American Cinema Editors Announce 63rd Annual Eddie Award Nominees

The editors of Argo, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty have been nominated for best edited dramatic feature in the 63rd annual ACE Eddie Awards, which will be held Feb.16 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

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Nominated in the feature category for best edited comedy or musicals are the editors of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Les Miserables, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook and Ted.

William Goldenberg is a double nominee, having edited Argo as well as co-edited Zero Dark Thirty with Dylan Tichenor. On Thursday, the same two films were nominated for Oscars for editing.

ACE also nominated this year’s Oscar nominated editors Tim Squres for Life of Pi, Michael Kahn for Lincoln, and Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers for Silver Linings Playbook.

No film has won best picture at the Oscars without also having received at least a best editing nomination from ACE since Ordinary People in 1981.

This year, six of the nine best picture nominated films have editors that are nominated for ACE Awards. They are Argo, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Lingings Playbook, and Zero Dark Thirty.

In all, ACE recognizes editors in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. Final ballots will be mailed on Jan. 23 and voting ends on Feb. 8.

The list of nominees follows:

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):

Argo, William Goldenberg, A.C.E.
Life of Pi, Tim Squyres, A.C.E.
Lincoln, Michael Kahn, A.C.E.
Skyfall, Stuart Baird, A.C.E.
Zero Dark Thirty, Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E. and William Goldenberg, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Chris Gill 

Les Misérables, Melanie Ann Oliver & Chris Dickens, A.C.E.
Moonrise Kingdom, Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.
Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy, A.C.E. & Crispin Struthers
Ted, Jeff Freeman, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Brave, Nicolas C. Smith, A.C.E.
Frankenweenie, 
Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E. & Mark Solomon
Rise of the Guardians, 
Joyce Arrastia
Wreck-It Ralph, Tim Mertens
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):


Samsara, Ron Fricke & Mark Magidson
Searching for Sugar Man, 
Malik Bendjelloul
West of Memphis, Billy McMillin

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION):

American Masters - Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune, Pamela Scott Arnold
The Dust Bowl - Episode 1: The Great Plow Up, 
Craig Mellish
The Weight of the Nation: Episode 1: Consequences,  Paula Heredia

BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION:

Girls: “Pilot”, Robert Frazen, A.C.E. & Catherine Haight
Modern Family: “Mystery Date”,  Ryan Case
Nurse Jackie: “Handle Your Scandal”, Gary Levy

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:

Breaking Bad: “Dead Freight”, Skip Macdonald A.C.E.
Breaking Bad: “Gliding Over All”, Kelley Dixon, A.C.E.
Mad Men: “The Other Woman”, Tom Wilson
Nashville: “Pilot”, Keith Henderson
Smash: “Pilot”, Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:

Homeland: “The Choice”, Terry Kelley, A.C.E.
Homeland: “State of Independence”, Jordan Goldman
The Newsroom: “We Just Decided To (Pilot)”, Anne McCabe, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:

Game Change, Lucia Zucchetti, A.C.E.
Hatfields & McCoys, Part 1
, Don Cassidy
Hemingway & Gellhorn, Walter Murch, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:

Beyond Scared Straight : "Oklahoma County, OK - The Weight", Rob Goubeaux, A.C.E., Mark Andrew, A.C.E., Paul J. Coyne, A.C.E., Mark Baum, Jeremy Gantz, Johnny Skaare, J.C. Solis & Ken Yankee
Frozen Planet: “Ends of the Earth”, Andy Netley & Sharon Gillooly
Deadliest Catch: “I Don't Want to Die”, Josh Earl, A.C.E. & Alex Durham