Monique Zavistovski
- Editor
- Writer
- Producer
Monique Zavistovski, ACE, was raised by two classical musicians on the edge of New York's Sleepy Hollow woods. Over the course of her career, she has edited over 40 documentaries and short films, and her work has won awards worldwide.
As the editor on Will & Harper (2025), Monique is the recipient of an ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Documentary Film. Will & Harper also premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won a Peabody Award and the Critics Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature, was nominated for a BAFTA and five Emmy awards, and was shortlisted for the Academy Awards. That same year Monique also edited The Only Girl In The Orchestra, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film and the Critics Choice Award. Her other work includes Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (Sundance, Winner Audience Award SXSW, 2019), The Wraith of Cobble Hill (Winner Sundance Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking, Academy Awards Shortlist, 2006), The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (Emmy Winner Outstanding Historical Film), The Light In Her Eyes (Sundance Film Forward), Limited Partnership (Winner IDA Humanitas Award), CITY 40 (Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Investigative Documentary), and They Call Me Magic.
Monique graduated with an MFA in Cinematic Arts from the University of Southern California and holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the co-author of Children and Fish Don't Talk: Adventures with Nazis, Communists and the Metropolitan Opera, and is also a proud member of American Cinema Editors.
As the editor on Will & Harper (2025), Monique is the recipient of an ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Documentary Film. Will & Harper also premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won a Peabody Award and the Critics Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature, was nominated for a BAFTA and five Emmy awards, and was shortlisted for the Academy Awards. That same year Monique also edited The Only Girl In The Orchestra, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film and the Critics Choice Award. Her other work includes Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (Sundance, Winner Audience Award SXSW, 2019), The Wraith of Cobble Hill (Winner Sundance Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking, Academy Awards Shortlist, 2006), The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (Emmy Winner Outstanding Historical Film), The Light In Her Eyes (Sundance Film Forward), Limited Partnership (Winner IDA Humanitas Award), CITY 40 (Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Investigative Documentary), and They Call Me Magic.
Monique graduated with an MFA in Cinematic Arts from the University of Southern California and holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the co-author of Children and Fish Don't Talk: Adventures with Nazis, Communists and the Metropolitan Opera, and is also a proud member of American Cinema Editors.
