The American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the nominations for the 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in 10 categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners will be revealed at ACE’s annual black-tie awards ceremony on Jan. 30, in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
For only the second time in the organization’s history, a tie resulted in an additional nominee in the best edited feature film (dramatic) category creating six nominees, instead of five. In 2013, a tie in the best edited animated feature film resulted in four nominees, instead of the normal three nominees, in that category.
Final ballots will be mailed on Jan. 5 and voting ends on Jan. 21. The Blue Ribbon panels where judging for all television categories and the documentary film category take place Jan. 18. Projects are viewed and judged by panels comprised of professional editors (all ACE members). All 700+ ACE members vote during the final balloting of the ACE Eddies, including active members, life members, affiliate members and honorary members.
ACE plans to announce the Golden Eddie filmmaker of the year honoree and two career achievement honorees next week.
The ACE Eddie Award nominees are:
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 and Stephen Mirrione, ACE
Guardians of the Galaxy
Fred Raskin, Hughes Winborne, ACE and Craig Wood, ACE
Into the Woods
Wyatt Smith
Inherent Vice
Leslie Jones, ACE
Grand Budapest Hotel
Barney Pilling
Best Edited Animated Feature Film:
Big Hero 6
Tim Mertens
The Boxtrolls
Edie Ichioka, ACE
Lego Movie
David Burrows and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and Johnny Bishop
Vice: “Greenland is Melting and Bonded Labor”
Joe Langford and Nick Carew
