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name: "Shelly Westerman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shelly-westerman"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-17T04:00:28.989827+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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# Shelly Westerman

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1998–present

## Biography

Shelly Westerman is an American film and television editor and producer. She has edited episodes of the Hulu series *Only Murders in the Building* (2022–present), on which she also serves as co-producer, as well as *Halston* (2021), *Ratched* (2020), *Pose* (2018–2019) and *The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story* (2018).

Westerman began her editing career in the late 1990s after working in computer operations. Her early credits include assistant editor roles on *Velvet Goldmine* (1998) and Nora Ephron’s *You’ve Got Mail* (1998). She is a member of the American Cinema Editors and has received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her work on *American Crime Story* (2018) and *Only Murders in the Building* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)
- *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), Fi1m 81, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md)

## Also known for

- *American Horror Story* (2011), Editor
- *You've Got Mail* (1998), Assistant Editor
- *The Wedding Ringer* (2015), Editor
- *Ratched* (2020), Editor
- *The Nanny Diaries* (2007), Additional Editor
- *American Crime Story* (2016), Editor
- *How Do You Know* (2010), Additional Editor
- *POSE* (2018), Editor

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