Fresh off a record-tying 14 Oscar nominations this week, Damien Chazelle\u2019s \u201c La Land \u201d walked away with the American Cinema Editors\u2019 award for best editing of a comedy feature Friday night at the 67th annual ACE Eddie Awards. It\u2019s the first of what is expected to be many industry honors for the musical over the next several weeks.
The prize went to editor Tom Cross, an Oscar winner and ACE nominee for Chazelle\u2019s previous film, \u201cWhiplash.\u201d
In the highly competitive drama category, editor Joe Walker won out for Denis Villeneuve\u2019s alien invasion psychodrama \u201c Arrival .\u201d Walker was previously ACE-nominated for \u201c12 Years a Slave\u201d and \u201cSicaro,\u201d and along with Cross, was Oscar-nominated this year for his work.
\u2018Arrival,\u2019 \u2018Deadpool,\u2019 \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 Land ACE Editing Nominations
\u201cZootopia\u201d won the animated feature prize, while \u201cO. J.: Made in America\u201d took the documentary honor.
In the TV categories, \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d \u201cVeep\u201d and \u201cThis Is Us\u201d were among the series that secured wins.
Previously announced, director J. Abrams received the organizations ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honor, presented to him by friend and collaborator Jeff Garlin. Career achievement awards went to editors Janet Ashikaga and Thelma Schoonmaker, presented respectively by directors Thomas Schlamme and Martin Scorsese.
This year\u2019s Oscar nominees for film editing are \u201cArrival,\u201d \u201cHacksaw Ridge,\u201d \u201cHell or High Water,\u201d \u201cLa La Land\u201d and \u201cMoonlight,\u201d all ACE-nominated. Last year\u2019s film editing Oscar winner was \u201cMad Max: Fury Road.\u201d
Full list of ACE Eddie winners below.
Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)
\u201cArrival\u201d (Joe Walker, ACE)
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy)
\u201cLa La Land\u201d (Tom Cross, ACE)
Best Edited Animated Feature Film
\u201cZootopia\u201d (Fabienne Rawley & Jeremy Milton)
Best Edited Documentary (Feature)
\u201cO. J.: Made in America\u201d (Bret Granato, Maya Mumma & Ben Sozanski)
Best Edited Documentary (Television)
\u201cEverything is Copy: Nora Ephron \u2013 Scripted & Unscriped\u201d (Bob Eisenhardt, ACE)
Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television
\u201cVeep\u201d \u2014 \u201cMorning After\u201d (Steven Rasch, ACE)
Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television
\u201cThis Is Us\u201d \u2014 \u201cPilot\u201d (David L. Bertman, ACE)
Best Edited One-Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television
\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d \u2014 \u201cBattle of the Bastards\u201d (Tim Porter, ACE)
Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television
\u201cAll the Way\u201d (Carol Littleton, ACE)
Best Edited Non-Scripted Series
\u201cAnthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown\u201d \u2014 \u201cSenegal\u201d (Mustafa Bhagat)
Student Competition
Tommy Wakefield \u2014 University of North Carolina, School of the Arts<\/p>\n

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