Shannon Kennedy brings a background in the visual arts to her editing. Her artwork has been featured in numerous  gallery and museum exhibitions, including solo exhibitions at the St. Louis Art Museum and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. 

She has received grants and fellowships from the Tiffany Foundation, Creative Capital, the Jerome Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation. 

Kennedy has been a fellow and an advisor at the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit and Story Lab. She recently edited 3 Days 2 Nights, and was the supervising editor on Ganden: A Joyful Land, but of which premiered in 2019.  She lives and works outside of Boston.