‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Andor’ also win at the annual American Cinema Editors’ ceremony held yesterday at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and the Love, Death + Robots episode “Bad Travelling” took home top animation honors at yesterday’s 73rd ACE Eddie Awards ceremony, held at UCLA’s Royce Hall. This year’s event recognized outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, television and documentaries. In addition to the announcement of winners in competitive categories, Gina Prince-Bythewood accepted the prestigious ACE Golden Eddie Award - recognizing an artist or company for distinguished achievement in film. Film editors Lynne Willingham, ACE and Don Zimmerman, ACE received Career Achievement Awards for their outstanding contributions to film editing. The event was hosted by Ashley Nicole Black and presided over by ACE President Kevin Tent, ACE.
The winners (in bold) and nominees are as follows:
Best Edited Feature Film (Drama, Theatrical):
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Sven Budelmann, BFS
- Elvis - Matt Villa, ACE ASE, and Jonathan Redmond
- Tár - Monika Willi
- Top Gun: Maverick - Eddie Hamilton, ACE
- The Woman King - Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy, Theatrical):
- The Banshees of Inisherin - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, ACE
- Everything Everywhere All at Once - Paul Rogers
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Bob Ducsay, ACE
- The Menu - Christopher Tellefsen, ACE
- Triangle of Sadness - Ruben Östlund and Mikel Cee Karlsson
Best Edited Animated Feature Film (Theatrical or Non-Theatrical):
- The Bad Guys - John Venzon, ACE
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Ken Schretzmann, ACE, and Holly Klein
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - Dean Fleischer-Camp, and Nick Paley
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - James Ryan, ACE
- Turning Red - Nicholas C. Smith, ACE
Best Edited Documentary (Theatrical):
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed - Amy Foote, Joe Bini, and Brian A. Kates, ACE
- Fire of Love - Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput
- Good Night Oppy - Helen Kearns, ACE, and Rejh Cabrera
- Moonage Daydream - Brett Morgen
- Navalny - Langdon Page and Maya Hawke
Best Edited Documentary (Non-Theatrical):
- The Andy Warhol Diaries: “Collab: Andy & Basquiat” - Steve Ross
- George Carlin's American Dream - Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE
- The Last Movie Stars: “Luck is an Art” - Barry Poltermann
- Lucy and Desi - Robert A. Martinez
- Pelosi in the House - Geof Bartz, ACE
Best Edited Multi-Camera Comedy Series:
- The Conners: “Of Missing Minds and Missing Fries” - Brian Schnuckel, ACE
- How I Met Your Father: “Timing Is Everything” - Susan Federman, ACE
- The Neighborhood: “Welcome to the Art of Negotiation” - Chris Poulos
Best Edited Single Camera Comedy Series:
- Atlanta: “Andrew Wyeth. Alfred's World.” - Kyle Reiter, ACE, and Isaac Hagy, ACE
- Barry: “710N” - Franky Guttman
- Barry: “Starting Now” - Ali Greer
- The Bear: “System” - Joanna Naugle
- Only Murders in the Building: “I Know Who Did It” - Shelly Westerman, ACE, and Payton Koch
Best Edited Drama Series:
- Andor: “One Way Out” - Simon Smith
- Euphoria: “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” - Aaron I. Butler, ACE, and Julio Perez IV, ACE
- Euphoria: “The Theater and Its Double” - Laura Zempel, Julio Perez IV, ACE, and Nikola Boyanov
- Severance: “In Perpetuity” - Geoffrey Richman, ACE, and Erica Freed Marker, ACE
- Severance: “The We We Are” - Geoffrey Richman, ACE
Best Edited Feature Film (non-theatrical):
- Fire Island - Brian A. Kates, ACE
- Hocus Pocus 2 - Julia Wong, ACE
- A Jazzman's Blues - Maysie Hoy, ACE
- Prey - Angela M. Catanzaro, ACE, and Claudia Castello
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - Jamie Kennedy
Best Edited Limited Series:
- Gaslit: “Year of the Rat” - Joe Leonard, ACE
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: “Part VI” - Kelley Dixon, ACE, and Josh Earl, ACE
- Station Eleven: “Unbroken Circle” - Anna Hauger, ACE, David Eisenberg, Yoni Reiss, and Anthony McAfee
- The White Lotus: “Abduction” - Heather Persons, ACE
- The White Lotus: “Arrivederci” - John M. Valerio ACE
Best Edited Non-Scripted Series:
- Deadliest Catch: “Sailor's Delight” - Isaiah Camp, ACE, Joe Mikan, ACE, and Alexander Rubinow, ACE
- Formula 1: Drive to Survive: “Hard Racing” - Cassie Bennitt, Matt Rudge, Duncan Moir, Nic Zimmermann, Jack Foxton, and Neil Clarkson
- Vice: “Killing for Success & Marcos Returns” - Paula Salhany, Brandon Kieffer, Andrew Pattison, Catherine Lee, and Victoria Lesiw
Best Edited Variety Talk/Sketch Show or Special:
- A Black Lady Sketch Show: “Save My Edges, I'm A Donor!” - Stephanie Filo, ACE, Bradinn French, Taylor Mason, and S. Robyn Wilson
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: “Police Interrogations” - Anthony Miale, ACE, and Ryan Barger
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: “Volodymyr Zelenskyy Special” - Cori Wapnowska, and Jon Higgins
Best Edited Animated Series:
- Big Mouth: “Dadda Dia!” - Felipe Salazar
- Bob's Burgers: “Some Like It Bot Part 1: Eighth Grade Runner” - Jeremy Reuben, ACE
- Love, Death & Robots: “Bad Travelling” - Kirk Baxter, ACE
Anne V. Coates Award For Student Editing:
- Adriana Guevara - New York University
- Jazmin Jamias - American Film Institute
- Tianze Sun - American Film Institute
Source: American Cinema Editors
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.