February 18, 2008–At Sunday's 58th annual ACE EDDIE Awards, “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Sweeney Todd” received top honors for feature film, winning the drama and comedy/musical categories respectively.
HBO dominated the 2 major TV categories with wins for “The Sopranos” in the hour-long series category and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” in the half hour series category. Celebrating its 18th year on the air, “Cops” nabbed the EDDIE for non-scripted reality series — beating out recent primetime powerhouse “Dancing With The Stars.”
Michael Moore, who presented the Eddie for feature film (comedy or musical), watched his “Sicko” editors Geoffrey Richman, Chris Seward and Dan Swietlik win honors in the docu category.
Carl Reiner presented Academy Award winning director Norman Jewison with the ACE Golden EDDIE filmmaker of the year award — the ceremony's highest honor.
Vet editors Millie Moore and Bud Smith each received Lifetime Career Achievement awards.
Stand-up comedian Patton Oswald (“Ratatouille”) served as the evening's emcee.
The Winners:
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
The Bourne Ultimatum
Christopher Rouse, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY:
Sicko
Geoffrey Richman, Chris Seward & Dan Swietlik
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TV:
PU-239
Tatiana S. Riegel A.C.E. and Leo Trombetta, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TV:
Chuck: “Pilot”
Norman Buckley, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TV:
The Sopranos: “Made in America”
Sidney Wolinsky, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TV:
Curb Your Enthusiam: “The Bat Mitzvah”
Steven Rasch, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
The Company: Night 2
Scott Vickrey, A.C.E. and Robert Ferretti, A.C.E.
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED/REALITY SERIES
Cops: “Country Love”
Chuck Montgomery, A.C.E. & Michael Glickman
STUDENT EDITING COMPETITION
Soogin Chung of American Film Institute
