2023 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (December)
Here are my 2023 Oscar predictions in Film Editing for December.
Green – moves up ↑ Red – moves down ↓ Blue – new entry ♦
1. Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton (Paramount Pictures) – CCA
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers (A24) ↑ – CCA
3. The Fabelmans – Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn (Universal Pictures) ↓
4. The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen (Searchlight Pictures) ↑
5. Avatar: The Way of Water – David Brenner, James Cameron, John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin and Ian Silverstein (20th Century Studios) ↑ – CCA
6. TÁR – Monika Will (Focus Features) – CCA
7. Elvis – Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa (Warner Bros) – CCA
8. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Bob Ducsay (Netflix) ↓
9. Women Talking – Christopher Donaldson and Roslyn Kalloo (UAR/Orion Pictures) ↓
10. Babylon – Tom Cross (Paramount Pictures) ↑ – CCA
Other contenders (alphabetical)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Sven Budelmann (Netflix) ↓
Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Netflix) ↓
The Batman – William Joy and Tyler Nelson (Warner Bros)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Michael. P. Shawver (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios)
Emancipation – Conrad Buff IV (Apple Original Films)
Empire of Light – Lee Smith (Searchlight Pictures)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Holly Klein and Ken Schretzmann (Netflix)
RRR – A. Sreeker Prasad (Variance Films)
She Said – Hansjörg Weißbrich (Universal Pictures)
Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund and Mikel Cee Karlsson (NEON) ↓
The Whale – Andrew Weisblum (A24)
The Woman King – Terilyn A. Shropshire (Sony/TriStar Pictures)
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