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| Abbreviation | ACE |
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| Formation | October 26, 1950; 75 years ago (1950-10-26) |
| Founders | Warren Low and Jack Ogilvie[1] |
| Type | Professional Organization |
| Purpose | Advancing the art and science of film editing. |
| Headquarters | Hollywood,California |
Official language | English |
Key people | Kevin Tent - President |
Main organ | Board |
| Website | americancinemaeditors |
Founded in 1950,American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society offilm editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use thepost-nominal letters "ACE".[1] The organization's "Eddie Awards" are routinely covered in trade magazines such asThe Hollywood Reporter andVariety.[2][3] The society is not anindustry union, such as theI.A.T.S.E. (specifically theMotion Picture Editors Guild or MPEG), to which an editor might also belong. The current president of ACE isKevin Tent, who was elected in 2020.[4]
Eligibility for active membership is based on the following:
Members use the postnominal "ACE" as part of their signatures, as well as onmotion picture credits. Until 2014, the acronym was separated by dots "A.C.E.", but this was dropped in order to conform with the more modern format used by other industry organizations, such as theAmerican Society of Cinematographers.[5] The society publishes its current membership on its website.[6]
As of March 2024[update], the board of directors consists of:[7]
Officers
Board of directors
Associate Board
| American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards | |
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| Current:American Cinema Editors Awards 2025 | |
 Eddies statuette, introduced in 1965 | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in film editing |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | American Cinema Editors |
| First award | March 14, 1951; 74 years ago (1951-03-14) |
| Website | americancinemaeditors |
Beginning on March 14, 1951, the ACE held an annual dinner to honor the film editingAcademy Award nominees - and the award was dubbed theAcademy Nominees Awards Dinner for its first eleven years.[8][9] When theNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) created a film editing category, the ACE invited them to the dinner as well. The first dinner was hosted by filmmakerGeorge Murphy whileFrank Capra handed the awards. The first dinner also included over two hundred guests - including film editors, stars, and producers.[10][11]
Since the12th American Cinema Editors Awards in 1962, the ACE began giving its own awards and renamed the event toAmerican Cinema Editors Awards Dinner. In addition to handing out awards to film editors, they also began handing awards to television editors.[12] The "Eddies" name and the statuette were introduced at the15th American Cinema Editors Awards in 1965.[9][12] The awards and nominations are typically covered inentertainment industry newspapers and journals such asVariety andThe Hollywood Reporter.[13][14]
As of 2024, the ACE presents 16 categories for film and television alongside special ones, these have gone through several name changes to make distinctions between genre, running time and commercial/non-commercial television productions depending on the category. The list below shows the categories under their current names respectively.
Since 1951, the ACE has published the quarterly magazineCinemaEditor. It began as an in-house publication, but grew to 5,000 subscribers in 1963. In the early 1990s the magazine collapsed into a four-page newsletter. In 1994, Jack Tucker was appointed as editor and transformed the publication into today's magazine. Walter Fernandez Jr. leads the magazine's team, with publications committee chairEdgar Burcksen.
The American Cinema Editors also holds an annual student competition, awarding one student editor for editing a set of videodailies for a dramatic scene.[15] Three finalists are guests at the annual ACE Eddie Awards in February. Applications are accepted through October and cost US$125. The competition is limited to the first 100 students only.
The ACE Store is the source of thedailies used at most film schools today, primarily forediting exercises.[16] One scene that many film students must edit is from "Buffalo Man," a1958 episode of the TV seriesGunsmoke. The educational film with this footage is calledFilm Editing: Interpretation and Value, and is available only to instructors of film editing classes, though it can be found online as well.[17] The film includes three different edits of theGunsmoke scene, as well as the scene's original dailies.[18][16] Another film, "Basic Principles of Film Editing", was produced byLeon Barsha. Using clips from the movie,Baby Face Nelson, the film demonstrates how the use of various angles would enhance the film's story.[16][19]
The society was the original idea of two Paramount Studio film editors,Warren Low and Jack Ogilvie, who arranged for an historic meeting of representative editors to discuss starting the organization. It was held at the Masquers Club in Hollywood on October 26, 1950 and, besides Low and Ogilvie, was attended by George Amy, Folmar Blangsted, James Clark, Frank Gross, Richard Heermance, William Hornbeck, Fred Knudtson, William Lyon, Fredrick Smith, Richard Van Enger and Hugh Winn.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)The first annual Awards Dinner honoring the Nominees for Film Editing Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was held in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel on March 14, 1951.
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