Tanya Gizzarelli is an award nominated video editor. She’s been with Paramount for over 15 years working closely with Creative and Post-Production, as well as contributing to broadcast campaigns and internal presentations.
Creating short and long form content, Tanya works as one of the In-House Video Editors at MTV Networks, collaborating with producers and writers for creative campaigns such as Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, The Challenge, Caught In The Act: Unfaithful, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Love & Hip Hop, and more, all on the pulse of pop culture.
Tanya is based in New York and thin crust obsessed.
Acknowledgements
June 2025 saw the viewership share of the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation s8A grow 34% compared to Season 7 with audiences between the ages of 18 to 49. Cited from “TheWrap”.
June 2022 saw the viewership share of Caught in the Act: Unfaithful s1 break records for the Monday night line-up. At a time when cable viewing is shrinking, Caught in the Act delivered VH1’s best series performance with women 18-49 in three years, improving the time slot by 33%. The show's audience was 17% bigger than its Basketball Wives lead-in. Cited from “Broadcast & Cable”.
October 2020 saw the release of the PSA, Our Voice, Our Vote!, which placed as a submission finalist in the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. Crafted and produced with care by Caralene Robinson, 220th Street Productions, and Quintensity.
January 2018 saw the release of the short documentary, Shantay, We Stay: A RuPaul's Drag Race Retrospective. The piece was commissioned by the 2018 Sundance Film Festival for a featured panel discussion highlighting the cultural impact of the show and drag art form. Crafted and produced with care by Stuck In Motion Inc.
Key Skills
Specialties
Video Editing
Compositing / Rotoscoping
Sound Design
Color Correction
2D Computer Animation
Software
Premiere
Final Cut Pro
After Effects
RED CINE-X
Photoshop
Illustrator
Soundtrack Pro
Microsoft Office
Microsoft OS, Mac OS
JIRA
Technical
Premiere / After Effects workflow
RED CAM workflow
Video Codecs
Broadcasting standards
Patch Bays
Blackmagic Digital Patching
Sony DVW-M02000P Digibeta Deck
Sony J30 Digibeta Deck