American Cinema Editors Awards 2009
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The 60th American Cinema Editors
Eddie Awards, which were presented on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
, honored the best editor
s in film
s and television
s of 2009.
Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical:
Best Edited Animated Feature Film:
Best Edited Documentary Film:
Best Edited One Hour Series for Commercial Television:
Best Edited One Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television:
Best Edited Reality Series:
American Cinema Editors
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself. The society is not to be confused with an industry union, such as the I.A.T.S.E...
Eddie Awards, which were presented on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
Beverly Hilton Hotel
The Beverly Hilton is a hotel located on an property at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards in Beverly Hills, California, USA...
, honored the best editor
Editor
The term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
s in film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
s of 2009.
Film
Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic:- Chris InnisChris InnisChristina Jean "Chris" Innis is an American film editor and filmmaker. She was awarded the 2010 Academy Award, BAFTA, and A.C.E awards for "Best Film Editing" on the feature film, The Hurt Locker, shared with co-editor, Bob Murawski...
& Bob MurawskiBob MurawskiBob Murawski is an American film editor as well as a film distributor of cult horror and independent films under the "Box Office Spectaculars" and "Grindhouse Releasing" labels. He was awarded the 2010 Academy Award, BAFTA, and A.C.E. awards for "Best Film Editing" on the feature film, The Hurt...
- The Hurt LockerThe Hurt LockerThe Hurt Locker is a 2009 American war film about a three-man United States Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team during the Iraq War. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a US bomb...
- Stephen E. RivkinStephen E. RivkinStephen E. Rivkin is a film editor and producer with more than 30 film credits. His career started in 1976 on the short film, Ain't We Having Fun?. Since 1994 he has been the principal editor working with director Norman Jewison. Rivkin has been elected a member of the American Cinema Editors...
& John Refoua & James CameronJames CameronJames Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor...
- Avatar - Julian ClarkeJulian ClarkeJulian Clarke is a Canadian film editor. Clarke graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School before enrolling at the University of British Columbia as a film major. After graduating from UBC in 2000, Clarke immediately began to find work as a professional film editor...
- District 9District 9District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James... - Mary Jo MarkeyMary Jo MarkeyMary Jo Markey is an American film and television editor, who has also worked as an actress. Markey has edited several mainstream films including Medicine Man, Bad Boy, and Mission: Impossible III...
& Maryann BrandonMaryann BrandonMaryann Brandon is an American film editor. She is represented by United Talent Agency.Brandon earned an Emmy Award nomination for her editing work on the popular television series Alias, created by J.J. Abrams. She also co-edited Abrams' film directorial debut, Mission: Impossible III, with Mary...
- Star Trek - Dana Glauberman - Up in the AirUp in the Air (film)Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and co-written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner. It is a film adaptation of the 2001 novel of the same name, written by Walter Kirn. The story is about a corporate downsizer Ryan Bingham and his travels...
- Stephen E. Rivkin
Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical:
- Debra Neil-Fisher – The HangoverThe Hangover (film)The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha and Jeffrey Tambor...
- Joe HutshingJoe HutshingJoe Hutshing is an American film editor who grew up in San Diego, California and is best known for working multiple times with film director, Oliver Stone and well as with film director Cameron Crowe...
& David MoritzDavid MoritzDavid Moritz is a film editor. He was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. He is married, has three daughters and lives in Los Angeles, CA.-Selected filmography:The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.*Imagine That...
– It's ComplicatedIt's Complicated (film)It's Complicated is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.-Plot:... - Richard MarksRichard MarksRichard Marks is an American film editor with more than 30 editing credits for feature and television films dating from 1972. In an extended, notable collaboration , he has edited all of director James L...
– Julie & JuliaJulie & JuliaJulie & Julia is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Amy Adams, and Chris Messina... - Roderick Jaynes – A Serious ManA Serious ManA Serious Man is a 2009 dark comedy written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesota Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading to questions about his faith...
- Alan Edward Bell – 500 Days of Summer500 Days of SummerDays of Summer is a 2009 comedy drama film. It was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, directed by Marc Webb, produced by Mark Waters, and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. The film employs a nonlinear narrative structure, with the story based upon its male protagonist...
