Well, this shakes things up. With “American Hustle,” “12 Years A Slave” and “Gravity” perceived as the frontrunners headed into the Oscars, which are in just a few short weeks, “Captain Phillips” is uh, rocking the boat, in the precursor awards. With a win at the WGA Awards last week, “Captain Phillips” made it clear it was in the mix—and after the ACE Eddie Awards, it could be a bona fide contender come Oscar night.
Beating out a field that included heavy hitters such as “12 Years A Slave,” “Gravity” and “Her,” the Paul Greengrass film took Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic). That being said, arguably it’s toughest competition, “American Hustle,” did win the Comedy Or Musical category. Generally, no one wins Best Picture without Best Editing, but, as this awards season has shown during the precursor awards, there is no clear narrative forming, which is going to make for a very interesting few weeks.
Full list of winners below.
64th ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARD WINNERS
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Captain Phillips
Christopher Rouse, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
American Hustle
Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Frozen
Jeff Draheim
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
20 Feet from Stardom
Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber & Jason Zeldes
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION):
The Assassination of President Kennedy
Chris A. Peterson
BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION:
The Office: “Finale”
David Rogers & Claire Scanlon
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Breaking Bad: “Felina”
Skip MacDonald A.C.E.
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Homeland: “Big Man in Tehran”
Terry Kelley, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
Behind the Candelabra
Mary Ann Bernard
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Tokyo
Nick Brigden
BEST STUDENT EDITING
Ambar Salinas, Video Symphony