69th ACE Eddie nominations: ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ ‘First Man,’ ‘ROMA,’ ‘A Star Is Born’

American Cinema Editors (ACE), the honorary society of the world’s top film editors, today announced nominations for the 69th Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in 11 categories of film, television and documentaries.

Winners will be revealed during ACE’s annual black-tie awards ceremony on Friday, February 1st in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel and will be presided over by ACE President, Stephen Rivkin, ACE.  Final ballots open January 11 and close on January 21.  

Here are the nominees in Film and Television for the 69th ACE Eddie Awards.

FILM

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

Bohemian Rhapsody
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
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
Robert Fisher, Jr.

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Free Solo
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
Greg Finton, ACE & Poppy Das, ACE

Wild Wild Country, Part 3
Neil Meiklejohn

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE 

TELEVISION

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

Atlanta: “Teddy Perkins”
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”
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”
Gary Dollner, ACE

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Bodyguard: “Episode 1”
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”
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”
Hunter Gross, ACE

Deadliest Catch: “Storm Surge”
Rob Butler, ACE

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

About American Cinema Editors
AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS (ACE) is an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950.  Film editors are voted into membership on the basis of their professional achievements, their dedication to the education of others and their commitment to the craft of editing. 

The objectives and purposes of the AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS are to advance the art and science of the editing profession; to increase the entertainment value of motion pictures by attaining artistic pre-eminence and scientific achievement in the creative art of editing; to bring into close alliance those editors who desire to advance the prestige and dignity of the editing profession.

ACE produces several annual events including EditFest (an international editing festival), Invisible Art/Visible Artists (annual panel of Oscar® nominated editors), and the ACE Eddie Awards, now in its 69^th year, recognizing outstanding editing in eleven categories of film, television and documentaries.

The organization publishes a quarterly magazine, CinemaEditor, highlighting the art, craft and business of editing and editors.