American Cinema Editors Awards 2017

The 67th American Cinema Editors Awards were presented on January 27, 2017 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, honoring the best editors in films and television. The event was hosted by Rachel Bloom.

Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Film

Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic:
Joe Walker – Arrival
John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge
Jake Roberts – Hell or High Water
Jennifer Lame – Manchester by the Sea
Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon – Moonlight
Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical:
Tom Cross – La La Land

Best Edited Animated Feature Film:
Fabienne Rawley and Jeremy Milton – Zootopia
Christopher Murrie – Kubo and the Two Strings
Jeff Draheim – Moana
Best Edited Documentary Feature:
Bret Granato, Maya Mumma and Ben Sozanski – O.J.: Made in America

Spencer Averick – 13th
Matthew Hamachek – Amanda Knox
Paul Crowder – The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
Eli B. Despres – ''Weiner''

Television

Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television:
Steven Rasch – Veep: "Morning After"

Brian Merken – Silicon Valley: "The Uptick"
Shawn Paper – Veep: "Mother"

Best Edited One Hour Series for Commercial Television:
David L. Bertman – This Is Us: "Pilot"

Skip Macdonald – Better Call Saul: "Fifi"
Skip Macdonald and Curtis Thurber – Better Call Saul: "Klick"
Kelley Dixon and Chris McCaleb – Better Call Saul: "Nailed"
Philip Harrison – Mr. Robot: "eps2.4_m4ster-s1ave.aes"

Best Edited One Hour Series for Non-Commercial Television:
Tim Porter – Game of Thrones: "Battle of the Bastards"

Yan Miles – The Crown: "Assassins"
Dean Zimmerman – Stranger Things: "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers"
Kevin D. Ross – Stranger Things: "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub"
Stephen Semel and Marc Jozefowicz – Westworld: "The Original"

Best Edited Mini-Series or Motion Picture for Television:
Carol Littleton – All the Way
Jay Cassidy – The Night Of
Adam Penn, Stewart Schill and C. Chi-yoon Chung – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story: '"Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"
Best Edited Documentary for Television:
Bob Eisenhart – Everything is Copy

Steve Audette – The Choice 2016
Oliver Lief – We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World

Best Edited Non-Scripted Series:
Mustafa Bhagat – Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: "Senegal"'

Hunter Gross – Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: "Manila"
Josh Earl and Alexander Rubinow – Deadliest Catch: "Fire at Sea: Part 2"

Special awards

The Heritage Award

Lori Jane Colman
Diana Friedberg
William Gordean

Career Achievement Award

Janet Ashikaga
Thelma Schoonmaker

Filmmaker of the Year Award

J. J. Abrams