The American Cinema Editors revealed their nominees for the 68th Annual ACE Eddie Awards. to kick off the New Year, which will certainly see Oscar prognosticators adjusting their predictions accordingly.
While the ACE Eddie Awards obviously allow for more contenders with more categories at play, it’s nice to see “Blade Runner 2049,” “Baby Driver,” and “The Shape Of Water” get some recognition, after being mostly shut out so far this awards season. Meanwhile, “Dunkirk,” “The Post” and “Lady Bird” continue their steady march toward the Oscars.
In the TV categories, it’s no big shock to see “Game Of Thrones” and “Better Call Saul” reigning high, while Hulu continues their great year with “The Handmaid’s Tale” with another nomination. Meanwhile, it looks like everyone took John Waters‘ advice and watched HBO‘s “The Wizard Of Lies” starring Robert De Niro. Once again, never count out the power of screeners and a project featuring one of the greatest actors of all time.
The ACE Eddie Awards will be handed out on January 26th. Full nominees below.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Blade Runner 2049
Joe Walker, ACE
Dunkirk
Lee Smith, ACE
Molly’s Game
Alan Baumgarten, ACE, Josh Schaeffer & Elliot Graham, ACE
The Post
Michael Kahn, ACE & Sarah Broshar
The Shape of Water
Sidney Wolinsky, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY):
Baby Driver
Jonathan Amos, ACE & Paul Machliss, ACE
Get Out
Gregory Plotkin
I, Tonya
Tatiana S. Riegel, ACE
Lady Bird
Nick Houy
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jon Gregory, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Coco
Steve Bloom
Despicable Me 3
Clair Dodgson
The Lego Batman Movie
David Burrows, ACE, Matt Villa & John Venzon, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Cries From Syria
Aaron I. Butler
Jane
Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE, Will Znidaric, Brett Morgen
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Ann Collins
LA 92
TJ Martin, Scott Stevenson, Dan Lindsay
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (SMALL SCREEN):
The Defiant Ones – Part 1
Lasse Järvi, Doug Pray
Five Came Back: The Price of Victory
Will Znidaric
The Nineties – Can We All Get Along?
Inbal Lessner, ACE
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge – 01
Ben Sozanski, ACE, Geeta Gandbhir; Andy Grieve, ACE
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Black-ish: “Lemons”
John Peter Bernardo, Jamie Pedroza
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: “Josh’s Ex-Girlfriend Wants Revenge”
Kabir Akhtar, ACE & Kyla Plewes
Portlandia: “Amore”
Heather Capps, Ali Greer, Jordan Kim
Will & Grace: “Grandpa Jack”
Peter Beyt
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Curb Your Enthusiasm: “Fatwa!”
Steven Rasch, ACE
Curb Your Enthusiasm: “The Shucker”
Jonathan Corn, ACE
Glow: “Pilot”
William Turro, ACE
Veep: “Chicklet”
Roger Nygard, ACE & Gennady Fridman
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Better Call Saul: “Chicanery”
Skip Macdonald, ACE
Better Call Saul: “Witness”
Kelley Dixon, ACE & Skip Macdonald, ACE
Fargo: “Aporia”
Henk Van Eeghen, ACE
Fargo: “Who Rules the Land of Denial”
Andrew Seklir, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Big Little Lies: “You Get What You Need”
David Berman
Game of Thrones: “Beyond the Wall”
Tim Porter, ACE
The Handmaid’s Tale: “Offred”
Julian Clarke, ACE & Wendy Hallam Martin
Stranger Things: “The Gate”
Kevin D. Ross, ACE
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
Feud: “Pilot”
Adam Penn, ACE & Ken Ramos
Genius: Einstein “Chapter One”
James D. Wilcox
The Wizard of Lies
Ron Patane
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Deadliest Catch: “Lost at Sea”
Rob Butler, ACE & Ben Bulatao, ACE
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: “The Perfect Scientology Family”
Reggie Spangler, Ben Simoff, Kevin Hibbard & Vince Oresman
VICE News Tonight: “Charlottesville: Race & Terror”
Tim Clancy, Cameron Dennis, John Chimples & Denny Thomas