- Joe Hutshing
Best Edited Animated Feature Film:
- Kevin Nolting– UpUp (2009 film)Up is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film...
- Christopher Murrie & Ronald SandersRonald Sanders-Career:Ron won Genie Awards for his work on Eastern Promises , eXistenZ , Crash , and Dead Ringers . He has collaborated extensively with director David Cronenberg; since 1979, he has edited most of the Cronenberg's films....
– CoralineCoralineCoraline is a horror/fantasy novella by British author Neil Gaiman, published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and Harper Collins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers...
- Christopher Murrie & Ronald Sanders
- Andrew Weisblum – Fantastic Mr. FoxFantastic Mr. FoxFantastic Mr Fox is a children's novel written by British author Roald Dahl. It was published in 1970 by George Allen & Unwin in the UK and Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S., with illustrations by Donald Chaffin. The book was later published with new illustrations by Jill Bennett, Tony Ross and Quentin...
Best Edited Documentary Film:
- Geoffrey Richman – The Cove
- Kim Roberts – Food Inc.
- Don Brochu, Brandon Key, Tim Patterson & Kevin Stitt -
Michael Jackson's This Is ItMichael Jackson's This Is ItMichael Jackson's This Is It is a 2009 American documentary–concert film directed by Kenny Ortega that documents Michael Jackson's rehearsals and preparation for the concert series of the same name scheduled to start on July 13, 2009, but canceled due to his death eighteen days prior on June 25. It...
Television
Best Edited Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Television:- Alan HeimAlan HeimAlan Heim is an American film editor with more than thirty feature-film credits. He had an extended collaboration with the director Bob Fosse; Heim's editing of Fosse's film, All That Jazz , was honored by the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, and the American...
& Lee Percy – Grey Gardens- John BloomJohn Bloom (film editor)John Bloom is a British film editor with nearly fifty film credits commencing with the 1960 film, The Impersonator. He is the brother of actress Claire Bloom....
& Antonia Van Drimmelen – Into the Storm - Lee Percy & Brian A. Kates – Taking ChanceTaking ChanceTaking Chance is a 2009 historical drama film based upon the experiences of Marine Lt. Col. Michael Strobl , who escorts the body of a fallen Marine, PFC Chance Phelps , back to his hometown from the Iraq War....
- John Bloom
Best Edited One Hour Series for Commercial Television:
- Lynne Willingham – Breaking BadBreaking BadBreaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White , a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the series...
"ABQ"- Christopher Nelson – LostLost (TV series)Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" - Leon Ortiz Gil – 2424 (TV series)24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
"8pm-9pm" - Randy Jon Morgan & Jacque Toberen – ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
"And in the End"
- Christopher Nelson – Lost
Best Edited One Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television:
- Louis Cioffi – DexterDexter (TV series)Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
"Remains to be Seen"- Louise Innes – True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
"Hard-Hearted Hannah" - Stewart Schill – DexterDexter (TV series)Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
"Living the Dream"
- Louise Innes – True Blood
Best Edited Reality Series:
- Kelly Coskran & Josh Earl – The Deadliest Catch "Stay Focused or Die"
- Annie Tighe, Alan Hoang, Adrianne Salisbury & Kevin Leffler
Top ChefTop ChefTop Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...
"The Last Supper" - Jonathan Braun, Brad Ley, Sven Pape & Molly Shock
Expedition AfricaExpedition AfricaExpedition Africa is an eight-part reality television miniseries that originally aired form to on History. Produced by Mark Burnett, the program follows four modern day explorers—a navigator, a wildlife expert, a survivalist, and a journalist—as they substantially retrace H.M. Stanley's famed...
"Stanley and Livingstone"
- Annie Tighe, Alan Hoang, Adrianne Salisbury & Kevin Leffler
Student Film Awards
- Andrew Hellesen - Chapman University
- Adam Blum - Chapman University
- Michael Hyde - American University
Honorary Awards
- Rob Reiner - Golden Eddie Award
- Neil Travis A.C.E., Paul LaMastra A.C.E. - Career Achievement Award