American Cinema Editors announce 66th Annual ACE Eddie Awards – nominations

The American Cinema Editors have announced the nominees for the 66th Annual ACE Eddie Awards.

Winners will be announced at the 66th Annual ACE Eddie Awards presented by American Cinema Editors on January 29th, 2016. As previously announced, writer/director Nancy Meyers will receive the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award. In addition to that, Carol Littleton, ACE and Ted Rich, ACE, will receive Career Achievement Awards.

Final Ballots will be mailed on January 8 and voting ends on January 20. The Blue Ribbon screenings where judging for all television categories and the documentary film category take place January 17. Projects in the aforementioned categories are viewed and judged by committees comprised of professional editors (all ACE members). All 800+ ACE members vote during the final balloting of the ACE Eddies, including active members, life members, affiliate members and honorary members.

Motion Picture Sound Editors present the 2015 Golden Reel Awards – winners

The Motion Picture Sound Editors held their gala awards ceremony for the 62nd annual Golden Reel Awards last night. The event was held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in downtown Los Angeles.

The MPSE spread their awards around in all of the categories, choosing a different winner for each. For the main film prizes, American Sniper and Unbroken won the Feature English Language slots for Effects/Foley and Dialogue/ADR respectively. Birdman won for Feature Music, while Get On Up won for Feature Musical.

65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards – winners

American Cinema Editors (ACE) held a gala ceremony for their 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing last night in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Serving as Master of Ceremonies was actress/comedian Mary Lynn Rajskub. Among the evening’s presenters were Matt Damon, Chris Pratt, Rene Russo, Allen Leech (Downton Abbey, The Imitation Game), Robin Leach, Nightcrawler director Dan Gilroy, Jeff Garlin and Amanda Fuller (Last Man Standing).

The winner for the Best Edited Feature Film in the Dramatic category was Sandra Adair for her work on Richard Linklater's Boyhood. Barney Pilling won for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical for his cutting on Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.

2015 Golden Reel Awards – nominations announced

The Motion Picture Sound Editors have announced the nominations in 20 categories for its 62nd MPSE Golden Reel Awards, honouring the best feature film, television, animation and computer entertainment work of the year.

“2014 was a fantastic year for sound,” said MPSE president Frank Morrone. “The advent of new distribution channels, streaming services and gaming platforms is creating additional opportunities for sound artists to practice their craft beyond the traditional venues of film and television. This year’s nominations reflect that change, spanning an amazing diversity of mediums and genres, all executed at the highest level of creativity. We are truly inspired and impressed by the work of our colleagues.”

American Cinema Editors announce 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards – nominations

American Cinema Editors (ACE) today announced nominations for the 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in ten categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners will be revealed during ACE’s annual black-tie awards ceremony on Friday, January 30, 2015 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Next week ACE will announce the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honoree and two Career Achievement honorees.

For only the second time in the organization’s history, a tie resulted in an additional nominee in the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) category creating six nominees, instead of five, indicating a tie in the number of votes for the fifth placing films. In 2013, a tie in the Best Edited Animated Feature Film resulted in four nominees, instead of the normal three nominees, in that category.
The ACE Eddie Award nominees are listed below.

4th Annual Canadian Cinema Editors Awards – nominations

The Canadian Cinema Editors (C.C.E.) announced today their nominations for the 4th Annual Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, which were selected by a panel of fellow editors, directors and other skilled industry professionals.

The Canadian Cinema Editors (C.C.E.) is a non-profit organization with the goal of bettering the art and science of picture editing in all media. Through a better understanding of each other, and teaching others in our industry we hope to advance the profile of professional film editors. Our aim is to spark passion in us all and bring recognition to those who create the last draft of the script by weaving a mosaic of picture and sound in the cutting rooms across Canada.

64th Annual American Cinema Editors ACE "Eddie" Awards – winners

Captain Phillips (edited by Christopher Rouse, A.C.E.) and American Hustle (edited by Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy/Musical) respectively at the 64th Annual ACE Eddie Awards tonight where trophies were handed out in ten (10) categories of film, television and documentaries.

The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year’s best editing.

Frozen (edited by Jeff Draheim) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and 20 Feet From Stardom (edited by Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber & Jason Zeldes) won Best Edited Documentary (Feature).

64th Annual American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards – nominations

The American Cinema Editors have announced the nominations for the 64th annual ACE Eddie Awards.

