• This week's installments of the Oscar Guide covered the animated feature, sound mixing, lead actor, live action short and
film editing categories.
(James was nominated in 1995 in
the film editing category for «Hoop Dreams» while Varda garnered an Honorary Oscar for her body of work in November at the Governors Awards.)
In
the film editing category, for instance, BAFTA has presaged wins for «Whiplash» and «Hacksaw Ridge» when most pundits were looking elsewhere.
Not exact matches
The Hollywood Film Awards honors the most acclaimed
films and actors while previewing highly anticipated
films and talent for the upcoming year, also acknowledges artists in the
categories of Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Composing, Costume Design,
Editing, Production Design, Sound and Makeup & Hairstyling.
Writing a recent column predicting the nominees for the crafts
categories (cinematography, production design,
film editing and the like), I kept typing the name of one movie over and over again: «Mad Max: Fury...
The
film also won in the
categories for
editing and cinematography, as well as special awards for its sound design and visual effects work.
The Creative Recognition
category recognizes special achievement in cinematography, editing, music and writing in films entered in the Feature C
category recognizes special achievement in cinematography,
editing, music and writing in
films entered in the Feature
CategoryCategory.
The first
film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar
categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), It Happened One Night is among the most gracefully constructed and
edited films of the early sound era, packed with clever situations and gags that have entered the Hollywood comedy pantheon and featuring two actors at the top of their game, sparking with a chemistry that has never been bettered.
The
film, nominated in 10
categories, took home 7 Oscars, including two for Cuaron: Best Director and Best
Film Editing.
«Big Short» not only snuck into the Best Picture
category but it earned McKay a Best Director nod, an Adapted Screenplay nomination (shared with Charles Randolph) and the
film took an
Editing slot as well.
The nominations will begin with the
categories cinematography, costume design,
film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short
film, live action short
film, sound
editing, sound mixing, and visual effects.
And consider the astonishing four nominations (director, screenplay, cinematography,
editing) for the Brazilian
film «City of God,» which was ineligible in last year's foreign
film category because the Brazilians refused to nominate their brilliant and angry
film.
Feature
Film Category BEST SOUND
EDITING: MUSIC IN A FEATURE
FILM LIFE OF PI (20TH CENTURY FOX) Directed by: Ang Lee Produced by: Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David...
From a selection of
films across 21
categories, the groundbreaking Mad Max: Fury Road leads the field, securing 11 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (George Miller), Best Ensemble Cast, as well as Cinematography, Costume Design, Film
Editing, Makeup & Hairstyling, Production Design, Original Score, Sound Design, and Visual Effects.
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs and actor John Krasinski («The Office») follow at 8:38 ET to reveal these
categories: actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing,
editing, foreign language
film, original score, picture, production design, visual effects, adapted screenplay and original screenplay.
As previously announced, award winning filmmaker Nancy Meyers will receive the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award presented to her by long - time friend and frequent collaborator, Steve Martin, and winners for best
editing will be announced in ten
categories of
film, television and documentaries.
A special seven - member jury convened in Berlin and, based on the EFA Selection list and the additional
film entries, decided on the winners in the
categories cinematography,
editing, production design, costume design, hair & make - up, composer and sound design.
You can help by signing the petition to help get recognition for
film editors by asking these organizations to add the
Film Editing category to their annual awards: Sundance
Film Festival Shanghai International
Film Festival, China San Sebastian
Film Festival, Spain Byron Bay International
Film Festival, Australia New York
Film Critics Circle New York
Film Critics On Line National Society of
Film Critics We would like to thank the organizations that have recently added the
Film Editing category to their Annual Awards: Durban International
Film Festival, South Africa New Orleans
Film Festival Tribeca
Film Festival Washington DC Area
Film Critics Association
Film Independent - Spirit Awards LA
Film Critics Association Chicago
Film Critics Association Boston
Film Festival The International Animated
Film Society — Annie Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror - Saturn Awards
«It took enormous creative courage and guts to make this
film,» said Margaret Sixel in accepting the Academy Award for best
editing for Mad Max: Fury Road, becoming the 12th woman to win the Oscar in the
category.
Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound
Editing, and Original Score are four
categories, bar none, where the
film is in desperate need of recognition.
The 2012 Golden Reel Award nominees in the
categories Feature
Films, Television and Others are as follows: FEATURE
FILMS CATEGORY BEST SOUND
EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN A FEATURE
FILM Drive Fast Five The Girl with the...
It's safe to assume the
film will place in both the Sound Mixing and Sound
Editing categories, and though it isn't as showy and surefire a hopeful as, say, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Visual Effects is also in the cards.
Or they could go with «Whiplash,» a
film that hasn't found much of a theatrical audience but will likely be nominated in several other
categories, including supporting actor, screenplay and
editing.
From the costumes and production design to the cinematography to the
film editing (done by End of Watch alum Roman Vasyanov), not to mention the score (from last year's
category winner Steven Price), sound effects, and visual effects, it's all top notch.
However, it's the only
film that hit all of the major
categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best
Film Editing.
The ceremony, which honors the most acclaimed
films and actors while previewing highly anticipated
films and talent for the upcoming year, also acknowledges artists in the
categories of Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Composing, Costume Design,
Editing, Production Design, Sound and Makeup & Hairstyling.
The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced earlier this week, and while Edgar Wright «s music - driven heist
film Baby Driver didn't end up with any nods in the major
categories, the
film did end up with a few technical awards, including Best
Editing, Best Sound
Editing and Best Sound Design.
Thanks to Sasha Stone @ Awards Daily FEATURE
FILMS CATEGORY BEST SOUND
EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN A FEATURE
FILM Drive Fast Five The Girl with the Dragon...
Indeed, it was the only
film in the
category I even considered, with some of my personal favorites like Amy (a documentary, sure, but absolutely one of the best
edited films of the year) and It Follows shut out of the nominations.
THE 88th ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS The Complete List of Winners... and some commentary BEST PICTURE Spotlight BEST DIRECTOR Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant BEST ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant BEST ACTRESS Brie Larson, Room BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy, Spotlight BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, The Big Short BEST
EDITING Margaret Sixel, Mad Max Fury Road BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FILM Son of Saul, Hungary BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Emmanuel «Chivo» Lubezki, The Revenant First to win three back to back Oscars in this
category.
As should be clear to you by now, this is a
film that ought to feature on Oscar night well beyond the acting
categories, for its
editing, cinematography, writing, direction, and even that rarely consequential subject hair and makeup all warrant notice.
The Danny Boyle - directed
film was nominated under 11
categories and won seven, including the Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Adapted Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy and Best Sound
Editing for Indian sound technician Resul Pookutty at the British Academy of
Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
The
film, which starred Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx and Jonn Hamm, is nominated in the Best Sound and Best
Editing categories.
The Annie Awards, known for predicting the next animated
film to take home an Academy Award, honor excellence and achievement in animation, with a total of 36
categories including Best Feature, Best Feature — Independent, Production Design, Character Animation, and Effects Animation to Storyboarding, Writing, Music,
Editing and Voice Acting.
The supporting cast, mostly young actors playing high school students, are generally adequate; Max Riemelt, who also starred in Napola (Elite für den Führer) under the direction of Dennis Gansel, stands out among his colleagues as Marco, while Frederick Lau has been nominated in the Best Supporting Actor
category at the upcoming German
Film Awards for his performance as Tim (along with the
film itself for Best
Film and Best
Editing).
The
film is nominated in seven other
categories including Best
Film, Best Direction, and Best
Editing.