Kelly Lyon

Kelly Lyon, ACE is an Emmy winning editor specializing in comedy. She edits stand up specials, including John Mulaney’s Emmy winning specials Baby J and Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, Emmy Nominated Amy Schumer’s Growing, and Alex Edelman's Tony Award winning Just For Us.  In 2024, Kelly received 2 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming for her work on Tig Notaro’s Hello Again and John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In LA. She won the Emmy for Everybody’s In LA.

Kelly edited many of your favorite parody commercials, digital shorts, and music videos for NBC's Saturday Night Live. She edited Mike Judge’s latest stop motion animated comedy In The Know for Peacock, IFC's Portlandia, and even helped out on season 1 of Emmy and Golden Globe winning The Bear for FX on Hulu. In 2021 Kelly was nominated for an ACE Eddie award for her work on SNL’s At Home episodes during the 2020 pandemic.

Kelly also loves doing short form work. In 2022 Kelly joined the roster at Arts Academy Edit for all commercial projects. Her ad clients include Nike, Old Spice, Google, KFC, VRBO, Target, Chrysler, Columbia Sportswear and many more.

When Kelly is not in the edit suite, she loves hanging upside down from a flying trapeze or aerial silk, riding her bike long distances, and doing puzzles. 

Booking

Please email Kelly@KellyLyonEdit.com for TV and Film booking inquiries.

Please email Carolina@Artsacademy.us for commercial booking inquiries

Clients

Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount, Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, This American Life, Cartoon Network, Shadow Machine, Wieden + Kennedy, M ss ng Pe ces, and many more.

Kelly Lyon editing Emmy nominated special Tig Notaro Hello Again at her Arts Academy Edit office. Photo by: The Weaver House

Kelly Lyon, ACE along with colleagues Sean McIlraith and Ryan McIlraith receive Emmys for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming for John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's In LA

Kelly Lyon, ACE along with colleagues Sean McIlraith and Ryan McIlraith receive Emmys for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming for John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's In LA