American Cinema Editors (ACE), the honorary society of the world’s top film editors, today announced nominations for the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in 11 categories of film, television and documentaries. For the first time in ACE’s 70-year history, three foreign language films are among the nominees including THE FAREWELL, I LOST MY BODY and PARASITE, despite there not being a specific category for films predominantly in a foreign language. Winners will be revealed during ACE’s annual black-tie awards ceremony on Friday, Jan. 17 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel and will be presided over by ACE President, Stephen Rivkin, ACE. Final ballots open Dec. 16 and close on Jan. 6. More information on the ACE Eddie Awards is available on the ACE website.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMA):
- Ford v Ferrari Michael McCusker, ACE & Andrew Buckland
- The Irishman Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE
- Joker Jeff Groth
- Marriage Story Jennifer Lame, ACE
- Parasite Jinmo Yang
- Dolemite is My Name Billy Fox, ACE
- The Farewell Michael Taylor & Matthew Friedman
- Jojo Rabbit Tom Eagles
- Knives Out Bob Ducsay
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Fred Raskin, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Frozen 2 Jeff Draheim, ACE
I Lost My Body Benjamin Massoubre
Toy Story 4 Axel Geddes, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
- American Factory Lindsay Utz
- Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice Jake Pushinsky, ACE & Heidi Scharfe, ACE
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound David J. Turner & Thomas G. Miller, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (NON-THEATRICAL):
- Abducted in Plain Sight James Cude
- Bathtubs Over Broadway Dava Whisenant
- Leaving Neverland Jules Cornell
- What's My Name: Muhammad Ali Jake Pushinsky, ACE
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
- Better Things: “Easter” Janet Weinberg, ACE
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: "I Need To Find My Frenemy" Nena Erb, ACE
- The Good Place: "Pandemonium" Eric Kissack
- Schitt’s Creek: “Life is a Cabaret” Trevor Ambrose
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
- Barry: "berkman > block" Kyle Reiter, ACE
- Dead to Me: "Pilot" Liza Cardinale
- Fleabag: “Episode 2.1” Gary Dollner, ACE
- Russian Doll: “The Way Out” Todd Downing
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
- Chicago Med: "Never Going Back To Normal" David J. Siegel, ACE
- Killing Eve: "Desperate Times" Dan Crinnion
- Killing Eve: "Smell Ya Later" Al Morrow
- Mr. Robot: "401 Unauthorized" Rosanne Tan, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
- Euphoria: "Pilot" Julio C. Perez IV
- Game of Thrones: "The Long Night" Tim Porter, ACE
- Mindhunter: "Episode 2" Kirk Baxter, ACE
- Watchmen: "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" David Eisenberg
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
- Chernobyl: "Vichnaya Pamyat" Jinx Godfrey & Simon Smith
- Fosse/Verdon: "Life is a Cabaret" Tim Streeto, ACE
- When They See Us: "Part 1" Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
- Deadliest Catch: "Triple Jeopardy" Ben Bulatao, ACE, Rob Butler, ACE, Isaiah Camp, Greg Cornejo, Joe Mikan, ACE
- Surviving R. Kelly: "All The Missing Girls" Stephanie Neroes, Sam Citron, LaRonda Morris, Rachel Cushing, Justin Goll, Masayoshi Matsuda, Kyle Schadt
- VICE Investigates: "Amazon on Fire" Cameron Dennis, Kelly Kendrick, Joe Matoske, Ryo Ikegami
AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS (ACE) is an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950. Film editors are voted into membership on the basis of their professional achievements, their dedication to the education of others and their commitment to the craft of editing.
The objectives and purposes of the AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS are to advance the art and science of the editing profession; to increase the entertainment value of motion pictures by attaining artistic pre-eminence and scientific achievement in the creative art of editing; to bring into close alliance those editors who desire to advance the prestige and dignity of the editing profession.
ACE produces several annual events including EditFest (an international editing festival), Invisible Art/Visible Artists (annual panel of Oscar® nominated editors), and the ACE Eddie Awards, now in its 70th year, recognizing outstanding editing in 11 categories of film, television and documentaries.
The organization publishes a quarterly magazine, CinemaEditor, highlighting the art, craft and business of editing and editors.