The rollout of annual year-end guild awards nominations continues. Today? The American Cinema Editors revealed the nominees for the 2025 ACE Awards, a precursor for the Oscar and Emmys for editing. Notable nominees include “Conclave,” “Civil War,” “The Substance,” “A Real Pain,” “Challengers,” “Nobody Wants This,” “3 Body Problem,” “Fallout,” and “Slow Horses.”
In the film Drama and Comedy film categories, the fields were filled out by “Dune: Part Two,” “Emilia Perez,” “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” “Anora” and “Wicked.” Notable omissions included “The Brutalist,” “Sing Sing,” “Blitz,” “Nickel Boys,” “A Complete Unknown,” “September 5,” and “Nosferatu.” It may seem like there is a disconnect, but fun fact, the last three films to miss out on an ACE and still win Best Picture are “Coda,” “Spotlight,” and “Driving Miss Daisy.”
In the television Drama and Comedy categories, the fields were filled out by “The Bear,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “What We Do In The Shadows,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” and “Shogun.” Limited Series nominees included “Baby Reindeer,” “Disclaimer,” “Fargo,” “The Penguin,” and “Ripley.”
The Animated Feature nominees are “Flow,” “Inside Out 2,” “Moana 2,” “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” and “The Wild Robot.” Documentary Feature nominees include “Beatles ’64,” “Jim Henson Idea Man,” “Her Name Was Moviola,” “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” and “Will & Harper.”
Jon M. Chu will receive the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film. Guild members Maysie Hoy, ACE, and Paul Hirsch, ACE will receive Career Achievement Awards for their outstanding contributions to film editing.
This year’s ceremony will be relatively early for awards season. It will take place on Saturday, January 18 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
This year’s nominees are as follows:
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical):
Civil War
Jake Roberts, ACE
Conclave
Nick Emerson
Dune: Part Two
Joe Walker, ACE
Emilia Pérez
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
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
The Wild Robot
Mary Blee
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
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
Will & Harper
Monique Zavistovski, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
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:
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
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
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
Road House
Doc Crotzer, ACE
Unfrosted
Evan Henke, ACE
BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES:
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
Welcome to Wrexham (305 – Temporary)
Tim Wilsbach, ACE
Steve Welch, ACE
Michael Brown
Michael Oliver
Tim Roche
Matt Wafaie
Jenny Krochmal
BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL:
Ali Wong: Single Lady
Sean Hubbert
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (104 – Paranormal)
Kelly Lyon, ACE
Sean McIlraith
Ryan McIlraith
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
X-Men ’97 (105 – Remember It)
Michelle McMillan
