The Favourite & Bohemian Rhapsody Surprise At 2019 ACE Eddie Awards

This awards season has featured one surprise after another so perhaps it’s not that shocking that the top prizes at the 69th ACE Eddie Awards for Editing went to two unexpected winners.  The American Cinema Editors chose “The Favourite” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” over some stiff competition in the Feature Film Comedy and Feature Film Dramatic categories respectively.  Both films are nominated for the Best Editing Oscar as well as Best Picture.

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In other races, “Atlanta,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Free Solo,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “Bodyguard” and “Killing Eve,” among others, took home prizes.

A complete list of this year’s winners and nominees are as follows:

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
BlacKkKlansman
Barry Alexander Brown

Bohemian Rhapsody – WINNER
John Ottman, ACE

First Man
Tom Cross, ACE

Roma
Alfonso Cuarón & Adam Gough

A Star is Born
Jay Cassidy, ACE

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY):
Crazy Rich Asians
Myron Kerstein

Deadpool 2
Craig Alpert, ACE, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir & Dirk Westervelt

The Favourite – WINNER
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE

Green Book
Patrick J. Don Vito

Vice
Hank Corwin, ACE

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Incredibles 2
Stephen Schaffer, ACE

Isle of Dogs
Andrew Weisblum, ACE, Ralph Foster & Edward Bursch

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – WINNER
Robert Fisher, Jr.

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Free Solo – WINNER
Bob Eisenhardt, ACE

RBG
Carla Gutierrez

Three Identical Strangers
Michael Harte

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Jeff Malmberg & Aaron Wickenden, ACE

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (NON-THEATRICAL):
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
Martin Singer

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind – WINNER
Greg Finton, ACE & Poppy Das, ACE

Wild Wild Country, Part 3
Neil Meiklejohn

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE

BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Atlanta: “Alligator Man”
Isaac Hagy

Atlanta: “Teddy Perkins” – WINNER
Kyle Reiter

The Good Place: “Don’t Let the Good Life Pass You By”
Eric Kissack

Portlandia: “Rose Route”
Jordan Kim, Ali Greer, Heather Capps & Stacy Moon

BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Barry: “Make Your Mark”
Jeff Buchanan

Insecure: “Obsessed-Like”
Nena Erb, ACE

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “Simone” – WINNER
Kate Sanford, ACE

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “We’re Going to the Catskills!”
Tim Streeto, ACE

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
The Americans: “Start”
Daniel Valverde

Better Call Saul: “Something Stupid”
Skip Macdonald, ACE
Better Call Saul: “Winner”
Chris McCaleb

Killing Eve: “Nice Face” – WINNER
Gary Dollner, ACE

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Bodyguard: “Episode 1” – WINNER
Steve Singleton

Homecoming: “Redwood”
Rosanne Tan

Ozark: “One Way Out”
Cindy Mollo, ACE & Heather Goodwin Floyd

Westworld: “The Passenger”
Andrew Seklir, ACE, Anna Hauger & Mako Kamitsuna

BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story: “A Random Killing”
Emily Greene

Escape at Dannemora: “Better Days” – WINNER
Malcolm Jamieson & Geoffrey Richman ACE

Sharp Objects: “Milk”
Véronique Barbe, Dominique Champagne, Justin Lachance, Maxime Lahaie, Émile Vallée & Jai M. Vee

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Anthony Bourdain – Parts Unknown: “West Virginia” – WINNER
Hunter Gross, ACE

Deadliest Catch: “Storm Surge”
Rob Butler, ACE

Naked & Afraid: “Fire and Fury”
Molly Shock, ACE and Jnani Butler