Avid Celebrates Editors at 2024 ACE Eddie Awards

We recognized the hard work of film and television editors at the 2024 ACE Eddie Awards, held at UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles. Avid and Z by HP kicked off the celebration with a pre-award party that brought together hundreds of editors, including Eddie Award nominees and honorees.

Our VIP reception was buzzing with excitement as everyone mingled, toasted colleagues, and their shared love for storytelling before heading into the theater for the awards ceremony honoring the best in television, feature film, and documentary editing. Even the Filmmaker of the Year Golden Eddie recipient, John Waters, was holding court, talking with guests and posing for photos. Seeing him receive this award was extra special since I went to school in Baltimore (long ago) and have been a fan of his work for years. If you are in L.A. before August, you must check out his Pope of Trash exhibit at the Academy Museum.

Deb Sanders, Avid’s Chief Customer Officer, greeted editors and their guests.

“It was an amazing evening, with a room filled with some of the most inspiring, collaborative, storytellers (editors) in the film and TV industry," Sanders says. “We at Avid are so grateful to play a part in enabling these talented creatives as they pursue their craft and to celebrate their accomplishments.”

Filmmaker of the Year Golden Eddie recipient, John Waters and award presenter, Kevin Smith.

“The absolutely essential role that editors play in creating an impactful story, and how every aspect of a film or TV show is shaped by them, deserves tremendous respect and recognition,” says Matt Feury, Avid Senior Director of Market Solutions, Post & Video, and host of The Rough Cut podcast. “That’s what makes the Eddies so special. It’s a moment where we can celebrate editors, and they can honor one another. Editors are absolutely essential to us at Avid, and it’s a privilege to both sponsor and take part in this celebration.”

Award presenter, Carol Littleton, ACE and 2024 Eddie Award winners, Jennifer Lame, ACE (Oppenheimer) and Kevin Tent, ACE (The Holdovers)

Avid has hosted the reception for many years to acknowledge the editing community’s and industry’s use of Avid Media Composer. In fact, most of the award nominees cut with Media Composer to craft their work and praise the tools and functions that Media Composer provides.

“ScriptSync, especially with a featured doc where we had dozens of interviews, each an hour to two hours each, ScriptSync is essential,” says ACE Eddie Award nominee, Jake Hostetter, co-editor of the documentary, Little Richard: I am Everything, “I can't imagine cutting without it.”

“I work in multicam comedy and Avid does multicamera functionality better than any other NLE software,” says Joseph Fulton, Editor and ACE Eddie nominee for Frasier: Blind Date. “It would be very hard for me to do my job without Avid.”

2024 Eddie Award winners for Beef: “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain”, Laura Zempel, ACE and Harry Yoon, ACE

A beloved Eddies tradition is the Avid nominee and honoree signing board. Starting in 2014, nominees have signed the board next to their names at the nominee reception and at the Avid Pre-Award event. Students nominated for the student competition get to add their signatures next to many editors who they look up to, once students themselves, who are now editing major feature films and television shows.

These autographed boards are framed and then are displayed at Avid’s Burbank offices and studios.

“The joy tenured editors expressed about sharing their knowledge with students and mentees was a testament to the type of people they are.... caring, brilliant and generous,” Sanders says. “As I have stated before, AVID has the best customers in the world!”

View the photo gallery from the 2024 ACE Eddie Awards Avid & Z by HP VIP Reception
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Learn more about Avid Media Composer, the software used to edit most of the ACE Eddie nominated films and television shows. You can even download a free trial of Media Composer.

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ACE Honors Editors

Fun Fact: In 1951, American Cinema Editors held the first ACE Eddie Awards to honor excellence in editing. Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin hosted. Frank Capra presented the Golden Eddie to Producer Dore Schary. The Eddies is one of the longest-running awards shows in Hollywood.

