Elena Maganini, Film Editor on ‘Dexter,’ ‘Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer,’ Dies at 70

Nov 2, 2026 6:19pm PT Elena Maganini, Film Editor on ‘Dexter,’ ‘Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer,’ Dies at 70

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Elena Maganini, a TV and film editor who won an Emmy for cutting the pilot for “Dexter” and edited several films for director John McNaughton, died Oct. 21 in Burbank of complications from breast cancer. She was 70.

Born in Chicago, she graduated from the U. of Illinois and studied filmmaking at Columbia College in Chicago. Maganini started out working at Sinnot & Associates, a Chicago production company.

Elena Maganini, Film Editor on ‘Dexter,’ ‘Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer,’ Dies at 70

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