‘Mad Max’, ‘The Big Short’ among editing award nominees

Mad Max: Fury Road, Ant-Man and Inside Out were among the feature films nominated on Monday morning for the American Cinema Editors 66th ACE Eddie Awards honouring outstanding editing.

Nominated for best edited feature film (dramatic) are: Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road; Pietro Scalia for The Martian; Stephen Mirrione for The Revenant; and Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Best edited feature film (comedy or musical) nominees are Dan Lebental & Colby Parker Jr for Ant-Man; Hank Corwin for The Big Short; Jay Cassidy, Alan Baumgarten, Christopher Tellefsen and Tom Cross for Joy; David Trachtenberg for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and William Kerr & Paul Zucker for Trainwreck.

Vying for best edited animated feature are Garret Elkins for Anomalisa; Kevin Nolting for Inside Out; and Stephen Schaffer for The Good Dinosaur.

Competing in the documentary feature category are Chris King for Amy; Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgan for Cobain: Montage of Heck; Andy Grieve for Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief; Greg Finton, Brian Johnson and Brad Fuller for He Named Me Malala; and Claire Scanlon for The Wrecking Crew.

Among the television nominees are The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst; Inside Amy Schumer; Better Call Saul; Game of Thrones; Bessie; and The Deadliest Catch.

The winners will be announced on January 29.