The American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced its slate of nominees for the 2018 ACE Eddie Awards today.
There were no big surprises on the list, though fans of Blade Runner 2049 will be pleased to see that the editors’ group dismissed complaints out of some quarters (including the mouth of original Blade Runner director Ridley Scott) that the sci-fi sequel unfolded at too languorous a pace. Meanwhile, two of the four nominees for best-edited feature documentary, Cries from Syria and Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, must be enjoying the ACE plaudits since they’re not found on the Academy’s current 15-title shortlist for the doc Oscar.
As usual in the TV categories, some nominees will be competing against themselves. Two separate episodes each of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Fargo were cited in their categories, and editor Skip Macdonald, ACE, has been nominated for two Better Call Saul episodes — “Chicanery” and “Witness,” the later of which was co-edited with Kelley Dixon, ACE.
The complete list of nominees as provided by ACE follows.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Blade Runner 2049
Joe Walker, ACE
Dunkirk
Lee Smith, ACE
Molly’s Game
Alan Baumgarten, ACE
Josh Schaeffer
Elliot Graham, ACE
The Post
Michael Kahn, ACE
Sarah Broshar
The Shape of Water
Sidney Wolinsky, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY):
Baby Driver
Jonathan Amos, ACE
Paul Machliss, ACE
Get Out
Gregory Plotkin
I, Tonya
Tatiana S. Riegel, ACE
Lady Bird
Nick Houy
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jon Gregory, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Coco
Steve Bloom
Despicable Me 3
Clair Dodgson
The Lego Batman Movie
David Burrows, ACE
Matt Villa
John Venzon, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Cries From Syria
Aaron I. Butler
Jane
Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE
Will Znidaric
Brett Morgen
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Ann Collins
LA 92
TJ Martin
Scott Stevenson
Dan Lindsay
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Small Screen):
The Defiant Ones – Part 1
Lasse Järvi
Doug Pray
Five Came Back: The Price of Victory
Will Znidaric
The Nineties – Can We All Get Along?
Inbal B. Lessner, ACE
Jason Hardwick
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge – 01
Ben Sozanski, ACE
Geeta Gandbhir
Andy Grieve, ACE
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Black-ish: “Lemons”
John Peter Bernardo
Jamie Pedroza
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: “Josh’s Ex-Girlfriend Wants Revenge”
Kabir Akhtar, ACE
Kyla Plewes
Portlandia: “Amore”
Heather Capps
Ali Greer
Jordan Kim
Will & Grace: “Grandpa Jack”
Peter Beyt
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Curb Your Enthusiasm: “Fatwa!”
Steven Rasch, ACE
Curb Your Enthusiasm: “The Shucker”
Jonathan Corn, ACE
Glow: “Pilot”
William Turro, ACE
Veep: “Chicklet”
Roger Nygard, ACE
Gennady Fridman
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Better Call Saul: “Chicanery”
Skip Macdonald, ACE
Better Call Saul: “Witness”
Kelley Dixon, ACE
Skip Macdonald, ACE
Fargo: “Aporia”
Henk Van Eeghen, ACE
Fargo: “Who Rules the Land of Denial”
Andrew Seklir, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Big Little Lies: “You Get What You Need”
Veronique Barbe
David Berman
Justin Lachance
Sylvain Lebel
Maxime Lahaie
Jim Vega
Game of Thrones: “Beyond the Wall”
Tim Porter, ACE
Handmaid’s Tale: “Offred”
Julian Clarke, ACE
Wendy Hallam Martin
Stranger Things: “The Gate”
Kevin D. Ross, ACE
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
Feud: “Pilot”
Adam Penn, ACE
Ken Ramos
Genius: Einstein “Chapter One”
James D. Wilcox
The Wizard of Lies
Ron Patane
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Deadliest Catch: “Lost at Sea”
Rob Butler, ACE
Ben Bulatao, ACE
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: “The Perfect Scientology Family”
Reggie Spangler
Ben Simoff
Kevin Hibbard
Vince Oresman
VICE News Tonight: “Charlottesville: Race & Terror”
Tim Clancy
Cameron Dennis
John Chimples
Denny Thomas
