British Film Editors has revealed the nominees for 2024 Cut Above Awards and for the Chris Crookall Award for Breakthrough Editor and the Michael Johns Award for Outstanding Assistant Editor.
BFE members are currently voting for 10 film editing categories with all winners to be revealed in a live stream from the awards ceremony on 16th February.
Renée Edwards, BFE Chair, said, “We are excited for our 4th BFE Cut Above Awards. The pace at which BFE is growing and the increasing level of support and spotlighting we are able to bring to our craft is something we’ve long dreamed of.”
NOMINEES
Chris Crookall Award for Breakthrough Editor – Sponsored by Salon
Jasmin John
Nathan Summerfield
Harfun Li
Fiorella Santaniello
Michael Johns BFE Award for Outstanding Assistant Editor– Sponsored by Universal Production Music
Elise Anderson
Christopher Frith
Kirsty Hampton
Rob Redford
Jan Schroeder
Highly Commended: Raphi Randell & Sion Roberts (a job share)
Best Edited Single Drama – Sponsored by Adobe
Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame, ACE
Past Lives – Keith Fraase
Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE BFE
Saltburn – Victoria Boydell BFE
Best Edited Single Documentary or Non-Fiction Programme – Sponsored by London Sync
20 Days in Mariupol – Michelle Mizner
Still: A Michael J Fox Movie – Michael Harte, ACE BFE
The Deepest Breath – Julian Hart, BFE
Tish – Angela Slaven & Lindsay Watson
Best Edited Single Animation
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Stephen Perkins BFE
Elemental – Stephen Schaffer, ACE
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Andrews, ACE
The Boy and the Heron – Rie Matsubara, Takeshi Seyama & Akane Shiraishi
Best Edited Current Affairs – Sponsored by Grey Man Production Music
20 Days in Mariupol – Michelle Mizner
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight – Florence Kennard BFE
Ukraine’s War Diaries – Pawel Slawek BFE
North Korea: The Insiders – Adam Richardson BFE
Best Edited Series: Comedy
What We Do in the Shadows – Season 5 – Thomas Calderon, Liza Cardinale, ACE, A.J. Dickerson, ACE & Dane McMaster, ACE
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel – Season 5 – Ant Boys, ACE BFE, Tim Streeto, ACE & Zana Bochar
Ted Lasso – Season 3 – Melissa McCoy, ACE, A.J. Catoline, ACE , Francesca Castro & Alex Szabo
Extraordinary – Dan Crinnion, Carly Brown BFE & Adam Moss
Best Edited Series: Animation
Blue Eye Samurai – Yuka Shirasuna & Brad Lee Zimmerman
Rick and Morty – Season 7 – Lee Harting, ACE
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – Keisuke Yanagi
Star Wars Visions – Season 2 – Rodrigo Blaas, Richie Cody, ACE BFE, Tarek Karkoutly, Emily Killick & Clea Mallinson
Best Edited Series: Drama
Succession – Season 4 – Ken Eluto, ACE, Jane Rizzo, ACE, Bill Henry, ACE, Ellen Tam & Venya Bruk
The Bear – Season 2 – Joanna Naugle, ACE BFE, Adam Epstein, ACE BFE, Nia Imani & Megan Mancini
Slow Horses – Season 3 – Zsófia Tálas & Sam Williams
The Last of Us – Season 1 – Timothy Good, ACE BFE, Emily Mendez BFE, Cindy Mollo, ACE & Mark Hartzell, ACE
Best Edited Series: Documentary or Non-Fiction – Sponsored by Molinare
Beckham – Michael Harte, ACE BFE
Louis Theroux Interviews – Season 2 – Robbie Pettigrew, Daniel Gulley & Holly Lubbock BFE
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland – Anna Price, Simon Sykes, Justin Badger, William Grayburn & Bjorn Johnson
MH370: The Plane That Disappeared – Jane Hodge BFE, Duncan Hill, Greg O’Toole, ACE & Safi Ferrah
Best Edited British Drama
Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE BFE
Saltburn – Victoria Boydell BFE
Tetris – Col Goudie BFE, Ben Mills BFE, Martin Walsh, ACE
The Zone of Interest – Paul Watts
Best Edited British Documentary or Non-Fiction – Sponsored by No Sheet Music
Right Here, Right Now – Eoin McDonagh ISE
Tish – Angela Slaven & Lindsay Watson
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight – Florence Kennard BFE
The Deepest Breath – Julian Hart, BFE
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