BAFTA Award for Best Editing

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The BAFTA Award for Best Editing is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor outstanding achievement in film editing.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf BAFTA Award
film award
awardCategoryOf BAFTA Awards
awardCategoryType craft award
awardFor outstanding achievement in film editing
awardingBodyType professional academy
categoryOf British Academy Film Awards
ceremonyOccursIn United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
eligibleRegion worldwide cinema
eligibleWorks feature films
field film editing
firstAwarded 1968
frequency annual
genre film industry award
givenFor best editing in a film released in the eligibility year
hasAwardCriterion artistic excellence in editing
technical proficiency in editing
hasAwardType competitive award
hasMedium film
hasNotableWinner Joe Walker
Lee Smith
Michael Kahn
Thelma Schoonmaker
Walter Murch
hasParentOrganization British Academy of Film and Television Arts
hasPresentationEvent British Academy Film Awards ceremony
hasPresentationFormat trophy
hasRecipientType editing team
film editor
inception 1968
industry film industry
isSimilarTo Academy Award for Best Film Editing
American Cinema Editors Eddie Award
languageOfName English
locationOfCeremony London
officialWebsite https://www.bafta.org
organizer British Academy of Film and Television Arts
partOf BAFTA film awards
presentedBy BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
scope international
selectionProcess voting by BAFTA members
shortName Best Editing
timePeriod 20th century
21st century
usesCalendar BAFTA film awards year


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