The nominees for Best Edited Feature film includes the editors for 12 Years a Slave, Gravity, Her, American Hustle, Inside Llewyn Davis and the controversial The Wolf of Wall Street. Each of the nominees for Comedy or Musical could easily have been included in Drama, while Her and Saving Mr. Banks could just as easily been in the comedy category.

In the television section, the show Breaking Bad picked up four nominations, including three for Skip MacDonald.

2013 Canadian Cinema Editors Awards – nominations

The Canadian Cinema Editors have announced the nominations for their 3rd Annual CCE Awards.

The nominees for Best Editing in a Feature Length are Adam Locke-Norton for A.J. Bond's Stress Position, Stephen Philipson Sara St. Onge's Molly Maxwell, Dev Singh for Kate Miles Melville's Picture Day, Matt Hannam for Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral, and Roderick Deogrades for Michael McGowan's Still Mine.

Gordon Rempel was nominated twice, for his work on the series She Made Them Do It and the short film The Weather Girl. Joycelyn Poon was nominated twice in the Animation category for Oh No! It’s an Alien Invasion, Episode: The Royal Flush / Brainlings on Ice; and Babar and the Adventures of Badou, Episode: Babar the Pirate / Stripes vs. Scales.

2013 ACE Eddie Awards – winners

Argo (edited by William Goldenberg, A.C.E.) and The Silver Linings Playbook (edited by Jay Cassidy, A.C.E. and Crispin Struthers) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy/Musical) respectively at the 63rdAnnual ACE Eddie Awards tonight where trophies were handed out in ten (10) categories of film, television and documentaries.

The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year’s best editing. Brave (edited by Nicholas C. Smith, A.C.E. & Robert Grahamjones, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and Searching For Sugar Man (edited by Malik Bendjelloul) won Best Edited Documentary (Feature).

2013 ACE Eddie Awards – nominations

This morning, the American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the nominations for their 63rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards.

The nominees for Best Edited Dramatic Feature were Argo, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty. At yesterday's announcement, each received an Academy Award nomination except for Skyfall. The fifth Oscar nomination went to Silver Linings Playbook, which was nominated for the Best Edited Comedic Feature award from the Eddies.

Also receiving nominations in the Feature Comedy/Musical section were The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Les Misérables, Moonrise Kingdom and Ted.

2012 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards – winners

In a gala celebration last night, 7th Annual Hollywood Post Alliance Awards were recognized for the outstanding contributions they have made in helping create the features, programs, spots, and entertainment seen around the world.

The Hollywood Post Alliance – the professional organization for the post production community - presented the 7th Annual HPA Awards to a sold out audience of industry insiders and luminaries. Industry professionals were honored in 12 creative categories as well as a number of special awards including Engineering Excellence, HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Production, and the prestigious Charles S. Swartz Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Post Production, which had been announced earlier.

Ray Dolby, Founder and Director Emeritus of Dolby Laboratories, received the Charles S. Swartz Award for his profound impact on the post production industry and innumerable contributions to image and sound recording technology. Sound Designer, Editor and technology visionary, Walter Murch, A.C.E. was on hand to present to his friend and colleague.

Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) Awards – nominations

The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced the nominees for the 2012 HPA Awards. The Awards honor excellence in post production and bring recognition to the achievements of individuals and companies who are engaged in significant and revolutionary work in post production.

The film categories were led by Joss Whedon's Marvel's The Avengers which received a nomination for Outstanding Editing and two for Outstanding Compositing. The only other film with multiple nominations was Ridley Scott's Prometheus which picked up two.

For television, the shows which picked up two nominations were Hatfields & McCoys Miniseries, Castle, Boardwalk Empire and Homeland. All other shows received a single mention.

2012 Canadian Cinema Editors Awards – winners

Last night, the Canadian Cinema Editors held 2nd Annual Canadian Cinema Editors Awards at The Capitol Event Theatre in Toronto.

The winner for Best Editing in Feature Length Dramatic was Roger Matussi for Afghan Luke, winning against the editors for High Chicago, I'm Yours, A Dangerous Method and House of the Rising Sun. Michele Hozer won for Best Editing in Documentary for West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thompson .

