Jan 16, 2012 by Brian Gallagher

62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards Nominations

American Cinema Editors (ACE) today announced nominations for the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners will be revealed during ACE's 62nd annual black-tie awards ceremony on Saturday, February 18, 2012 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. As previously announced, the ceremony will be hosted by actor/comedian Patton Oswalt. Later this month ACE will announce the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honoree and two Career Achievement honorees.

Nominees for 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards



Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):




Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical):




Best Edited Animated Feature Film




Best Edited Half-Hour Series For Television




Best Edited One-Hour Series For Commercial Television:




Best Edited One-Hour Series For Non-Commercial Television:




Best Edited Mini-Series or Movie For Television:




Best Edited Documentary




Best Edited Reality Series:




Final Ballots will be mailed on January 23 and voting ends on February 9. The Blue Ribbon panels where judging for all television categories and the documentary film category take place January 29. Projects in the aforementioned categories are viewed and judged by panels comprised of professional editors (all ACE members). All 600+ 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 boasts a very high crossover within its membership of Academy members, it is considered a very accurate bellwether for the eventual Oscar outcome.



Sources: American Cinema Editors

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Comments (6)

  1. thedude-abides

    @moviegeek I think what you said is probably right. Anyway, I feel the same way about its Oscar chances after seeing it.

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  2. moviegeek

    @thedude-abides Maybe so. I'm not sure either way... But I was just saying what my assumption was on the category. I wouldn't be surprised to see TGWTDT get snubbed for any nomination except its score at the Oscars.

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  3. thedude-abides

    @moviegeek That makes sense, and in that case I would agree with the film's nomination. I suppose even though it ran over toward the end, it did transition well throughout and the execution was still near-perfect. I just always think of editing as encompassing everything that's left out as well as put in, as well as everything you mentioned.

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  4. moviegeek

    @thedude-abides That's a directorial choice though. I thought Film Editing just recognized how well scenes worked together, how comprehensible the film was, and transitioning from plot point to plot point. Because TGWTDT worked really well as a mystery.

    But yes, the ending was FAR too long. The 3-hour cut? Just a result of trying to capture little nuances that weren't really essential to the film probably.

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  5. thedude-abides

    @moviegeek I was thinking the same thing. Did you not think it was too long? Personally I would've edited about 25 minutes right out of that film and I think it would've been a better overall movie. For the life of me I can't imagine why Fincher wanted to make it 3 hours.

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  6. moviegeek

    @thedude-abides So much for the editing in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo being horrible :P

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