Elena Maganini

Elena Maganini is a film editor.

She was contacted by episode director Michael Cuesta to edit for Showtime's TV drama series DEXTER. She edited six episodes for the first season which aired in 2006.

Season One:
 * "Dexter"
 * "Crocodile"
 * "Popping Cherry"
 * "Return to Sender"
 * "Father Knows Best"
 * "Born Free"

Career
Maganini started out working on commercials in Chicago and then moved on to work on her first feature, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, for which she was not only editor, but also sound editor.

Films

Her credits for editing movies include Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986); The Borrower (1991); 4 Areas (1991); The Borrower (1991); Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (1991 Documentary); Eyes of the Prey (1992); How Blue Can You Get? (1992 short); Mad Dog and Glory (1993); Somebody to Love (1994); Four Rooms (1995, segment "The Wrong Man"); Book of Swords (1996); Normal Life (1996); Infinity (1996); If These Walls Could Talk (1996 TV movie, segments "1952", "1974"); Louis & Frank (1998); Wild Things (1998); Lansky (1999 TV Movie); Next Friday (2000); Ed Gein (2000); In the Light of the Moon (2000); Condo Painting (2000 Documentary); Speaking of Sex (2001); Expert Witness (2003 TV Movie); 8MM 2 (2005 Video); Haskett's Chance (2006 TV Movie); NY-LON (2008 TV Movie); and Second Sight (2013 TV Movie).

Television

Her credits for editing TV include episodes for Manifest; Wisdom of the Crowd; Good Behavior; Incorporated; Madam Secretary; Second Chance; Heliz; Make It or Break It; The Playboy Club; 90210; Scoundrels; Dollhouse; Eli Stone; The Dead Zone; Dr. Vegas; Tarzan; Push, Nevada; and Wayward Pines.

Quote
Elena explaining why she took the job for DEXTER:

“I have always been drawn to shows that have a dark theme. What’s interesting to me about Dexter is that it features a character who is  extremely disturbed and yet is trying to present himself as someone normal; he says and does all the right things. When his dark side takes over, you are totally in his psychotic world. The intersection where these two things meet makes for a lot of tension.”

Awards

 * She won an Primetime Emmy Award in 2007 for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode, "Dexter".
 * She was nominated for an award for the HBO miniseries If These Walls Could Talk, in the category of Outstanding Single Camera Editing for a Miniseries or Special.