With the PGA bestowing its top honor onThe Shape of Waterand the DGA and WGA awards still to come, more niche organizations of somewhat substantial bearing on the Oscars have been not-so-quietly putting out their awards. Chief among them is the American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards, which charts the best editing in movies and tv every year and announced its winners early this morning. The somewhat expected big win went toLee SmithforDunkirk,Christopher Nolan’s technically brilliant war epic, while similarly major prizes went toTatiana S. RiegelofI, Tonya(likely because of those skating routine sequences) andSteve Bloomof Pixar’sCoco.
Other awards went to the trio of editors behindBrett Morgen’s lovelyJane, as well as the editors behind TV shows ranging fromblack-ishandCurb Your EnthusiasmtoFargoandThe Handmaid’s Tale.Mark Harris’Five Came Back, an excellent Netflix documentary series, also brought home an award for its exemplary editing. This suggests that the technical awards will likely come down toDunkirkorI, Tonyawhen Oscar night comes around, but don’t discount the wanting to show their love for big hits from Disney in these categories, since honors are scarce elsewhere for them.
Here’s the full list of winners via the ACE:
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Lee Smith, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY):
Tatiana S. Riegel, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Steve Bloom
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE, Will Znidaric, Brett Morgen
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (NON-THEATRICAL)
Five Came Back: The Price of Victory
Will Znidaric
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Black-ish: “Lemons”
John Peter Bernardo, Jamie Pedroza
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Curb Your Enthusiasm: “The Shucker”
Jonathan Corn, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Fargo: “Who Rules the Land of Denial”
Andrew Seklir, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
The Handmaid’s Tale: “Offred”
Julian Clarke, ACE & Wendy Hallam Martin
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
Genius: Einstein “Chapter One”
James D. Wilcox
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
VICE News Tonight: “Charlottesville: Race & Terror”
Tim Clancy, Cameron Dennis, John Chimples & Denny Thomas
STUDENT COMPETITION WINNER
Mariah Zenk - Missouri State University
