ACE Eddie Awards Nominations

Stellar  times for STAR TREK….a Writers Guild  nomination, a Producers Guild nomination  and now this! But where are those INGLORIOUS BASTERDS among the editors? One of the most interesting noms among the ACE’s lists is in the Documentary category – THIS IS IT. Almost all but forgotten, except for those full-page FYC ads  of the  Jackson rehearsal documentary  in Variety. I’d love to see it as the big surprise  Best Picture nominee on nomination morning.  No film has won the Academy Award for Best Picture without also having received an ACE editing nom since “Ordinary People” in 1981.

60th annual ACE Eddie Awards nominees are….

Feature film (dramatic):

• Avatar, Stephen Rivkin, John Refua & James Cameron
• District 9, Julian Clarke
• The Hurt Locker, Bob Murawski & Chris Innis
• Star Trek, Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey
• Up in the Air, Dana Glauberman

Feature film (comedy or musical):

• 500 Days of Summer, Alan Edward Bell
• The Hangover, Debra Neil-Fisher
• Julie & Julia, Richard Marks
• A Serious Man, Roderick Jaynes
• It’s Complicated, Joe Hutshing & David Moritz

Best edited animated feature film:

• Coraline, Christopher Murrie & Ronald Sanders
• Fantastic Mr. Fox, Andrew Weisblum
• Up, Kevin Nolting

Documentary:

• The Cove, Geoffrey Richman
• Food, Inc., Kim Roberts
• This Is It, Don Brochu & Kevin Stitt

Winners will be announced at ACE’s awards ceremony Feb. 14 at the Beverly Hilton.