The American Cinema Editors (ACE) has announced the winners of the 71st Annual ACE Eddie Awards for outstanding editing in film in 2020. In a win that complicates the Oscars race for Best Editing where Sound of Metal has been the recent favourite, Alan Baumgarten was awarded Best Edited Feature Film (Drama) for The Trial of the Chicago 7. In a shock upset over Oscar nominee Promising Young Woman, Matthew Friedman and Andrew Dickler won Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy) for Palm Springs.
Winners in bold below.
Best Edited Feature Film (Drama)
Mank
Kirk Baxter, ACE
Minari
Harry Yoon, ACE
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao
Sound of Metal
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Alan Baumgarten, ACE
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Thomas, Craig Alpert, ACE, Mike Giambra
I Care a Lot
Mark Eckersley, ACE
On The Rocks
Sarah Flack, ACE
Palm Springs
Matthew Friedman, ACE and Andrew Dickler
Promising Young Woman
Frédéric Thoraval
Best Edited Animated Feature Film
The Croods: A New Age
James Ryan, ACE
Onward
Catherine Apple
Over the Moon
Edie Ichioka, ACE
Soul
Kevin Nolting, ACE
Wolfwalkers
Darragh Byrne, Richie Cody, Darren Holmes, ACE
Best Edited Documentary (Feature)
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Nancy Novack
Dick Johnson is Dead
Nels Bangerter
The Dissident
Scott D. Hanson, James Leche, Wyatt Rogowski, Avner Shiloah
My Octopus Teacher
Pippa Ehrlich, Dan Schwalm
The Social Dilemma
Davis Coombe
