ACE Awards
ACE Eddie Awards: ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Among Winners
Universal’s Oppenheimer and Focus Features’ The Holdovers won the top theatrical prizes Sunday at the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, presented by the American Cinema Editors at UCLA’s Royce Hall. ACE president Kevin Tent, who presided over the event, won best edited feature film, comedy, for The Holdovers, while the drama feature award went to […]
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Kevin Tent on His 30-Year Partnership With Alexander Payne and Why He Knew ‘The Holdovers’ Would be a Hit
As Alexander Payne’s longtime editor, Kevin Tent is one of the very first people to see footage of each film. When he watched the first round of dailies come in from the Massachusetts set of The Holdovers, he was struck by the progression of star Paul Giamatti, with whom he first worked on Sideways two […]
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‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Ozark’ Top AAFCA TV Awards (Exclusive)
The African American Film Critics Association has announced the main competition winners for its 4th annual AAFCA TV Honors, which will be presented at an in-person luncheon on Aug. 20 at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles. ABC’s Abbott Elementary and Netflix’s Ozark lead the pack as best comedy and best drama, respectively, with Abbott […]
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ACE Eddies Lifetime Achievement Honoree Richard Chew: “We Are Essential, and What We Do Is Unique”
Richard Chew’s body of work includes iconic films such as Milos Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, for which he earned a BAFTA Award (shared with Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn); Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation, for which he earned another BAFTA (shared with Walter Murch); and Star Wars, which delivered an Oscar to […]
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ACE Eddies Lifetime Achievement Honoree Lillian E. Benson: “The More You Cut, the More You Find Your Voice”
Landing a job on the second season of Peabody- and Emmy-winning civil rights documentary series Eyes on the Prize was a turning point in the career of Lillian E. Benson, the first woman of color to be inducted into American Cinema Editors, which is honoring her with its career achievement award. “It was my first […]
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Analysis: Oscar Race Clarified as Directors, Producers, Writers and Editors Weigh In
On Thursday, the same day Oscar nomination voting opened, a quartet of Hollywood’s highest-profile guilds (the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America), trade associations (the Producers Guild of America) and honorary professional societies (the American Cinema Editors) weighed in with their own nominations, which could offer hints of what’s to come […]
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American Cinema Editors to Give Career Achievement Awards to Lillian E. Benson, Richard Chew
Film editors Lillian E. Benson and Richard Chew will receive career achievement honors for their outstanding contributions to film editing at the 72nd annual ACE Eddie Awards, the American Cinema Editors announced on Tuesday. “Lillian and Richard are rock star editors and represent the very best of our craft and profession,” says ACE president Kevin […]
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