LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ( January 27, 2026 ) -

American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced today the nominations for the 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing 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, February 27, 2026 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. As previously announced, the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing 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.

A full list of nominees for the 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards follows

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)
*This category had a tie, resulting in four nominees.

“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

About American Cinema Editors
American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society that has been championing the art, craft and business of film editing since 1950. Through signature events like EditFest Global, the ACE Eddie Awards and Invisible Art/Visible Artists, the organization celebrates the vital role of editors in storytelling and provides a dynamic global platform to illuminate the craft. ACE is committed to elevating the profile of film editing, fostering a diverse and inclusive community and educating future generations through a variety of active mentorship and scholarship programs. Through its programs, publications (CinemaEditor), podcasts (Editors on Editing, Global Editing Perspectives) and active educational activities, this collective of accomplished film editors is at the forefront of both preserving cinematic history while simultaneously preparing the next generation of film editors in a continuously evolving artistic climate.