British Film Editors has announced the full nominations list for the twelve categories in its Cut Above Awards for Editors and Assistant Editors in TV and Film.
Three editors have been nominated in more than one categories. Rupert Houseman, Editor of Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes, Julian Hart Editor of Raw TV documentary The Tinder Swindler for Netflix and Mikkel E G Nielsen, ACE BFE, Editor of feature The Banshees of Inisherin, from director Martin McDonagh.
The four nominees for Best Edited Single Drama are also nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Editing and BAFTA for Editing. In addition to Nielsen for The Banshees of Inisherin, these are Jonathan Redmond BFE and Matt Villa, ACE ASE BFE for Elvis, Paul Rogers for Everything Everywhere All at Once and Eddie Hamilton, ACE, BFE for Top Gun: Maverick.
The BFE nominations event was hosted by Universal Production Music at its HQ in Kings Cross with speeches from UPM President Jane Carter and BFE Chair Renée Edwards.
The nominations were announced by Bonnie Poole, St John O’Rorke (BFE Governor and head of the Michael Johns Awards Panel) and Nick Long (MD of Salon Rentals).
The Awards are supported by Adobe, BAM Music, Salon Rentals, Televisual, Grey Man Production Music, Twickenham Film Studios and Universal Production Music. The overall sponsors for the awards are Adobe and Salon Rentals.
The 2023 BFE Cut Above Awards will be announced on Friday 24 February 2023 from 8:00pm GMT.
British Film Editors Cut Above Awards 2023 Nominations List
Best Edited Single Drama Sponsored by Adobe
The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E G Nielsen, ACE BFEElvis – Jonathan Redmond BFE, Matt Villa, ACE ASE BFE
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton, ACE BFE
Best Edited Single Documentary or Non-Fiction Programme sponsored by BAM Music
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – Rupert HousemanFire of Love – Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput
Moonage Daydream – Brett Morgen
The Tinder Swindler – Julian Hart
Best Edited Single Animation
The Bad Guys – John Venzon, ACE, BFEGuillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Holly Klein and Ken Schretzmann, ACE
Lightyear – Anthony J . Greenberg
Turning Red – Steve Bloom and Nicholas C Smith, ACE
Best Edited Current Affairs Sponsored by Grey Man Production Music
Exposure – Afghanistan: No Country for Women – Mark SummersLyra – Chloe Lambourne
Navalny – Maya Hawke and Langdon Page
Panorama – The Post Office Scandal – Simon Thorne BFE
Best Edited Series: Drama Sponsored by Twickenham Film Studios
The Bear – Adam Epstein, ACE and Joanna NaugleBetter Call Saul – Season 6 – Joey Liew, Skip Macdonald, ACE, Chris McCaleb, ACE and Joey Reinisch
The English – Andy Morrison BFE and Ben Yeates
The White Lotus – Season 2 – Heather Persons, ACE BFE and John M. Valerio, ACE
Best Edited Series: Documentary or Non-Fiction
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story – Ben Brown and Adam DolniakMoors Murders – Finlay Milne
Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing – Season 5 – Doug Bryson BFE
Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 – Chris Duveen, Bjorn Johnson and Hugh Williams
Best Edited Series: Animation
Bob’s Burgers – Season 13 – Jeremy Reuben, ACE BFELove, Death + Robots – Season 3 – Kirk Baxter, ACE, Julian Clarke, Dave Conte, Matt Mariska, Jim May, Alberto Mielgo, Stephen Mulholland BFE, Tyler Nelson, Sabrina Pitre CCE, Todd Raleigh and Hiroaki Sasa
Prehistoric Planet – Andy Hague, Richard Ketteridge
Rick & Morty – Season 6 – Anne Harting,Lee Harting and Nick Reczynski
Best Edited Series: Comedy Sponsored by Universal Production Music
Atlanta – Season 4 – Jen Bryson, Isaac Hagy, ACE, Kyle Reiter, ACE and Cameron RossDerry Girls – Season 3 – Lucien Clayton and Nigel Williams BFE
Only Murders in the Building – Season 2 – David L. Bertman, ACE, Payton Koch, Peggy Tachdjian and Shelly Westerman MPEG 700 ACE
What We Do in the Shadows – Season 4 – Hannah Anaya, Thomas Calderón, Liza Cardinale, ACE, Yana Gorskaya, ACE, Dane McMaster, ACE and Wendy Nomiyama
Best Edited British Drama
Aftersun – Blair McClendonThe Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E G Nielsen ACE BFE
Living – Chris Wyatt BFE
The Swimmers – Iain Kitching BFE
Best Edited British Documentary or Non-Fiction Programme
A Bunch of Amateurs – Leah MarinoChernobyl: The Lost Tapes – Rupert Houseman
Nothing Compares – Mick Mahon
The Tinder Swindler – Julian Hart
Michael Johns BFE Award for Outstanding Assistant Editor
Kelly AllumRiccardo Bacigalupo
Douglas Bunnage Flavell
Andrew Laas
Casey Wong
As well as celebrating and supporting editors in TV and film, British Film Editors also celebrate and support assistant editors. This award is part of that celebration.
Chris Crookall Award for Breakthrough Editor Sponsored by Salon
Jack GoessensCaroline Hodge
Aideen Johnston
Ben Mills BFE
Fiona Starogardzki ISE
The Chris Crookall Award for Breakthrough Editor celebrates emerging editors with outstanding achievements in 2022. Part of the BFE mission is to champion members’ work and to nurture upcoming and exciting new talent.
British Film Editors is a non-profit association of film and television editors and assistant editors in the UK. Qualifying assistant editors and editors can apply to join here.
Pippa Considine
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