UNIVERSAL CITY, CA — American Cinema Editors has announced the nominations for the 66th Annual ACE Eddie Awards. The Awards recognize outstanding editing in 10 categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners will be revealed during the organization’s annual black-tie awards ceremony on Friday, January 29th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, and will be presided over by ACE president, Alan Heim. Writer/director Nancy Meyers will receive the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year award.
The nominees are as follows:
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Mad Max: Fury Road
Margaret Sixel
The Martian
Pietro Scalia, ACE
The Revenant
Stephen Mirrione, ACE
Sicario
Joe Walker, ACE
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Maryann Brandon, ACE & Mary Jo Markey, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY):
Ant-Man
Dan Lebental, ACE & Colby Parker, Jr., ACE
The Big Short
Hank Corwin, ACE
Joy
Jay Cassidy, ACE, Alan Baumgarten, ACE, Christopher Tellefsen, ACE & Tom Cross, ACE
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
David Trachtenberg
Trainwreck
William Kerr, ACE & Paul Zucker
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Anomalisa
Garret Elkins
Inside Out
Kevin Nolting, ACE
The Good Dinosaur
Stephen Schaffer, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Amy
Chris King
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Joe Beshenkovsky & Brett Morgen
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Andy Grieve
He Named Me Malala
Greg Finton, ACE, Brian Johnson & Brad Fuller
The Wrecking Crew
Claire Scanlon
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION):
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Joshua L. Pearson
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst “Chapter 1”
Richard Hankin, ACE, Zac Stuart-Pontier, Caitlyn Greene, Shelby Siegel
The Seventies: The United State vs. Nixon
Chris A. Peterson, ACE
BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION:
Inside Amy Schumer: 12 Angry Men
Nick Paley
Silicon Valley: Two Days of the Condor
Brian Merken, ACE
Veep: Election Night
Gary Dollner
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Better Call Saul: “Five-O”
Kelley Dixon, ACE
Better Call Saul: “Uno”
Skip Macdonald, ACE
Fargo: “Did You Do This? No, You Did It!”
Skip Macdonald, ACE & Curtis Thurber
The Good Wife: “Restrain”
Scott Vickrey, ACE
Mad Men: “Person to Person”
Tom Wilson
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Game of Thrones: “The Dance of Dragons”
Katie Weiland
Game of Thrones: “Hardhome”
Tim Porter
Homeland: “The Tradition of Hospitality”
Harvey Rosenstock, ACE
House of Cards: “Chapter 39”
Lisa Bromwell, ACE
The Knick: “Wonderful Surprises”
Mary Ann Bernard
BEST EDITED LONGFORM (MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE) FOR TELEVISION:
Bessie
Brian A. Kates, ACE
Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors
Maysie Hoy, ACE
Orange is the New Black: “Trust No Bitch” (90 minute episode)
William Turro
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: “Bay Area”
Hunter Gross, ACE
Deadliest Catch: “Zero Hour”
Josh Earl, ACE & Ben Bulatao
Whale Wars: “The Darkest Hour”
Eric Driscoll, Nik Jamgocyan, Chris Kirkpatrick, David Michael Maurer, ACE, Greg McDonald, Marcus Miller & Alexandria Scott
Final Ballots will be mailed on January 8th and voting ends on January 20th. All 800-plus ACE members vote during the final balloting of the ACE Eddies, including active members, life members, affiliate members and honorary members.
