By Matt Neglia
The first guild of the 2017 Awards Race has announced its nominations: the ACE Eddie Awards, celebrating the best of the year in editing. The winners will be announced January 26th.
Click below to see the nominees.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC)
Blade Runner 2049 – Joe Walker, ACE
Dunkirk – Lee Smith, ACE
Molly’s Game – Alan Baumgarten, ACE, Josh Schaeffer & Elliot Graham, ACE
The Post – Michael Kahn, ACE & Sarah Broshar
The Shape of Water – Sidney Wolinsky, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY)
Baby Driver – Jonathan Amos, ACE & Paul Machliss, ACE
Get Out – Gregory Plotkin
I, Tonya – Tatiana S. Riegel, ACE
Lady Bird – Nick Houy
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Jon Gregory, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Coco – Steve Bloom
Despicable Me 3 – Clair Dodgson
The Lego Batman Movie – David Burrows, ACE, Matt Villa & John Venzon, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Cries From Syria – Aaron I. Butler
Jane – Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE, Will Znidaric, Brett Morgen
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold – Ann Collins
LA 92 – TJ Martin, Scott Stevenson, Dan Lindsay
The full list of nominations including television can be found here. What do you think of the nominees? Our predictions for the Oscar for Best Film Editing can be found here. Which 5 films do you think will get the Oscar nomination? Let us know in the comments section below.
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