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74th ACE Eddie Award nominees (winners highlighted)

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMA, THEATRICAL)
Anatomy of a Fall
Laurent Sénéchal
Killers of the Flower Moon
Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE
Maestro
Michelle Tesoro, ACE
Oppenheimer
Jennifer Lame, ACE
Past Lives
Keith Fraase

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY, THEATRICAL):
Air
William Goldenberg, ACE
American Fiction
Hilda Rasula, ACE
Barbie
Nick Houy, ACE
The Holdovers
Kevin Tent, ACE
Poor Things
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Elemental
Stephen Schaffer, ACE
Nimona
Randy Trager, ACE
Erin Crackel
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Michael Andrews, ACE
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Eric Osmond
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Greg Levitan, ACE

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (THEATRICAL):
20 Days in Mariupol
Michelle Mizner
American Symphony
Sammy Dane
Matthew Heineman
Jim Hession
Fernando Villegas
Joan Baez I Am a Noise
Maeve O’Boyle
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Nyneve Minnear
Jake Hostetter
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Michael Harte, ACE

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (NON-THEATRICAL):
100 Foot Wave: “Jaws”
Alex Bayer
Alex Keipper
Quin O’Brien
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Bob Joyce
Beckham: “The Kick”
Michael Harte, ACE
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Mariah Rehmet
Escaping Twin Flames: “Up in Flames”
Martin Biehn
Kevin Hibbard
Inbal B. Lessner, ACE
Troy Takaki, ACE
Mimi Wilcox

BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:
Frasier: “Blind Date”
Joseph Fulton
How I Met Your Father: “Daddy”
Russell Griffin, ACE
The Upshaws: “Off Beat”
Angel Gamboa Bryant

BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:
Barry: “Wow”
Ali Greer, ACE
Franky Guttman, ACE
The Bear: “Fishes”
Joanna Naugle, ACE
The Bear: “Forks”
Adam Epstein, ACE
Only Murders in the Building: “Sitzprobe”
Shelly Westerman, ACE
Payton Koch
Ted Lasso: “So Long, Farewell”
Melissa McCoy, ACE

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES:
Ahsoka: “Fallen Jedi”
Dana E. Glauberman, ACE
The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”
Timothy A. Good, ACE
Slow Horses: “Strange Games”
Sam Williams
Succession: “Connor’s Wedding”
Bill Henry, ACE
Succession: “With Open Eyes”
Ken Eluto, ACE

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL):
Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea
Jon Harris
Flamin’ Hot
Kayla M. Emter
Liza D. Espinas
Reality
Jennifer Vecchiarello
Ron Dulin

BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES:
Beef: “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain”
Harry Yoon, ACE
Laura Zempel, ACE
Beef: “The Great Fabricator”
Nat Fuller
Fargo: “The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions”
Christopher Nelson, ACE
Fargo: “The Tragedy of the Commons”
Regis Kimble
Lessons in Chemistry: “Introduction to Chemistry”
Géraud Brisson, ACE
Daniel Martens

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Couples Therapy: “Episode 310”
Delaney Lynch
Helen Kearns, ACE
Katrina Taylor
Dancing with the Stars: “S32.E5”
Laurens Van Charante
Ben Bulatao, ACE
Fernanda Cardoso
Jessie Sock
Jon Oliver
Neal Acosta
Raiko Siems
Joe Headrick
Mike Bennaton
Deadliest Catch: “Pain Level Ten”
Rob Butler, ACE
Isaiah Camp, ACE
Alexander Rubinow, ACE
Josh Stockero

BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL:
A Black Lady Sketch Show: “My Love Language is Words of Defamation”
Stephanie Filo, ACE
Malinda Zehner Guerra
Taylor Joy Mason, ACE
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: “Dollar Stores”
Anthony Miale, ACE
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour
Dom Whitworth
Guy Harding
Hamish Lyons
Rupa Rathod
Ben Wainwright-Pearce
Reg Wrench

BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES:
Blue Eye Samurai: “The Tale of the Ronin and The Bride”
Yuka Shirasuna
Bob’s Burgers: “Amelia”
Jeremy Reuben, ACE
Stephanie Earley
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: “Ramona Rents a Video”
Keisuke Yanagi

ANNE V. COATES AWARD FOR STUDENT EDITING:
Isaiah Clarke – Spanish Springs High School
Jaime Diaz – California State University Los Angeles
Ariel Emma Martin – Chapman University