Dune holds steady in the #1 position for Best Film Editing this month. Is there anything that will really make it budge? Only if it saw losses at awards like ACE Eddie or BAFTA, which won’t take place until January and February, respectively. That being said, The Trial of the Chicago 7 was the early film editing frontrunner last year before the tide turned towards eventual Oscar winner Sound of Metal, so never say never.
Now that Don’t Look Up has been seen, Hank Corwin sneaks into the top five this month. Many thought Corwin may win this category for Vice back in 2018 before the Bohemian Rhapsody train steamrolled through. Corwin was also nominated in 2015 for The Big Short and his work on Don’t Look Up is just as flashy as his other collaborations with Adam McKay.
If there’s one film editing contender to keep an eye on, it’s Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum for tick, tick… BOOM!. The film is beginning to firm as a potential contender in more categories than just Best Actor and its film editing is one of its most impressive technical elements. Netflix has their hands full with The Power of the Dog and Don’t Look Up, but they’d be wise to push tick, tick… BOOM! as well.
BEST FILM EDITING PREDICTIONS:
1. Dune (Warner Bros.)
Joe Walker
2. Belfast (Focus Features)
Úna Ni Dhonghaile
3. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn
4. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Peter Sciberras
5. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Hank Corwin
IN CONTENTION
Flee (Neon)
Janus Billeskov Jansen
House of Gucci (MGM)
Claire Simpson
King Richard (Warner Bros.)
Pamela Martin
Licorice Pizza (MGM)
Andy Jurgensen (Paul Thomas Anderson)
The Matrix Resurrections (Warner Bros.)
Joseph Jett Sally
Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
Cam McLauchlin
No Time to Die (MGM)
Tom Cross and Elliot Graham
Spencer (Neon)
Sebastián Sepúlveda
tick, tick… BOOM! (Netflix)
Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple TV+)
Reginald Jaynes (Joel Coen)
