The American Cinema Editors have taken the time when most of us are still enjoying a little bit of downtime before truly getting back into the swing of things this new year to announce the film and television nominees for the 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards. Among the nominees are a couple of personal favorites in Whiplash (Tom Cross) and The Imitation Game (William Goldbenbrrg). I also think something must be said for Boyhood, though editing a film over the course of 12 years doesn’t really leave much wiggle room. You’re essentially editing 12 short films because once you’re a year removed… you’re a year removed.
There are six nominees in the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) category as a result of a tie providing for one additional nominee for the second time ever. Among the comedy/musical nominees I would like to believe The Grand Budapest Hotel (Barney Pilling) would be the front-runner, but we’ll see soon enough.
Check out the list of film and television nominees below, winners will be announced on January 30 and for a complete look at the upcoming awards season calendar click here.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
- American Sniper
Joel Cox, ACE & Gary Roach, ACE - Boyhood
Sandra Adair, ACE - Gone Girl
Kirk Baxter, ACE - The Imitation Game
William Goldenberg, ACE - Nightcrawler
John Gilroy, ACE - Whiplash
Tom Cross
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
- Birdman
Douglas Crise & Stephen Mirrione, ACE - Guardians of the Galaxy
Fred Raskin, Hughes Winborne, ACE & Craig Wood, ACE - Into the Woods
Wyatt Smith - Inherent Vice
Leslie Jones, ACE - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Barney Pilling
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
- Big Hero 6
Tim Mertens - The Boxtrolls
Edie Ichioka, ACE - The Lego Movie
David Burrows & Chris McKay
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
- Citizenfour
Mathilde Bonnefoy - Finding Vivian Maier
Aaron Wickenden - Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Elisa Bonora
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION):
- “Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey: Standing Up in the Milky Way”
John Duffy, ACE, Michael O’Halloran, Eric Lea - “Pauly Shore Stands Alone”
Troy Takaki, ACE & Joey Vigour - “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: Episode 3 / The Fire of Life”
Erik Ewers
BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION:
- “Silicon Valley” – “Optimal Tip to Tip Efficiency”
Brian Merken & Tim Roche - “Veep” – “Special Relationship”
Anthony Boys - “Transparent” – Pilot
Catherine Haight
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
- “24” – “10pm to 11am”
Scott Powell, ACE - “Mad Men” – “Waterloo”
Christopher Gay - “Madam Secretary” – “Pilot”
Elena Maganini, ACE & Michael Ornstein, ACE - “Sherlock” – “His Last Vow”
Yan Miles - “The Good Wife” – “A Few Words”
Scott Vickrey, ACE
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
- “True Detective” – “Who Goes There”
Affonso Goncalves - “True Detective” – “The Secret Fate of All Life”
Alex Hall - “House of Cards” – “Chapter 14”
Byron Smith
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
- “Fargo” – “Buridan’s Ass”
Regis Kimble - “Olive Kitteridge” – “A Different Road”
Jeffrey M. Werner, ACE - “The Normal Heart”
Adam Penn
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
- “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” – “Iran”
Hunter Gross - “Deadliest Catch” – “Lost At Sea”
Josh Earl, ACE & Johnny Bishop - “Vice” – “Greenland is Melting & Bonded Labor”
Joe Langford & Nick Carew
