The Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing is one of the annual awards given out by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It was first presented in 2013, with American editor Nat Sanders being the first recipient of the award for his work in Short Term 12.
Winners and nominees 2010s YearFilmRecipient(s)2013 Short Term 12 Nat Sanders Upstream Color Shane Carruth and David Lowery Museum Hours Jem Cohen and Marc Vives Frances Ha Jennifer Lame Una noche Cindy Lee 2014 Whiplash Tom Cross Boyhood Sandra Adair Nightcrawler John Gilroy A Most Violent Year Ron Patane The Guest Adam Wingard 2015 Spotlight Tom McArdle Heaven Knows What Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie Room Nathan Nugent It Follows Julio C. Perez IV Manos sucias Kristan Sprague 2016 Moonlight Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders Swiss Army Man Matthew Hannam Manchester by the Sea Jennifer Lame Hell or High Water Jake Roberts Jackie Sebastián Sepúlveda 2017 I, Tonya Tatiana S. Riegel Good Time Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie Call Me by Your Name Walter Fasano The Rider Alex O'Flinn Get Out Gregory Plotkin 2018 You Were Never Really Here Joe Bini We the Animals Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates, and Jeremiah Zagar American Animals Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, and Julian Hart The Tale Anne Fabini, Alex Hall, and Gary Levy Mid90s Nick Houy 2019 Uncut Gems Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie The Third Wife Julie Béziau Sword of Trust Tyler L. Cook The Lighthouse Louise Ford Give Me Liberty Kirill Mikhanovsky
2020s YearFilmRecipient(s) 2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao The Invisible Man Andy Canny Never Rarely Sometimes Always Scott Cummings Residue Merawi Gerima I Carry You with Me Enat Sidi 2021 Zola Joi McMillon A Chiara Affonso Gonçalves The Nowhere Inn Ali Greer The Novice Lauren Hadaway and Nathan Nugent The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Enrico Natale 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Paul Rogers Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp and Nick Paley The Cathedral Ricky D'Ambrose Aftersun Blair McClendon Tár Monika Willi2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline Daniel Garber Rotting in the Sun Santiago Cendejas, Gabriel Díaz and Sofía Subercaseaux We Grown Now Stephanie Filo Theater Camp Jon Philpot Upon Entry Emanuele Tiziani2024 September 5 Hansjörg Weißbrich Jazzy Laura Colwell and Vanara Taing The Apprentice Olivier Bugge Coutté and Olivia Neergaard-Holm Nightbitch Anne McCabe Dìdi Arielle Zakowski2025Spirit Awards 2026 Nominations: Full List – VarietyThe Testament of Ann LeeSofía SubercaseauxEephusCarson LundGood BoyBen LeonbergSplitsvilleSara ShawWarfareFin Oates
See also BAFTA Award for Best Editing Academy Award for Best Film Editing Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical
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