Jennifer Lame, ACE and Kevin Tent, ACE won the marquee feature honors at the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, respectively, for Oppenheimer, which topped the Best Edited Drama category, and The Holdovers, honored for Best Edited Comedy.
Presented by American Cinema Editors (ACE), the Eddie Awards recognize outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, TV and documentaries. Rounding out the winners in the feature categories were Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie for Best Edited Documentary, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse for the animated film prize. Television winners included The Last of Us, The Bear and Beef.
In addition to the announcement of winners in competitive categories, John Waters accepted the prestigious ACE Golden Eddie Award – recognizing an artist for their distinguished achievement in film. Film editors Kate Amend, ACE and Walter Murch, ACE received Career Achievement Awards for their outstanding contributions to film editing. And Stephen Lovejoy, ACE received the ACE Heritage Award for his unwavering commitment to ACE and its mission.
The event was hosted by drag queen, performer and queer activist Nina West who treated guests to an opening musical performance of an original song created especially for the festivities. The event was presided over by ACE president Tent who wound up a winner for The Holdovers. Presenters included longtime John Waters collaborators Mink Stole and Ricki Lake, along with George Lucas, Thomas Lennon, Max Greenfield, Sarayu Blue, LisaGay Hamilton, Kevin Smith, Hank Greenspan and Anna Konkle. Guests enjoyed live music at the after party played by actor, comedian and musician Tom Kenny’s band, Tom Kenny & the Hi-Seas, and there was a special appearance by DJ Lance Rock.
A full list of winners for the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards follows:
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical)
Oppenheimer
Jennifer Lame, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical)
The Holdovers
Kevin Tent, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Michael Andrews, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Theatrical)
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Michael Harte, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Non-Theatrical)
Escaping Twin Flames: “Up in Flames”
Martin Biehn
Kevin Hibbard
Inbal B. Lessner, ACE
Troy Takaki, ACE
Mimi Wilcox
BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
How I Met Your Father: “Daddy”
Russell Griffin, ACE
BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
The Bear: “Fishes”
Joanna Naugle, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES
The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”
Timothy A. Good, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL)
Reality
Jennifer Vecchiarello
BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES
Beef: “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain”
Harry Yoon, ACE
Laura Zempel, ACE
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES
Couples Therapy: “Episode 310”
Delaney Lynch
Helen Kearns, ACE
Katrina Taylor
BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour
Dom Whitworth
Guy Harding
Hamish Lyons
Rupa Rathod
Ben Wainwright-Pearce
Reg Wrench
BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES
Blue Eye Samurai: “The Tale of the Ronin and The Bride”
Yuka Shirasuna
ANNE V. COATES AWARD FOR STUDENT EDITING
Ariel Emma Martin – Chapman University
Review: Director Morgan Neville’s “Piece by Piece”
A movie documentary that uses only Lego pieces might seem an unconventional choice. When that documentary is about renowned musician-producer Pharrell Williams, it's actually sort of on-brand.
"Piece by Piece" is a bright, clever song-filled biopic that pretends it's a behind-the-scenes documentary using small plastic bricks, angles and curves to celebrate an artist known for his quirky soul. It is deep and surreal and often adorable. Is it high concept or low? Like Williams, it's a bit of both.
Director Morgan Neville — who has gotten more and more experimental exploring other celebrity lives like Fred Rogers in "Won't You Be My Neighbor?,""Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain" and "Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in Two Pieces" — this time uses real interviews but masks them under little Lego figurines with animated faces. Call this one a documentary in a million pieces.
The filmmakers try to explain their device — "What if nothing is real? What if life is like a Lego set?" Williams says at the beginning — but it's very tenuous. Just submit and enjoy the ride of a poor kid from Virginia Beach, Virginia, who rose to dominate music and become a creative director at Louis Vuitton.
Williams, by his own admission, is a little detached, a little odd. Music triggers colors in his brain — he has synesthesia, beautifully portrayed here — and it's his forward-looking musical brain that will make him a star, first as part of the producing team The Neptunes and then as an in-demand solo producer and songwriter.
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