Winners Announced for the 2026 ACE Eddies

Here is the press release with the winners of the 2026 ACE Eddie Awards. Take a look:

The 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards presented by American Cinema Editors (ACE) today announced winners LIVE at UCLA’s Royce Hall recognizing outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, television, documentaries, and for the first time in ACE Eddies history, shorts and digital content. The ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film, was presented to two-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Ang Lee. Kim Larson, Managing Director and Head of YouTube’s Creator and Gaming team, accepted YouTube’s ACE Visionary Award, and Emmy winning editor/director Arthur Forney, ACE, and Oscar® nominated editor Robert Leighton received ACE Career Achievement awards. Actor and comedian Asif Ali hosted the 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards.

A full list of winners for the 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards follows:   

EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical):

Sinners
Michael P. Shawver 

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical):

One Battle After Another
Andy Jurgensen

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

KPop Demon Hunters

Nathan Schauf

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

The Perfect Neighbor

Viridiana Lieberman 

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Pee-wee as Himself – Part One

Damian Rodriguez

BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:

Frasier (Murder Most Finch)

Russell Griffin, ACE

BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES:

The Studio (The Promotion)

Eric Kissack, ACE

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES:

The Pitt (6pm)

Mark Strand, ACE

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL):
A Winter’s Song

Yvette M. Amirian, ACE 

BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES:

The Penguin (A Great or Little Thing)
Henk van Eeghen, ACE

BEST EDITED REALITY SERIES:

Conan O’Brien Must Go (Austria)
Matthew Shaw, ACE
Brad Roelandt

BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL:

Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special

Paul Del Gesso
Christopher Salerno
Ryan Spears
Sean Mcilraith, ACE
Ryan Mcilraith
Daniel Garcia 

BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES:

South Park (Twisted Christian)
David List
Nate Pellettieri

BEST EDITED SHORT:

All The Empty Rooms
Erin Casper, ACE
Stephen Maing
Jeremy Medoff

ANNE V. COATES AWARD FOR STUDENT EDITING:

Luis Barragan – California State University, Fullerton