The American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – Feature is one of the annual awards given by the American Cinema Editors, awarded to what members of the American Cinema Editors Guild deem as the best edited feature documentary film for a given year. Until 2013, this category included television documentaries, both single films and episodes of documentary series.
This award has been a good indicator of the winners and nominees for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing as in the case of Hoop Dreams.Hoop Dreams|Warrior Dreams
Winners and nominees 1970s Best Edited Documentary (Feature or Television) Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1972The Bengal TigerAxel Hubert Sr.JuliePeter C. Johnson, Arthur Schneider, and David Newhouse The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau "The Forgotten Mermaids" John Soh ABC
Best Edited Documentary Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1973 Survival "Flight of the Snow Geese" Leslie Parry NBC The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau "The Forgotten Mermaids" John Soh ABCWalls of FireGene Fowler Jr. 1974That's Entertainment!Bud Friedgen and David BlewittAnimals Are Beautiful PeopleJamie UysFollowing the Tundra WolfPeter Honess 1975 National Geographic Specials "Search for the Great Apes" David Saxon PBS National Geographic Specials "This Britain: Heritage of the Sea" David Newhouse PBS The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau "The Seabirds of Isabela" John Soh ABC 1976Life Goes to the Movies Robert K. Lambert and Peter C. Johnson NBCThe Memory of Justice Inge BehrensThat's Entertainment, Part II Bud Friedgen and David Blewitt 1977Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front David Blewitt and John Wright NBCGentile Giants of the Pacific Leslie ParryOscar Presents: The War Movies and John Wayne William Cartwright and Jeffery Weston 1978The Living Sands of NamibDavid SaxonMickey's 50 Lloyd L. Richardson NBCThe Secret Life of Plants Robert K. Lambert, Chris Lebenzon and Ian Masters 1979 Wild Kingdom "Desert Spring" Bernard Braham Syndication National Geographic Specials "Gold" David Saxon PBS
1980s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1980Can't It Be Anyone Else Michael Chandler ABCThe Superliners: Twilight of an Era Barry Nye PBSWhatever Happened to Lori Jean Lloyd David Saxon 1981The Day After TrinityDavid Webb Peoples and Ralph WikkeClipperton: The Island Time Forgot John Soh Wild Kingdom "Before the Storms of Winter" Bernard Braham Syndication 1982(22nd)The ThamesPeter C. JohnsonBurden of Dreams Maureen Gosling 1983The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!Paul BarnesAdapt or Die Pat Cook ABCSay Amen, SomebodyPaul Barnes 1984Among the Wild Chimpanzees Barry Nye Heritage: Civilization and the Jews "Out of the Ashes" Laurence Solomon Wild Kingdom "Lions of the Mara" Bernard Braham Syndication 1985Land of the Tiger Barry Nye PBSCreation of the Universe Robert Estrin and Lisa DayPBSThe Statue of Liberty Paul Barnes 1986Home Free: Return of the Bald EagleChristopher KnightGrizzly: The Shining MountainsJohn HoweMother Teresa Thomas HanekePBSRealm of the Alligator Barry Nye 1987 The Infinite Voyage "Unseen Worlds" John Soh and Catherine Shields PBSLions of the African Night Barry NyePBSTreasures from the Past 1988The Explorers: A Century of Discovery Barry Nye and Catherine Shields PBSEyes on the Prize Charles Scott, Jeanne Jordan, Ann Bartholomew and Dan Eisenberg PBSThe Thin Blue Line Paul Barnes 1989Roger & MeWendey Stanzler and Jennifer BemanGary Cooper: American Life, American Legend Murray Jordan TNT The Infinite Voyage "The Great Dinosaur Hunt" John Soh PBS
1990s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1990 This Reporter "Episode 1" Deborah Peretz and Edward R. Murrow The Civil War "'The Better Angels of Our Nature' (1865)" Paul Barnes, Bruce Shaw and Tricia ReidyPBSJourney to the Forgotten River Barry Nye 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's ApocalypseMichael Greer and Jay MiracleBerkeley in the SixtiesVeronica SelverMadonna: Truth or DareBarry Alexander Brown 1992MGM: When the Lion Roars Robert L. Sinise TNT American Experience "The Donner Party" Bruce Shaw PBSFires of KuwaitBarbara Kerr 1993 National Geographic Specials "Survivers of the Skeleton" Barry Nye and Leslie Parry PBSBarakaRon Fricke, Mark Magidson and David AubreyVisions of LightArnold Glassman 1994Hoop Dreams Steve James, Frederick Marx and William HaugseAfrica: The SerengetiTim HuntleyThat's Entertainment! IIIBud Friedgen and Michael J. Sheridan 1995UnzippedPaula Heredia30 Years of National Geographic Specials Barry Nye PBSCrumbVictor Livingston 1996Looking for RichardWilliam A. Anderson, Ned Bastille, Andre Ross Betz and Pasquale Buba National Geographic Specials "Last Feast of the Crocodiles" Barry Nye and David Hughes PBSThe Wild Bunch: An Album in MontagePaul Seydor 1997Frank Capra's American DreamArnold GlassmanLewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Paul Barnes and Erik Ewers PBSYear of the HorseJay Rabinowitz 1998DancemakerPam WiseThe CruiseMichael LevineThe Last DaysJames Moll
