American film editor and long-time J.J. Abrams collaborator who co-edited Star Trek in 2009 and Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013 with Mary Jo Markey.
Maryann Brandon had edited for J.J. Abrams on television and on his first feature before joining him on Star Trek in 2009, which she cut jointly with Mary Jo Markey.
The two divided the film's sequences between them, an arrangement they repeated on Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013.
Their work on the first film includes the opening attack on the USS Kelvin, which establishes the new timeline before the title appears, and the film was widely praised for its pace.