The 21st American Cinema Editors Awards, which were presented on Saturday, March 13, 1971, at The Century Plaza Hotel, honored the best editors in films and television. The award was hosted by actress Martha Raye. Editor and director Elmo Williams won the "ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award" for "outstanding achievements in filmmaking, climaxing a career which began in film editing." Actor Lee J. Cobb handed the award to Williams.
Nominees
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Best Edited Feature Film Best Edited Television Program Patton – Hugh S. Fowler Airport – Stuart Gilmore The Great White Hope – William H. Reynolds M*A*S*H – Danford B. Greene Tora! Tora! Tora! – Inoue Chikaya, Pembroke J. Herring, and James E. Newcom Medical Center: "Death Grip" – Richard Cahoon Gunsmoke: "Snow Train: Part 1" – Thomas J. McCarthy Storefront Lawyers: "A Man's Castle" – Ira Heymann The Tragedy of the Red Salmon – David Blewitt The Young Lawyers: "The Glass Prison – Joseph Dervin
References
External links ACE Award 1971 at the Internet Movie Database