American Cinema Editors

Eligibility for active membership is based on the following: • Nomination or win of an ACE Eddie award and/or • Desire to be a member • Sponsorship by at least two active members • Minimum of 72 months' (6 years) editing experience on features and/or television • Interview by the Membership Committee • Approval by the Board of Directors • Acceptance by the general membership Members use the postnominal "ACE" as part of their signatures, as well as on motion 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 the American Society of Cinematographers. The society publishes its current membership on its website. ==Board of directors==

, the board of directors consists of: Officers • Sabrina Plisco (President) • Maysie Hoy (Vice president) • Lillian Benson (Secretary) • Michael Ornstein (Treasurer) • Kevin Tent (ex-officio) Board of directors • Kate Amend • Nena Erb • Stephanie Filo • Dana E. Glauberman • Dorian Harris • Nancy Richardson • Stephen Rivkin • Kate Sanford • Terilyn A. Shropshire • Scott Vickrey Associate Board • Anita Brandt Burgoyne • Jacques Gravett • Susan Vaill • John Venzon ==Eddie Awards==

Beginning on March 14, 1951, the ACE held an annual dinner to honor the film editing Academy Award nominees - and the award was dubbed the Academy Nominees Awards Dinner for its first eleven years. When the National 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 filmmaker George Murphy while Frank Capra handed the awards. The first dinner also included over two hundred guests - including film editors, stars, and producers. Since the 12th American Cinema Editors Awards in 1962, the ACE began giving its own awards and renamed the event to American Cinema Editors Awards Dinner. In addition to handing out awards to film editors, they also began handing awards to television editors. The "Eddies" name and the statuette were introduced at the 15th American Cinema Editors Awards in 1965. 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. Current Awards Film • Best Edited Animated Feature Film (2009–present) • Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical (1999–present) • Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic (1961–present) • Best Edited Documentary – Feature (1972–present) Television • Best Edited Single-Camera Comedy Series (2021–present) • Best Edited Multi-Camera Comedy Series (2021–present) • Best Edited Drama Series (1962–2004; 2021–present) • Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical) (2012–present) • Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television (1972–present) • Best Edited Non-Scripted Series (2007–present) • Best Edited Variety Talk/Sketch Show or Special (2020–present) • Best Edited Animation (Non-Theatrical) (2020–present) Special Awards • The ACE Student Editing Competition winner • Career Achievement Awards (1988–present) • The ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award (1967–present) Former Awards Film • Best Edited Special (1962–1964) • Best Performance by an Actor in a Film Debut (1965) • Best Performance by an Actress in a Film Debut (1965) • Outstanding Picture of the Year (1965–1966) • Best Director in a Motion Picture (1966) • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (1966) • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (1966) Television • Best Director in a Television Program (1966) • Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Program (1966) • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Program (1966) • Outstanding Television Program of the Year (1966) • Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television (1992–2016) • Best Edited Comedy Series for Commercial Television (2017–2020) • Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television (2017–2020) • Best Edited Drama Series for Commercial Television (2005–2020) • Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television (2005–2020) ==Magazine==

Since 1951, the ACE has published the quarterly magazine CinemaEditor. 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 chair Edgar Burcksen. ==ACE Student Editing Competition==

The American Cinema Editors also holds an annual student competition, awarding one student editor for editing a set of video dailies for a dramatic scene.{{cite web ==Editing exercises==

The ACE Store is the source of the dailies used at most film schools today, primarily for editing exercises. The film includes three different edits of the Gunsmoke scene, as well as the scene's original dailies. Another film, "Basic Principles of Film Editing", was produced by Leon Barsha. Using clips from the movie, Baby Face Nelson, the film demonstrates how the use of various angles would enhance the film's story. ==References==