Academy Award for Best Film Editing

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Academy Award editing award film award

The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the editing of feature films.

Aliases (9)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award → editing award → film award →
administeredBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors →
alsoKnownAs	Best Editing → Oscar for Best Film Editing →
associatedWith	Hollywood film industry →
awardedFor	best film editing of a feature film → outstanding achievement in film editing →
awardingOrganizationType	professional honorary organization →
broadcastNetworkTypical	ABC (United States) →
categoryType	craft category →
ceremonyBroadcastOn	television →
ceremonyFrequency	annual →
country	United States →
eligibility	films that meet Academy release and length requirements →
field	film editing →
firstAwardedForFilmYear	1934 →
firstCeremony	7th Academy Awards →
firstCeremonyNumber	7 →
hasCategoryNumbering	one of the original craft categories →
hasGenderRequirement	no →
inception	1934 →
industry	film →
isIndividualOrTeamAward	can be awarded to more than one editor →
location	Los Angeles →
medium	feature films →
notableFact	Best Picture winners are frequently nominated for Best Film Editing → considered one of the most important technical Oscars →
officialWebsite	https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies →
organizer	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
partOf	Academy Awards →
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
presentedInLanguage	English →
region	North America →
relatedAward	American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards → BAFTA Award for Best Editing →
relatedTo	Academy Award for Best Picture → Academy Award for Best Sound →
scope	theatrically released feature-length films →
selectionProcess	voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
significance	major indicator of overall film quality → often associated with Best Picture nominees →
status	active →
trophyName	Oscar statuette →
typicalVenue	Dolby Theatre →
votingBody	Academy film editors branch (nominations) → all eligible Academy members (winners) →

Referenced by (147)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
127 Hours → 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) → American Graffiti → Barbara McLean → Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) → Blood Diamond → Boom Town → Captains Courageous (1937 film) → Chariots of Fire → Chris Lebenzon → Citizen Kane → Close Encounters of the Third Kind → Come and Get It → Coming Home → Dog Day Afternoon → Dorothy Spencer → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → Fargo → Fatal Attraction → Frost/Nixon → Good Will Hunting → Guess Who's Coming to Dinner → Johnny Belinda → Kitty Foyle → L.A. Confidential → La La Land → Life of Pi → MASH → Manchester by the Sea → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington → Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) → On Golden Pond → Out of Sight → Pulp Fiction → Rebecca (1940 film) → Roman Holiday → Romancing the Stone → Separate Tables (1958 film) → Shine → Silver Linings Playbook → Test Pilot (1938 film) → The Bishop's Wife → The Boys from Brazil (1978 film) → The Descendants → The Fighter → The Godfather → The Graduate → The Grand Budapest Hotel → The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film) → The Guns of Navarone → The Hours → The Imitation Game → The Longest Day → The Power of the Dog (2021 film) → The Pride of the Yankees → The Razor's Edge (1946 film) → The Rose → The Shape of Water → The Shawshank Redemption → The Yearling (1946 film) → There Will Be Blood → Tom Jones (1963 film) → Tootsie → Top Gun: Maverick → Twelve O’Clock High → United 93 →	nominatedFor
Alfonso Cuarón → Barbara McLean → Ben-Hur → Bohemian Rhapsody → Dune (2021 film) → Dunkirk → Everything Everywhere All at Once → Gone with the Wind → Gravity → Hal Ashby → James Cameron → Jaws → Lawrence of Arabia → Mad Max: Fury Road → Marcia Lucas → Martin Walsh → National Velvet → On the Waterfront → Pietro Scalia → Platoon → Raging Bull → Richard Halsey → Rocky → Saving Private Ryan → Scott Conrad → The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) → The Apartment → The Aviator → The Deer Hunter → The Departed → The English Patient → The Matrix → The Social Network → Verna Fields → Walter Murch → Zach Staenberg →	awardReceived
High Noon → In the Heat of the Night → Lost Horizon → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ("Best Film Editing") → The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → Who Framed Roger Rabbit →	academyAward
Barbara McLean ("Academy Award for Best Film Editing for All About Eve") → Barbara McLean ("Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Song of Bernadette") → Barbara McLean ("Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Twelve O'Clock High") → Barbara McLean ("Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Razor's Edge") → Barbara McLean ("Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Blood and Sand") →	nominatedForWork
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) → Black Hawk Down → Schindler's List → Slumdog Millionaire →	award
Children of Men → Gangs of New York → Tariq Anwar → Witness for the Prosecution →	awardNomination
Lost Horizon → The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers →	academyAwardNomination
Barbara McLean ("Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Wilson") → Walter Murch ("Academy Award for Best Film Editing – The English Patient") →	awardReceivedForWork
Bullitt → Ford v Ferrari →	awardWon
Cinderella Man → On the Beach →	hasAwardNomination
The Towering Inferno →	AcademyAward
Bullitt ("Best Film Editing") →	academyAwardCategoryWon
Fiddler on the Roof →	academyAwardNominations
Argo →	academyAwardsWon
Traffic (2000 film) →	academyAwardWon
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ("Oscar for Best Film Editing") →	alsoKnownAs
Academy film editors branch (nominations) →	appliesToAward
Oscar ("Best Film Editing") →	awardedFor
The Insider →	awardNominated
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →	awardsPresented
Forrest Gump →	hasAward
BAFTA Award for Best Editing →	isSimilarTo
Out of Africa →	nominations
The Bourne Ultimatum →	notableAward
WingNut Films →	notableAwardReceived
Traffic (2000 film) →	oscarNomination
American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards →	relatedTo
Apollo 13 →	won