Nominees announced for 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards
January 27, 2026

Nominees announced for 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards

LOS ANGELES - American Cinema Editors (ACE) have announced the nominations for its 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing outstanding editing in 14 categories. The awards honor excellence in film, television and documentary editing, and for the first time, will recognize shorts and digital content. Winners will be announced during the ACE Eddie Awards on Friday, February 27th 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 accept YouTube’s ACE Visionary Award. Emmy-winning editor/director Arthur Forney, ACE, and Oscar-nominated editor Robert Leighton will each receive ACE Career Achievement awards.

The following is a full list of nominees:

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):

*There was a tie in the category, that’s why there are 4 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