Chelsi Mina Johnston is a Japanese-American editor from Honolulu, Hawai’i based in Los Angeles. Her first feature film, “Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake),” premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in the US Dramatic Competition. Other short films that she’s edited include 2023 Outfest premiere “Brush,” 2020 Camerimage premiere “Lady Cameraman,” and 2018 Tribeca premiere “Cosmic Debris.”

Chelsi has worked as an assistant editor on TV shows and films such as 2023 Emmy-nominated limited series “Daisy Jones & the Six,” 2021 Oscar-nominated film “Being the Ricardos” directed by Aaron Sorkin, and Netflix’s 2020 film “Moxie” directed by Amy Poehler.

Chelsi has also directed several short films, including “Driving,” which premiered at the 2019 Hawai’i International Film Festival - and her love for music has led her to direct and edit music videos, some of which have been seen on Stereogum, Paste Magazine, and Refinery29.

She received her BA in Communications from Santa Clara University and an MFA in Film Directing/Production from UCLA. She’s a proud member of IATSE’s Local 700 Editors Union and associate member of the American Cinema Editors.

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