American Cinema Editors Announce 2014 "Eddie Award" Nominations

by Amos Semien

The American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950.  According to the group’s website, 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.  Since 1962, ACE has given its own annual award of merit, the Eddie Award.

The nominations for the 2014 ACE Eddie Awards were announced Friday, January 10, 2014.  The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday, February 7, 2014.

NOMINEES FOR 64th ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARDS (for the year in film 2013):

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
12 Years a Slave - Joe Walker

Captain Phillips - Chris Rouse, A.C.E.

Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón & Mark Sanger

Her - Eric Zumbrunnen, A.C.E. & Jeff Buchanan

Saving Mr. Banks - Mark Livolsi, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
American Hustle - Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten, A.C.E.

August: Osage County - Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E.

Inside Llewyn Davis - Roderick Jaynes

Nebraska - Kevin Tent, A.C.E.

The Wolf of Wall Street - Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Despicable Me 2 - Gregory Perler, A.C.E.

Frozen - Jeff Draheim

Monsters University - Greg Snyder

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
20 Feet from Stardom - Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber & Jason Zeldes

Blackfish - Eli Despres

Tim’s Vermeer - Patrick Sheffield

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION):
American Masters: Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin’ - Stephen Ellis, Gordon Mason & Phil McDonald

American Winter - Aaron I. Butler

The Assassination of President Kennedy - Chris A. Peterson

BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION:
30 Rock: “Hogcock! / Last Lunch” - Meg Reticker / Ken Eluto, A.C.E.

Arrested Development: “Flight of the Phoenix” - Kabir Akhtar & A.J. Dickerson

The Office: “Finale” - David Rogers & Claire Scanlon

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Breaking Bad: “Buried” - Skip MacDonald A.C.E. & Sharidan Williams-Sotelo

Breaking Bad: “Felina”- Skip MacDonald A.C.E.

Breaking Bad: “Granite State” - Kelley Dixon, A.C.E. & Chris McCaleb

Breaking Bad: “Ozymandias”- Skip MacDonald A.C.E.

The Good Wife: “Hitting the Fan” - Scott Vickrey, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere” - Oral Norrie Ottey

Homeland: “Big Man in Tehran” - Terry Kelley, A.C.E.

House of Cards: “Chapter 1” - Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
American Horror Story: Asylum: “The Name Game” - Stewart Schill, A.C.E.

Behind the Candelabra - Mary Ann Bernard

Phil Spector -Barbara Tulliver, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Tokyo - Nick Brigden

Beyond Scared Straight: “The Return of Hustle Man” - Rob Goubeaux, A.C.E., Mark S. Andrew, A.C.E., Paul J. Coyne, A.C.E., Jennifer Nelson, Martin Skibosh, Trevor Campbell

Deadliest Catch: “Mutiny on the Bering Sea” - Josh Earl, A.C.E.  Alex Durham, Rob Butler

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