The American Cinema Editors have announced their nominees for the best in TV editing in 2014. Via press release:
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY:
- Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey: Standing Up in the Milky Way
John Duffy, ACE, Michael O’Halloran, Eric Lea - Pauly Shore Stands Alone
Troy Takaki, ACE & Joey Vigour - The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: Episode 3 / The Fire of Life
Erik Ewers
BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES:
- Silicon Valley: “Optimal Tip to Tip Efficiency”
Brian Merken & Tim Roche - Veep: “Special Relationship”
Anthony Boys - Transparent: Pilot
Catherine Haight
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
- 24: “10pm to 11am”
Scott Powell, ACE - Mad Men: “Waterloo”
Christopher Gay - Madam Secretary: “Pilot”
Elena Maganini, ACE & Michael Ornstein, ACE - Sherlock: “His Last Vow”
Yan Miles - The Good Wife: “A Few Words”
Scott Vickrey, ACE
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
- True Detective: “Who Goes There”
Affonso Goncalves - True Detective: “The Secret Fate of All Life”
Alex Hall - House of Cards: “Chapter 14”
Byron Smith
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
- Fargo “Buridan’s Ass”
Regis Kimble - Olive Kitteridge: “A Different Road”
Jeffrey M. Werner, ACE - The Normal Heart
Adam Penn
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: “Iran”
Hunter Gross - Deadliest Catch: “Lost At Sea”
Josh Earl, ACE & Johnny Bishop - Vice: “Greenland is Melting & Bonded Labor”
Joe Langford & Nick Carew
Final Ballots will be mailed on January 5 and voting ends on January 21. The Blue Ribbon panels where judging for all television categories and the documentary film category take place January 18. Projects in the aforementioned categories are viewed and judged by panels comprised of professional editors (all ACE members). All 700+ ACE members vote during the final balloting of the ACE Eddies, including active members, life members, affiliate members and honorary members.
The ACE Eddie Awards is considered an integral precursor to the Oscars®. No film has won Best Picture at the Oscars® without also having received at least a Best Editing nomination since “Ordinary People” in 1981. Since the ACE membership has a very high crossover within its membership of Academy® members, it represents an accurate bellwether for the eventual Oscar® outcome.
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 65th year, recognizing outstanding editing in ten categories of film, television and documentaries.
The organization publishes a quarterly magazine, CinemaEditor, highlighting the art, craft and business of editing and editors.
