In 2017 , she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing ( shared with Nat Sanders ) at the 89th Academy Awards . McMillon is the first black woman to be nominated for an Oscar for film editing . Barry Jenkins said of her nomination in 2017 : “ I respect her work . It makes me very proud of the work she did to see that I 'm not the only one . Clearly all these folks in the academy respected the work she did as well . ” McMillon also won ( with Nat Sanders ) Best Film Editing for her work on '' Moonlight '' at the 2017 Spirit Awards
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Joi McMillon