Don Cassidy won in the Television Movie or Mini-Series category with the Broken Promises and deadly Barriers" episode of The Kennedys. Teresa De Luca won the Long Form Television Series prize with the "Reason to Believe" episode of Combat Hospital. For 1/2 hour Broadcast Short Form, the award went to Brigitte Rabazo of the now-canceled Todd & the Pure Book of Evil for "Fisting Fantasy".

2012 Canadian Cinema Editors Awards - nominations

The Canadian Cinema Editors have revealed their nominations for the 2nd Annual Canadian Cinema Editors Awards.

The nominations for Best Editing in Feature Length Dramatic went to Lisa di Michele for High Chicago, Roger Matussi for Afghan Jake, Matthew Hannam for I'm Yours, Ron Sanders for A Dangerous Method and Mark Arcieri for House of the Rising Sun. Matthew Hannam picked up a second nomination for Best Editing in 1/2 hour Broadcast Short Form with his work on the television show Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Other double nominees for editing included Brigitte Rabazo, Teresa De Luca, Annellie Samuels, and Robert Henry.

2012 MPSE Golden Reel Awards - winners

The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) held their 59th Annual Golden Reel Awards on Sunday night at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel &Suites in Los Angeles. The awards were spread around evenly with no film taking multiple awards.

Both Steven Spielberg films picked up an award. The Adventures of Tintin won for Animated Feature Film, while War Horse won for Sound Effects and Foley. Another film he produced, Super 8 by J.J. Abrams, was the winner for Dialogue and ADR. Super 8 had led with three nominations.

Martin Scorsese's two films also picked up a trophy. George Harrison: Living in the Material World won the Documentary category and Hugo won for Music.

The winner for Music in a Musical Film was James Bobin's The Muppets. The Foreign Language category went to the Chinese epic film The Flowers of War by Zhang Yimou and starring Christian Bale.

2012 American Cinema Editors' ACE Eddie Awards - winners

The American Cinema Editors (ACE) held their 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday night. The main winners were The Descendants and The Artist, both of which were winners at the Golden Globes.

Editor Kevin Tent of The Descendants won for Best Edited Feature (Drama). The competition had been The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter), Hugo (Thelma Schoonmaker), Moneyball (Christopher Tellefsen) and War Horse (Michael Kahn). The director of The Descendants Alexander Payne was also the recipient of the honourary ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year, presented to him by Reese Witherspoon and Kevin Tent.

Director Michel Hazanavicius served as editor alongside Anne-Sophie Bion for The Artist which won for Best Edited Comedy. They had been competing against Bridesmaids (William Kerr, Michael L. Sale) Midnight in Paris (Alisa Lepselter), My Week with Marilyn (Adam Recht) and Young Adult (Dana E. Glauberman).

MPSE Golden Reel Awards - nominees

The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) have announced the nominees for their 59th Annual Golden Reel Awards.

Super 8 came out at the top with three nominations. The film was nominated in sound editing categories for Music in a Feature Film; Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film; and Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film.

Films picking up two nominations were Drive, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and War Horse.

The 2012 MPSE Filmmaker Award will be presented to Gale Anne Hurd. The 2012 MPSE Career Achievement Award will be presented to George Watters II.

2012 ACE Eddie Awards - nominations

The American Cinema Editors (ACE) have announced the nominations for their 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards.

The nominees were mostly as expected. For Best Edited Feature (Drama) the nominees were The Descendants (Kevin Tent), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter), Hugo (Thelma Schoonmaker), Moneyball (Christopher Tellefsen) and War Horse (Michael Kahn).

For Best Edited Comedy, the nominees were The Artist (Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius), Bridesmaids (William Kerr, Michael L. Sale) Midnight in Paris (Alisa Lepselter), My Week with Marilyn (Adam Recht) and Young Adult (Dana E. Glauberman). The appearance of Young Adult was a small surprise as it hasn't played a strong part in awards talk thus far.

Call for submissions: CFC Cineplex Entertainment Film Program

The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has just put out their call for submissions to the CFC Cineplex Entertainment Film Program.

This is their five-and-a-half month intensive training program for filmmakers to further develop their skills. The program runs in the second half of the year from July 9 to December 7, 2012. Each year they take up to five participants in each of the four disciplines of directing, producing, screenwriting and editing.

They have separate programs for television, documentary, new media and acting, as well as feature film programs.

The deadline for submissions to the CFC Cineplex Entertainment Film Program is January 23, 2012.