Best Edited Documentary Film Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 1999Old Man RiverAllan HolzmanBuena Vista Social ClubBrian Johnson and Monica AndersonHitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusArnold Glassman
2000s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 2000Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the KindertransportKate AmendJudy's TimeErin Flannery and David KlagsbrunShooting WarBryan McKenzie 2001 New York: A Documentary Film "The City and the World (1945–2000)" Julie Parroni PBSChop SueyAngelo CorraoThe Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic ExpeditionJoshua Waletzky 2002Bowling for ColumbineKurt EngfehrThe Kid Stays in the PictureJun DiazSounds of MemphisAllan Holzman 2003SpellboundYana GorskayaCapturing the FriedmansRichard HankinThe Fog of WarDoug Abel, Chyld King and Karen Schmeer 2004Riding GiantsPaul CrowderFahrenheit 9/11Kurt Engfehr, Woody Richman, Christopher SewardMy ArchitectSabine Krayenbühl 2005March of the PenguinsSabine EmilianiGrizzly ManJoe BiniJames Dean: Forever YoungMichael J. Sheridan, Jack Tucker, Patrea Patrick and Fred Roth 2006An Inconvenient TruthJay Cassidy and Dan SwietlikBaghdad ER Joe BiniHBO When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts "Part One" Samuel D. Pollard
Best Edited Documentary Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 2007SickoGeoffrey Richman, Christopher Seward and Dan SwietlikDarfur NowEdgar Burcksen and Leonard FeinsteinThe Pixar StoryLeslie Iwerks and Stephen R. Myers 2008Man on WireJinx GodfreyChicago 10Stuart Levy Frontline "Bush's War: Part I" & "Bush's War: Part II" Steve Audette PBS 2009The CoveGeoffrey RichmanFood, Inc.Kim RobertsMichael Jackson's This Is ItDon Brochu, Brandon Key, Timothy Patterson and Kevin Stitt
2010s Year Program Episode(s) Nominees Network 2010Exit Through the Gift ShopTom Fulford and Chris KingInside JobChad Beck and Adam BoltWaiting for "Superman"Jay Cassidy, Greg Finton and Kim Roberts 2011Freedom RidersLewis Erskine and Aljernon TunsilCave of Forgotten DreamsJoe Bini and George Harrison: Living in the Material World David Tedeschi HBO
Best Edited Documentary - Feature YearFilmEditor(s) 2012 Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul Samsara Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson West of Memphis Billy McMillin 2013 20 Feet from Stardom Jason Zeldes, Kevin Klauber and Doug Blush Blackfish Eli B. Despres Tim's Vermeer Patrick Sheffield 2014 Citizenfour Mathilde Bonnefoy Finding Vivian Maier Aaron Wickenden Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me Elisa Bonora 2015 Amy Chris King Cobain: Montage of Heck Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief Andy Grieve He Named Me Malala Greg Finton, Brian Johnson and Brad Fuller The Wrecking Crew Claire Scanlon 2016 O.J.: Made in America Bret Granato, Maya Mumma and Ben Sozanski 13th Spencer Averick Amanda Knox Matthew Hamachek The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years Paul Crowder Weiner Eli B. Despres 2017 Jane Joe Beshenkovsky, Will Znidaric and Brett Morgen Cries from Syria Aaron I. Butler Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold Ann Collins LA 92 Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin and Scott Stevenson 2018 Free Solo Bob Eisenhardt RBG Carla Gutierrez Three Identical Strangers Michael Harte Won't You Be My Neighbor? Jeff Malmberg and Aaron Wickenden 2019 Apollo 11Todd Douglas Miller American Factory Lindsay Utz Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice Jake Pushinsky and Heidi Scharfe Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound David J. Turner and Thomas G. Miller
2020s Best Edited Documentary - Feature YearFilmEditor(s) 2020 My Octopus Teacher Pippa Ehrlich, Dan Schwalm All In: The Fight for Democracy Nancy Novack Dick Johnson Is Dead Nels Bangerter The DissidentScott D. Hanson, James Leche, Wyatt Rogowski, Avner Shiloah The Social Dilemma Davis Coombe 2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Joshua L. Pearson Flee Janus Billeskov Jansen The Rescue Bob Eisenhardt ValTing Poo and Leo Scott The Velvet UndergroundAffonso Gonçalves and Adam Kurnitz2022Fire of Love Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Amy Foote, Joe Bini, and Brian A. KatesGood Night OppyRejh Cabrera and Helen KearnsMoonage DaydreamBrett MorgenNavalnyMaya Hawke and Langdon Page2023Still: A Michael J. Fox MovieMichael Harte20 Days in MariupolMichelle MiznerAmerican SymphonySammy Dane, Matthew Heineman, Jim Hession, and Fernando VillegasJoan Baez: I Am a NoiseMaeve O'BoyleLittle Richard: I Am EverythingNyneve Minnear and Jake Hostetter2024Will & HarperMonique ZavistovskiBeatles '64Mariah RehmetHer Name Was MoviolaHoward BerryJim Henson: Idea ManPaul Crowder and Sierra NealSuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve StoryOtto Burnham2025The Perfect NeighborViridiana LiebermanBecoming Led ZeppelinDan GitlinIt's Never Over, Jeff BuckleyBrian A. Kates and Stacy GoldateJohn Candy: I Like MeShane Reid and Darrin RobertsLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicJames Lester and Oz Rodríguez
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