American Cinema Editors Nominations

Here's a critical guild that influences the best picture Oscar...the editors, the unsung heroes of filmmaking.



DRAMATIC FEATURE

• Avatar- Stephen Rivkin, John Refua & James Cameron
• District 9- Julian Clarke
  
• The Hurt Locker- Bob Murawski & Chris Innis
• Star Trek- Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey
  
• Up in the Air- Dana Glauberman

I'm starting to warm to the idea of 3 sci-fi features actually getting into the best picture race...I'm fairly certain I might feel foolish after that statement, but the guilds are feasting on District 9 and Star Trek, along with the expected lust of Avatar-- it's telling more so here that films like Precious and Invictus were ignored, while the sci-fi trifecta looms large...

COMEDY FEATURE

• (500) Days of Summer- Alan Edward Bell
• The Hangover- Debra Neil-Fisher
• Julie & Julia- Richard Marks
• It's Complicated- Joe Hutshing & David Mortiz
• A Serious Man- Roderick Jaynes (the Coens)

ANIMATED FEATURE

• Coraline- Christopher Murray & Ronald Sanders
• Fantastic Mr. Fox- Andrew Weisblum
• Up- Kevin Nolting

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• The Cove- Geoffrey Richman
• Food, Inc.- Kim Roberts
• This is It- Don Brochu