The editing teams behind films including “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Revenant” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” were among those earning nominations Monday for the American Cinema Editors’ 66th annual ACE Eddie Awards.
All three were nominated for best editing in a drama film, along with the editors of “The Martian” and “Sicario.”
For film comedies, nominations went to “Ant-Man,” “The Big Short,” “Joy,” “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” and “Trainwreck.”
The awards will be presented Jan. 29 at the Beverly Hilton.
The Eddie Awards are generally considered a strong indicator of who will be honored in the film editing category on Oscar night.
Here is a complete list of nominations: Feature film editing, drama:
— “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Margaret Sixel
— “The Martian,” Pietro Scalia, ACE
— “The Revenant,” Stephen Mirrione, ACE
— “Sicario,” Joe Walker, ACE
— “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Maryann Brandon, ACE and Mary Jo Markey, ACE Feature film editing, comedy:
— “Ant-Man,” Dan Lebental, ACE and Colby Parker, Jr., ACE
— “The Big Short,” Hank Corwin, ACE
— “Joy,” Jay Cassidy, ACE, Alan Baumgarten, ACE, Christopher Tellefsen, ACE, and Tom Cross, ACE
— “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” David Trachtenberg
— “Trainwreck,” William Kerr, ACE and Paul Zucker Feature film editing, animation:
— “Anomalisa,” Garret Elkins
— “Inside Out,” Kevin Nolting, ACE
— “The Good Dinosaur,” Stephen Schaffer, ACE Documentary feature film editing:
— “Amy,” Chris King
— “Cobain: Montage of Heck,” Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen
— “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” Andy Grieve
— “He Named Me Malala,” Greg Finton, ACE, Brian Johnson and Brad Fuller
— “The Wrecking Crew,” Claire Scanlon Television documentary editing:
— “Keith Richards: Under the Influence,” Joshua L. Pearson
— “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, Chapter 1,” Richard Hankin, ACE, Zac Stuart-Pontier, Caitlyn Greene, Shelby Siegel
— “The Seventies: The United States vs. Nixon,” Chris A. Peterson, ACE Half-hour TV series editing:
— “Inside Amy Schumer,” 12 Angry Men, Nick Paley
— “Silicon Valley,” Two Days of the Condor, Brian Merken, ACE
— “Veep,” Election Night, Gary Dollner One-hour TV commercial series:
— “Better Call Saul,” Five-O, Kelley Dixon, ACE
— “Better Call Saul,” Uno, Skip Macdonald, ACE
— “Fargo,” Did You Do This? No, You Did It!, Skip Macdonald, ACE, and Curtis Thurber
— “The Good Wife,” Restrain, Scott Vickrey, ACE
— “Mad Men,” Person to Person, Tom Wilson One-hour TV non-commercial series:
— “Game of Thrones,” The Dance of Dragons, Katie Weiland
— “Game of Thrones,” Hardhome, Tim Porter
— “Homeland,” The Tradition of Hospitality, Harvey Rosenstock, ACE
— “House of Cards,” Chapter 39, Lisa Bromwell, ACE
— “The Knick,” Wonderful Surprises, Mary Ann Bernard Longform miniseries or TV motion picture editing:
— “Bessie,” Brian A. Kates, ACE
— “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors,” Maysie Hoy, ACE
— “Orange is the New Black,” Trust No Bitch (90 minute episode), William Turro Non-scripted series:
— “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,” Bay Area, Hunter Gross, ACE
— “Deadliest Catch,” Zero Hour, Josh Earl, ACE, and Ben Bulatao
— “Whale Wars,” The Darkest Hour, Eric Driscoll, Nik Jamgocyan, Chris Kirkpatrick, David Michael Maurer, ACE, Greg McDonald, Marcus Miller and Alexandria Scott.
—City News Service