Joe Walker, editor of Dune, has followed his Oscar win with the prize for best edited single drama in this year’s British Film Editors Cut Above Awards.
The eleven BFE award winners also include Úna Ní Dhonghaíle for Belfast, Janus Billeskov Jansen for Flee, Joshua L. Pearson for Summer of Soul and Jabez Olssen for The Beatles: Get Back.
Editing teams on five productions also landed a BFE award. For Arcane, Gilad Carmel, Lawrence Gan, Roberto Fernandez, Ernesto Matamoros, Nazim Meslem, Ivan Bilancio, Martin Jay, Benjamin Massoubre, Emmanuel Pilinski and David Ian Salter. For Sex Education (Season 3), Steve Ackroyd, David Webb, Phil Hignett & Izabella Curry. For Cow, Nicolas Chaudeurge, Rebecca Lloyd and Jacob Secher Schulsinger. Whilst Amy E. Duddleston & Naomi Sunrise Filoramo won for Mare of Easttown.
The Michael Johns Award for Outstanding Assistant Editor went to Mark Burton and the Chris Crookall Award for Breakthrough Editor to Melissa Lo.
A full list of nominees appears below this article.
The annual BFE Cut Above Awards are the UK’s only awards ceremony to solely recognise excellence in film editing.
The winners were announced on the 29th April during a live-streamed virtual ceremony, alongside an in-person celebration at Twickenham Film Studios.
See the evening in pictures below:
Full list of nominations, with winners highlighted:
Best Edited Single Drama
(Sponsored by Lightworks)
BELFAST – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Winner: DUNE – Joe Walker
POWER OF THE DOG – Peter Sciberras
THE LOST DAUGHTER – Affonso Gonçalves
Best Edited Single Documentary or Non-Fiction Programme (Sponsored by Grey Man Production Music)
9/11: INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S WAR ROOM – Danny Collins & Mark Hammill
COW – Nicolas Chaudeurge, Rebecca Lloyd & Jacob Secher Schulsinger
FLEE – Janus Billeskov Jansen
Winner: SUMMER OF SOUL – Joshua L. Pearson
Best Edited Single Animation (Sponsored by composer Ray Russell) Winner: FLEE – Janus Billeskov Jansen
LUCA – Catherine Apple & Jason Hudak
RON’S GONE WRONG – David Burrows, James Cooper & Sim Evan-Jones
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES – Greg Levitan
Best Edited Series: Drama
IT’S A SIN – Sarah Brewerton
Winner: MARE OF EASTTOWN – Amy E. Duddleston & Naomi Sunrise Filoramo
SQUID GAME – Nam Na-young
SUCCESSION (SEASON 3) – Ken Eluto, Jane Rizo, Ellen Tam & Brian A. Kates
Best Edited Series: Documentary or Non-Fiction (Sponsored by Twickenham Film Studios)
AMBULANCE (SEASON 8) – Manuela Lupini, Ruari Muir, Olivia Baldwin, Luke Flight, Pawel Slawek & Jess Illingworth
LIVERPOOL NARCOS – Tom Dixon-Spain & Nadeem Khan
Winner: THE BEATLES: GET BACK – Jabez Olssen
THE DETECTIVES: FIGHTING ORGANISED CRIME – Sam Bergson, Brad Manning & Otto Burnham
Best Edited Series: Animation (Sponsored by Toon Boom) Winner: ARCANE – Gilad Carmel, Lawrence Gan, Roberto Fernandez, Ernesto Matamoros, Nazim Meslem, Ivan Bilancio, Martin Jay, Benjamin Massoubre, Emmanuel Pilinski & David Ian Salter.
BOB’S BURGERS (SEASON 12) – Jeremy Reuben
ELLIOTT FROM EARTH – Tony Hull & Richard Overall
INVINCIBLE – Scott Winlaw, Matthew Sipple & Alyssa Bauer
Best Edited Series: Comedy
MOTHERLAND (SEASON 3) – Nigel Williams
Winner: SEX EDUCATION (SEASON 3) – Steve Ackroyd, David Webb, Phil Hignett & Izabella Curry
TED LASSO (SEASON 2) – Melissa McCoy, A.J. Catoline & Francesca Castro
THE WHITE LOTUS – Heather Persons & John M. Valerio
THIS TIME WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE – Robin Peters & Mark Davies
Best Edited British Drama
(Sponsored by Warner Chappell Production Music and Televisual)
Winner: BELFAST – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
IT’S A SIN – Sarah Brewerton
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO – Paul Machliss
NO TIME TO DIE – Tom Cross & Elliot Graham
Best Edited British Documentary or Non-Fiction Programme
(Sponsored by Warner Chappell Production Music and Televisual)
9/11: INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S WAR ROOM – Danny Collins & Mark Hammill
Winner: COW – Nicolas Chaudeurge, Rebecca Lloyd & Jacob Secher Schulsinger
PAUL MERSON: FOOTBALL, GAMBLING & ME – Sean Mackenzie
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS – Michael Aaglund, Kara Blake & Mariko Montpetit
Winner – Chris Crookall Award for Breakthrough Editor (Sponsored by Salon) – Mellissa Lo
Winner – Michael Johns Award for Outstanding Assistant Editor (Sponsored by Ability Academy) – Mark Burton
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