American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced today the nominations for the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, television and documentaries.
For theatrically released drama features the nominees are Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer and Past Lives. For the first time in ACE history four of the five drama nominees are women. On the comedy side are Air, American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers and Poor Things.
The Oscar nominations, announced earlier this week, don’t distinguish between comedy or drama and nominated Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer and Poor Things. Last year, ACE Eddie comedy winner Everything Everywhere All At Once went on to win the Oscar for editor Paul Rogers. Previously, they had not aligned since 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
In television, The Bear was a double nominee in comedy (for the guest star-heavy episodes “Fishes” and “Forks”) along with Barry, Only Murders in the Building and Ted Lasso and in drama Succession was a double nominee, alongside Ahsoka, The Last of Us and Slow Horses.
As previously announced, filmmaker John Waters will receive the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film. Also previously announced, film editors Kate Amend, ACE and Walter Murch, ACE will receive Career Achievement Awards for their outstanding contributions to film editing. Stephen Lovejoy, ACE will receive the Heritage Award for his unwavering commitment to ACE.
Winners of the 74th ACE Eddie Awards will be revealed on Sunday, March 3 at UCLA’s Royce Hall at a special brunch celebration and hosted by Drag Race contestant, performer and queer activist Nina West, fresh off her acclaimed performance as Edna Turnblad in the 2-year national touring production of Hairspray.
Here is the complete list of nominations.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical)
Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal
Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE
Maestro – Michelle Tesoro, ACE
Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame, ACE
Past Lives – Keith Fraase
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical)
Air – William Goldenberg, ACE
American Fiction – Hilda Rasula, ACE
Barbie – Nick Houy, ACE
The Holdovers – Kevin Tent, ACE
Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Elemental – Stephen Schaffer, ACE
Nimona – Randy Trager, ACE – Erin Crackel
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Andrews, ACE
The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time” – Timothy A. Good, ACE
Slow Horses: “Strange Games” – Sam Williams
Succession: “Conner’s Wedding” – Bill Henry, ACE
Succession: “With Open Eyes” – Ken Eluto, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL)
Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea – Jon Harris
Flamin’ Hot – Kayla M. Emter, Liza D. Espinas
Reality – Jennifer Vecchiarello, Ron Dulin
BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES
Beef: “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain” – Harry Yoon, ACE; Laura Zempel, ACE
Beef: “The Great Fabricator” – Nat Fuller
Fargo: “The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions” – Christopher Nelson, ACE
Fargo: “The Tragedy of the Commons” – Regis Kimble
Lessons in Chemistry: “Introduction to Chemistry” – Géraud Brisson, ACE; Daniel Martens
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES
Couples Therapy: “Episode310” – Delaney Lynch, Helen Kearns, ACE; Katrina Taylor
Dancing with the Stars: “S32.E5” – Laurens Van Charante, Ben Bulatao, ACE; Fernanda Cardoso, Jessie Sock, Jon Oliver, Neal Acosta, Raiko Siems, Joe Headrick, Mike Bennaton
Deadliest Catch: “Pain Level Ten” – Rob Butler, ACE; Isaiah Camp, ACE; Alexander Rubinow, ACE, Josh Stockero
BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL EVENT
A Black Lady Sketch Show: “My Love Language is Words of Defamation” – Stephanie Filo, ACE; Malinda Zehner Guerra, Taylor Joy Mason, ACE
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: “Dollar Stores” – Anthony Miale, ACE
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour – Dom Whitworth, Guy Harding, Hamish Lyons, Rupa Rathod, Ben Wainwright-Pearce, Reg Wrench
BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES
Blue Eye Samurai: “The Tale of the Ronin and The Bride” – Yuka Shirasuna
Bob’s Burgers: “Amelia” – Jeremy Reuben, ACE; Stephanie Earley
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: “Ramona Rents a Video” – Keisuke Yanagi
ANNE V. COATES AWARD FOR STUDENT EDITING
Isaiah Clarke – Spanish Springs High School
Jaime Diaz – California State University Los Angeles
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.