Daria Ellerman
Daria Ellerman, CCE is a versatile editor who strives to bring emotional truth to stories and characters while responding to the nuances that performance and shooting bring every day, and who embraces the process of collaborating to refine the cut and achieve a satisfying end result.
Awards
Leo Award
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Series · Virgin River
Winner
2022
Leo Award
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Series · Virgin River
Winner
2020
Leo Award
Best Picture Editing Youth or Children's Series · Malibu Rescue
Winner
2020
Leo Award
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Series · Take Two
Winner
2019
Leo Award
Best Picture Editing TV Series · The Collector
Winner
2005
Leo Award
Best Picture Editing Television Movie · My Secret Santa
Nominee
2025
About
Daria (she/her) is an award winning editor with decades of experience editing television series, MOWs, documentaries and feature films. Her credits include the Netflix Original movie My Secret Santa, feature films Meditation Park and The Birdwatcher and hundreds hours of episodic television including Virgin River, Wild Cards, My Life With the Walter Boys, Alert and most recently the critically acclaimed Allegiance. Daria’s versatility comes from the variety of projects she has been involved in across genres and platforms including 140 episodes of sitcom that included a live audience. Daria has been nominated for 11 Leo Awards, 2 Canadian Cinema Editor Awards, a DGC Award, a Southhampton International Film Festival Award and a Canadian Screen Award (Gemini) Award as picture editor. She has won 5 Leo Awards for her work on the television series Virgin River, Malibu Rescue, Take Two and The Collector.