American Cinema Editors Awards 2016

The 66th American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards were presented on January 29, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, honoring the best editors in films and television.

66th ACE Eddie Awards
Presented by	American Cinema Editors
Date	January 29, 2016
Site	The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Film: Comedy	The Big Short

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic:

Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road

• Pietro Scalia – The Martian
• Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant
• Joe Walker – Sicario
• Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey– Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical:

Hank Corwin – The Big Short

• Dan Lebental and Colby Parker, Jr. – Ant-Man
• Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Tom Cross and Christopher Tellefsen – Joy
• David Trachtenberg – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
• William Kerr and Paul Zucker – Trainwreck

Best Edited Animated Feature Film:

Kevin Nolting – Inside Out

• Garret Elkins – Anomalisa
• Stephen Schaffer – The Good Dinosaur

Best Edited Documentary Feature:

Chris King – Amy

• Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen – Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
• Andy Grieve – Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• Greg Finton, Brad Fuller and Brian Johnson – He Named Me Malala
• Claire Scanlon – The Wrecking Crew

Television

Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television:

Nick Paley – Inside Amy Schumer: "12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer"

• Brian Merken – Silicon Valley: "Two Days of the Condor"
• Gary Dollner – Veep: "Election Night"

Best Edited One Hour Series for Commercial Television:

Tom Wilson – Mad Men: "Person to Person"

• Kelley Dixon – Better Call Saul: "Five-O"
• Skip Macdonald – Better Call Saul: "Uno"
• Skip Macdonald and Curtis Thurber – Fargo: "Did You Do This? No, You Did It!"
• Scott Vickrey – The Good Wife: "Restraint"

Best Edited One Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television:

Lisa Bromwell – House of Cards: "Chapter 39"

• Katie Weiland – Game of Thrones: "The Dance of Dragons"
• Tim Porter – Game of Thrones: "Hardhome"
• Harvey Rosenstock – Homeland: "The Tradition of Hospitality"
• Steven Soderbergh – The Knick: "Wonderful Surprises"

Best Edited Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Television:

Brian A. Kates – Bessie

• Maysie Hoy – Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
• Jeffrey M. Werner – Orange Is the New Black: '"Trust No Bitch"

Best Edited Documentary for Television:

Richard Hankin, Zac Stuart-Pontier, Caitlyn Greene, Shelby Siegel – The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst: "Chapter 1: A Body in the Bay"

• Joshua L. Pearson – Keith Richards: Under the Influence
• Chris A. Peterson – The Seventies: "The United States vs. Nixon"

Best Edited Non-Scripted Series

Hunter Gross – Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: "Bay Area"

• Josh Earl and Ben Bulatao – Deadliest Catch: "Zero Hour"
• Eric Driscoll, Nik Jamgocyan, Chris Kirkpatrick, David Michael Maurer, Greg McDonald, Marcus Miller and Alexandria Scott – Whale Wars: "The Darkest Hour"