“Emilia Perez” and “Wicked” won the live action feature categories at the 75th ACE Eddie Awards, were handed out Friday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The event was originally slated to be held on Jan, 18 but was postponed due to the L.A. fires. In response to the fires, the event also pivoted to a heartfelt fundraising event with a “come as you are” dress code.
Juliette Welfling won the best edited dramatic feature category for “Emilia Pérez” and Myron Kerstein claimed the best edited comedic feature award for “Wicked.” Accepting the award, Kerstein thanked “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu–who received Golden Eddie during the ceremony–saying “you’ve changed my life for the better and restored my hope for both the world and for cinema.”
Mary Blee won the animated feature Eddie, for “The Wild Robot;” and Monique Zavistovski collected the feature documentary prize for “Will & Harper.”
Winners in the episodic categories included Maria Gonzales and Aika Miyake for “Shogun,” Liza Cardinale and Dane McMaster for “What We Do in the Shadows,” and Peter H. Oliver and Benjamin Gerstein for “Baby Reindeer.”
Accepting the Golden Eddie, Chu called editors and all on the editing teams “great interpreters, able to deliver feelings through pictures that can change lives and change culture … no other medium in the world can do in a weekend when your work in a movie theater can.”
He continued that “when it all comes together, it’s like it was always supposed to be there. So much so people forget that it was even edited. The public thinks this is the way it always was. But you know, the director knows.” And getting a big laugh, he added, “sometimes the studio knows, the actors definitely don’t know.”
He also saluted his “Wicked” editor, calling Kerstein his “cinema soul mate”
Maysie Hoy (“McCabe & Mrs. Miller”) and Paul Hirsch (“Star Wars”) received standing ovations as they accepted Career Achievement Awards.
Hirsch saluted ACE “which has worked hard for 75 years to advance the prestige and dignity of the editing profession, promoting respect for what we do and who we are. We are artists.” With a nod to George Lucas’ “Star Wars,” he “Thank you George for the ride of my life.”
Hoy remembered the “resilience and bravery” of her family as they came to the U.S., adding “I humbly accept this extraordinary work on behalf of all the dreamers out there.”
During the evening the Anne V. Coates Editing Award was presented to Hannah Hallock of Brooklyn College.
The full list of winners follows:
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical)
“Civil War” – Jake Roberts, ACE
“Conclave” – Nick Emerson
“Dune: Part 2” – Joe Walker, ACE
WINNER “Emilia Perez” – Juliette Welfling
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” – Eliot Knapman, Margaret Sixel, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical)
“Anora” – Sean Baker
“Challengers” – Marco Costa
“A Real Pain” – Robert Nassau
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, Valentin Féron
WINNER “Wicked” – Myron Kerstein, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Flow” – Gints Zilbalodis
“Inside Out 2” – Maurissa Horwitz
“Moana 2” – Jeremy Milton, ACE, Michael Louis Hill
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Dan Hembery
WINNER “The Wild Robot” – Mary Blee
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Theatrical)
“Beatles ’64” – Mariah Rehmet, ACE
“Jim Henson Idea Man” – Sierra Neal, Paul Crowder, ACE
“Her Name was Moviola” – Howard Berry
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” – Otto Burnham
WINNER “Will & Harper” – Monique Zavistovski, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
WINNER “Chimp Crazy” (102 – Gone Ape) – Evan Wise, ACE, Charles Divak, ACE, Adrienne Gits, ACE, Doug Abel, ACE
“The Jinx – Part Two” (203 – Saving My Tears Until It’s Official) – Richard Hankin, ACE, Charles Olivier
“Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” (102 – Hidden in Plain Sight)” – Daphne Gómez-Mena, Jane Jo, ACE
“STEVE! (Martin) a Documentary in 2 Pieces” (101 – Then) – Alan Lowe
“STEVE! (Martin) a Documentary in 2 Pieces” (102 – Now) – Jeff Malmberg, ACE, Aaron I. Naar
BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
WINNER “Frasier” (207 – My Brilliant Sister) – Russell Griffin, ACE
“Poppa’s House (102 – Sleepover)” – Angel Gamboa Bryant, ACE
“The Upshaws” (506 – Do I)- Angel Gamboa Bryant, ACE, Brian LeCoz
BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
“The Bear” (301 – Tomorrow) – Joanna Naugle, ACE
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (1206 – The Gettysburg Address) – Steven Rasch, ACE
“Nobody Wants This” (101 – Pilot)” – Maura Corey, ACE
“Only Murders in the Building” (410 – My Best Friend’s Wedding) – Shelly Westerman, ACE, Payton Koch
WINNER “What We Do in the Shadows” (603 – Sleep Hypnosis)- Liza Cardinale, ACE, Dane McMaster, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES
“3 Body Problem” (105 – Judgment Day) – Michael Ruscio, ACE
“Fallout” (101 – The End) – Ali Comperchio
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (101 – First Date)”- Kyle Reiter, ACE, Isaac Hagy, ACE
WINNER “Shogun” (110 – A Dream of A Dream) – Maria Gonzales, ACE, Aika Miyake
“Slow Horses” (401 – Identity Theft)”- Robert Frost
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL)
“Am I OK?” – Kayla M. Emter, ACE, Glen Scantlebury, ACE
WINNER “Road House” – Doc Crotzer, ACE
“Unfrosted” – Evan Henke, ACE
BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES
WINNER “Baby Reindeer” (104 – Episode 4) – Peter H. Oliver, Benjamin Gerstein
“Disclaimer” (105 – V) – Adam Gough, ACE, BFE
“Fargo” (510 – Bisquik) – Regis Kimble
““The Penguin” (101 – After Hours) – Henk van Eeghen, ACE
““Ripley” (105 – V Lucio) – Joshua Raymond Lee, David O. Rogers
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES
“Conan O’Brien Must Go” (104 – Ireland) – Matthew Shaw, Brad Roelandt
“Couples Therapy” (401) – Ryan Loeffler, Eileen Meyer
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BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL EVENT
“Ali Wong: Single Lady” – Sean Hubbert
“John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.” (104 – Paranormal) – Kelly Lyon, ACE, Sean McIlraith, Ryan McIlraith
WINNER “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (1103 – Boeing) – Anthony Miale, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES
“Bob’s Burgers” (1413 – Butt, Sweat, and Fears) – Stephanie Earley, ACE, Jeremy Reuben, ACE
“The Simpsons” (3514 – Night of the Living Wage) – Don Barrozo
WINNER “X-Men ’97” (105 – Remember It) – Michelle McMillan
