor Odyssey (2024), Ironheart (2025) and The Beauty (2026). Feature films include The Weekend (2018), The Photograph (2020) and Prom Pact (2023).

Davis is a member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) and mentors through its Diversity Mentorship Program. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Motion Picture Editors Guild and co-chairs its African-American Steering Committee. She is a founding member of Ujima Entertainment Coalition and Black In Post. She studied at Howard University and the American Film Institute.

*Sources: imdb.com, cinemontage.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Beauty* (2026), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md)
- *American Crime Story* (2016), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *The Beauty* (2026), series, Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md)
- *Ironheart* (2025), series, Editor
- *Doctor Odyssey* (2024), series, Editor
- *Grotesquerie* (2024), series, Editor
- *Prom Pact* (2023), Editor
- *Kindred* (2022), series, Editor
- *From Scratch* (2022), series, Editor
- *Cops and Robbers* (2020), Thanks
- *#blackAF* (2020), series, Editor
- *The Photograph* (2020), Editor
- *The Weekend* (2019), Editor
- *The Obituary of Tunde Johnson* (2019), Editor
- *grown-ish* (2018), series, Editor
- *Fatal Crossing* (2017), Editor
- *Armstrong* (2017), Editor
- *The Quad* (2017), series, Editor
- *Queen Sugar* (2016), series, Editor
- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *Gift for the Living* (2005), Editor

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