American Cinema Editors announces nominations for 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards

Jan 27, 2026
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Sentimental Value is nominated for Best Edited Feature Film (Drama, Theatrical) (Credit: NEON)

American Cinema Editors has announced the nominations for the 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognising outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, television, documentaries and, for the first time in ACE Eddies history, shorts and digital content. 

The winners will be announced during the ACE Eddie Awards on Friday 27 February at UCLA’s Royce Hall. 

As previously announced, the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognising a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film, will be presented to two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Ang Lee.  

Also previously announced, Kim Larson, managing director and head of YouTube’s Creator and Gaming team, will be accepting YouTube’s ACE Visionary Award, and Emmy-winning editor/director Arthur Forney ACE and Oscar-nominated editor Robert Leighton will receive ACE Career Achievement awards. 

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical):

  • F1
    Stephen Mirrione, ACE
  • Hamnet
    Chloé Zhao, ACE
    Affonso Gonçalves, ACE
  • Sentimental Value
    Olivier Bugge Coutté
  • Sinners
    Michael P. Shawver
  • Weapons
    Joe Murphy

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical):

  • Bugonia
    Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, BFE
  • Marty Supreme
    Ronald Bronstein
    Josh Safdie
  • One Battle After Another
    Andy Jurgensen
  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
    Bob Ducsay, ACE
  • Wicked: For Good
    Myron Kerstein, ACE

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

  • The Bad Guys 2
    Jesse Averna, ACE
  • KPop Demon Hunters
    Nathan Schauf
  • Zootopia 2
    Jeremy Milton, ACE

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

  • Becoming Led Zeppelin
    Dan Gitlin
  • It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
    Brian A. Kates, ACE
    Stacy Goldate, ACE
  • John Candy: I Like Me
    Shane Reid
    Darrin Roberts
  • Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music
    James Lester
    Oz Rodríguez
  • The Perfect Neighbor
    Viridiana Lieberman

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

  • aka Charlie Sheen – Part One
    Ed Greene, ACE
  • Billy Joel: And So It Goes – Episode 1
    Kris Liem
    James Pilott
    Steven Ross
  • Mr. Scorsese – All This Filming Isn’t Healthy
    David Bartner
  • Sean Combs: The Reckoning – Official Girl
    Evan Wise, ACE
    Charles Divak, ACE
    Jeremy Siefer
    Jack Gravina
    Benji Kast, ACE
    Adam Goldstein
    Jonathan Miller
  • Pee-wee as Himself – Part One
    Damian Rodriguez

BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:

  • Frasier (Murder Most Finch)
    Russell Griffin, ACE
  • Mid-Century Modern (Tee’d Off)
    Peter Chakos
  • The Upshaws (Love Thy Neighbor)
    Angel Gamboa Bryant, ACE

BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:

  • The Bear (Bears)
    Joanna Naugle, ACE
  • The Chair Company (Life Goes By Too F**king Fast, It Really Does)
    Stacy Moon
  • Hacks (I Love LA)
    Susan Vaill, ACE
  • Only Murders in the Building (The House Always…)
    Shelly Westerman, ACE
  • The Studio (The Promotion)
    Eric Kissack, ACE

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES:

  • Andor (Who Are You?)
    Yan Miles, ACE
  • The Pitt (6pm)
    Mark Strand, ACE
  • Pluribus (We Is Us)
    Skip Macdonald, ACE
  • Severance (Chikhai Bardo)
    Keith Fraase, ACE
  • Severance (Cold Harbor)
    Geoffrey Richman, ACE

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL):

  • The Gorge
    Frederic Thoraval, ACE
  • Mountainhead
    Bill Henry, ACE
    Mark Davies
  • The Thursday Murder Club
    Dan Zimmerman, ACE
  • A Winter’s Song
    Yvette M. Amirian, ACE

BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES:

  • The Beast in Me (The Last Word)
    Shelby Siegel, ACE
  • Black Mirror (USS Callister: Into Infinity)
    Tony Kearns
  • Death by Lightning (The Man from Ohio)
    Joseph Krings, ACE
    Anna Hauger, ACE
    Michael Ruscio, ACE
    Joe Leonard, ACE
  • Dying for Sex (It’s Not That Serious)
    Laura Weinberg
    Steve Welch ACE
  • The Penguin (A Great or Little Thing)
    Henk van Eeghen, ACE

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:

  • Conan O’Brien Must Go (Austria)
    Matthew Shaw, ACE
    Brad Roelandt
  • Love on the Spectrum (Episode 7)
    Leanne Cole
    Gretchen Peterson
    John Rosser
    Rachel Grierson-Johns
  • The Traitors (Let Battle Commence)
    Patrick Owen
    James Seddon-Brown

BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL:

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (S24 E3273)
    Jason Bielski
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Medicare Advantage)
    Anthony Miale, ACE
  • Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special
    Paul Del Gesso
    Christopher Salerno
    Ryan Spears
    Sean Mcilraith, ACE
    Ryan Mcilraith
    Daniel Garcia

BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES:

  • Bob’s Burgers (Grand Pre-Pre-Pre Opening)
    Stephanie Earley, ACE
    Jeremy Reuben, ACE
  • Love, Death + Robots (Spider Rose)
    Matt Mariska
    Valerian Zamel
  • South Park (Twisted Christian)
    David List
    Nate Pellettieri

BEST EDITED SHORT:

  • All the Empty Rooms
    Erin Casper, ACE
    Stephen Maing
    Jeremy Medoff
  • The Final Copy of Ilon Specht
    Tim Johnson
    Mónica Salazar
  • Gyopo
    Mengyao Mia Zhang
  • The Second
    Tony Zhou
  • Technicians
    Lindsay Armstrong

ANNE V. COATES AWARD FOR STUDENT EDITING:

  • Luis Barragan – California State University, Fullerton
  • Evan Nowack – Chapman University
  • Keaton Schallhorn – University of Oklahoma