UPDATED: Oppenheimer took the marquee Finest Edited Characteristic Movie (Dramatic) honor and The Holdovers landed the highest Finest Edited Characteristic Movie (Comedy) award on the 74th ACE Eddie Awards Sunday. Hosted by Nina West, the winners had been introduced reside in a ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Corridor.
Jennifer Lame ACE, edited Oppenheimer, a movie that has thus far swept awards season with current SAG Awards, PGA, DGA, for director Christopher Nolan, BAFTA, and extra. The dignity places Oppenheimer and The Holdovers in frontrunner standing within the Finest Movie Modifying Oscar race, for which each are nominated, together with Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Issues.
For the reason that flip of the twenty first century, the Eddie winner for theatrical drama has gone on to attain the Academy Award for Finest Modifying 13 of 23 occasions — however not one of the previous 4 years. In a twist, it was the Eddies’ 2023 comedy winner, Every part All over the place All at As soon as, that ended up scooping the Oscar. Prime Gun: Maverick took ACE’s prime drama prize final 12 months.
Additionally scoring prime movie honors was Spider-Man: Throughout The Spiderverse, which took the Finest Edited Animated Characteristic Movie award and Nonetheless: A Michael J. Fox Film, which was honored as Finest Edited Documentary (Theatrical).
TV winners included the editors behind FX’s The Bear and CBS’ How I Met Your Father on the comedy facet and HBO’s The Final of Us on the drama facet. Blue Eye Samurai has taken the dignity for Finest Edited Animated Collection and {Couples} Remedy for Finest Edited Non-Scripted Collection.
Netflix’s Beef gained for Finest Edited Restricted Collection and Actuality took the non-theatrical documentary honor.
Editors behind Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour took the award for Finest Edited VarietyTalk/Sketch or Particular.
(L-R) John Waters, Walter Murch, Kate Amend & Stephen Lovejoy
Greg Gorman/Getty/Peter Zakhary
A quartet of honorees obtained profession awards from the American Cinema Editors. The ever-quirky writer-director John Waters obtained the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Yr Award, recognizing a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement within the artwork and enterprise of movie. Three-time Oscar winner Walter Murch and Emmy nominee Kate Amend are the 2024 Profession Achievement recipients, and the society’s Heritage Award was offered to veteran TV editor Stephen Lovejoy.
George Lucas launched profession achievement winner Murch, calling his longtime good friend and colleague, “a renaissance man, essentially the most wonderful mental, curious individual I’ve ever met.”
ACE has offered its Eddie Awards yearly since 1951, celebrating the artwork and science of the modifying career.
Winners
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical)
Oppenheimer
Jennifer Lame
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical)
The Holdovers
Kevin Tent
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse
Michael Andrews, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES
The Final of Us: “Lengthy, Lengthy Time”
Timothy A. Good, ACE
BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES
Beef: “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Ache”
Harry Yoon, ACE
Laura Zempel, ACE
BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:
The Bear: “Fishes”
Joanna Naugle, ACE
BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:
How I Met Your Father: “Daddy”
Russell Griffin, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Theatrical)
Nonetheless: A Michael J. Fox Film
Michael Harte, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Non-Theatrical):
Escaping Twin Flames: “Up in Flames”
Martin Biehn
Kevin Hibbard
Inbal B. Lessner, ACE
Troy Takaki, ACE
Mimi Wilcox
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL)
Actuality
Jennifer Vecchiarello
Ron Dulin
BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES
Blue Eye Samurai: “The Story of the Ronin and The Bride”
Yuka Shirasuna
BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL:
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour
Dom Whitworth
Man Harding
Hamish Lyons
Rupa Rathod
Ben Wainwright-Pearce
Reg Wrench
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES
{Couples} Remedy: “Episode 310”
Delaney Lynch
Helen Kearns
Katrina Taylor
ANNE V. COATES AWARD FOR STUDENT EDITING:
Ariel Emma Martin – Chapman College
Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.
