Articles from: January 2010

American Cinema Editors Nominations Unveiled

Well, the moment we’ve all been waiting for.  Well, at least those of us who live the art of editing and post production.  The American Cinema Editors’ have unveiled their nominations and here they are.  

The ACE nominees for drama are: “Avatar,” “District 9,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Star Trek” and “Up in the Air.”  

The ACE nominees for comedy or musical are: “(500) Days of Summer,” “The Hangover,” “It’s Complicated,” “Julie & Julia” and “A Serious Man.”

And the ACE nominees in the new category of animated feature are: “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “Up.”

So there we have it.  There is also talk that the winner of the ACE for it’s respective categories also goes on to win the Oscar for ‘Best Picture’ regardless of whether it wins for ‘Best Editing’.  So those who have taken it upon themselves a career of putting visuals together may have some bragging rights as to how important our little craft is.  Mind you, it certainly helps to perhaps beone of the blessed few who have the opportunity to edit films such as Avatar but nevertheless, it is certainly a kudos to our profession to see the impact we can make at the highest of levels.