ACE Eddie, Art Directors Guild, ASC, and Writers Guild nominations announced!
It was a busy morning for precursor awards today, wasn’t it? Not only are we still recovering from what went on at the Golden Globes last night, a quartet of important stepping stones to Oscar announced their nominees. The nominations came from the ACE Eddies (the Guild for film editors), the American Society of Cinematographers (the Guild for cinematography), the Art Directors Guild, and of course, the Writers Guild. The latter, as usual, had disqualified some high profile contenders, so that’s important to keep in mind, but the former three have given us a decent look at the likeliest Academy Award nominees in Best Production Design and Best Film Editing, respectively.
The four precursors represented Guilds that actually correspond with Academy members, so keep that in mind. ACE Eddie and ADG separate into multiple categories, so that’s worth making note of, as well. Also, as you might imagine, most of the titles cited today missed in one spot or another. One of the rare films to hit with all of them this morning was A Star Is Born, recovering nicely from the Globes. BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, and Roma also notably showed up in multiple places. There were no real surprise omissions or snubs, so this mainly just confirmed a lot of what we thought. If there’s one, it probably was Black Panther missing with ACE, but they’re still definitely in play for a nomination with Oscar.
First up, the ACE Eddie nominees:
NOMINEES FOR 69th ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARDS
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
BlacKkKlansman
Barry Alexander Brown
Bohemian Rhapsody
John Ottman, ACE
First Man
Tom Cross, ACE
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón & Adam Gough
A Star is Born
Jay Cassidy, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY):
Crazy Rich Asians
Myron Kerstein
Deadpool 2
Craig Alpert, ACE, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir & Dirk Westervelt
The Favourite
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE
Green Book
Patrick J. Don Vito
Vice
Hank Corwin, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Incredibles 2
Stephen Schaffer, ACE
Isle of Dogs
Andrew Weisblum, ACE, Ralph Foster & Edward Bursch
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Robert Fisher, Jr.
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Free Solo
Bob Eisenhardt, ACE
RBG
Carla Gutierrez
Three Identical Strangers
Michael Harte
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Jeff Malmberg & Aaron Wickenden, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (NON-THEATRICAL):
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
Martin Singer
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Greg Finton, ACE & Poppy Das, ACE
Wild Wild Country, Part 3
Neil Meiklejohn
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Atlanta: “Alligator Man”
Isaac Hagy
Atlanta: “Teddy Perkins”
Kyle Reiter
The Good Place: “Don’t Let the Good Life Pass You By”
Eric Kissack
Portlandia: “Rose Route”
Jordan Kim, Ali Greer, Heather Capps & Stacy Moon
BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Barry: “Make Your Mark”
Jeff Buchanan
Insecure: “Obsessed-Like”
Nena Erb, ACE
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “Simone”
Kate Sanford, ACE
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “We’re Going to the Catskills!”
Tim Streeto, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
The Americans: “Start”
Daniel Valverde
Better Call Saul: “Something Stupid”
Skip Macdonald, ACE
Better Call Saul: “Winner”
Chris McCaleb
Killing Eve: “Nice Face”
Gary Dollner, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
Bodyguard: “Episode 1”
Steve Singleton
Homecoming: “Redwood”
Rosanne Tan
Ozark: “One Way Out”
Cindy Mollo, ACE & Heather Goodwin Floyd
Westworld: “The Passenger”
Andrew Seklir, ACE, Anna Hauger & Mako Kamitsuna
BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story: “A Random Killing”
Emily Greene
Escape at Dannemora: “Better Days”
Malcolm Jamieson & Geoffrey Richman ACE
Sharp Objects: “Milk”
Véronique Barbe, Dominique Champagne, Justin Lachance, Maxime Lahaie, Émile Vallée & Jai M. Vee
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:
Anthony Bourdain – Parts Unknown: “West Virginia”
Hunter Gross, ACE
Deadliest Catch: “Storm Surge”
Rob Butler, ACE
Naked & Afraid: “Fire and Fury”
Molly Shock, ACE and Jnani Butler
Following that, we have the ASC nominees:
Theatrical Release
Alfonso Cuarón for “Roma”
Matthew Libatique, ASC for “A Star is Born”
Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC for “The Favourite”
Linus Sandgren, ASC, FSF for “First Man”
Łukasz Żal, PSC for “Cold War”
Spotlight Award
Joshua James Richards for “The Rider”
Giorgi Shvelidze for “Namme”
Frank van den Eeden, NSC, SBC for “Girl”
Episode of a Series for Non-Commercial Television
Gonzalo Amat for “The Man in the High Castle” – “Jahr Null”
Adriano Goldman, ASC, ABC for “The Crown” – “Beryl”
David Klein, ASC for “Homeland” – “Paean to the People”
Colin Watkinson, ASC for “The Handmaid’s Tale” – “The Word”
Cathal Watters, ISC for “Peaky Blinders” – “The Company”
Zoë White, ACS for “The Handmaid’s Tale” – “Holly”
Episode of a Series for Commercial Television
Nathaniel Goodman, ASC for “Timeless” – “The King of the Delta Blues”
Jon Joffin, ASC for “Beyond” – “Two Zero One”
Ben Richardson for “Yellowstone” – “Daybreak”
David Stockton, ASC for “Gotham” – “A Dark Knight: Queen Takes Knight”
Thomas Yatsko, ASC for “Damnation” – “A Different Species”
Motion Picture, Miniseries, or Pilot Made for Television
James Friend, BSC for “Patrick Melrose” – “Bad News”
Mathias Herndl, AAC for “Genius: Picasso” – “Chapter 1”
Florian Hoffmeister, BSC for “The Terror” – “Go for “Broke”
M. David Mullen, ASC for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (pilot)
Brendan Steacy, CSC for “Alias Grace” – “Part 1”
Next we have the Art Directors Guild nominees:
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM:
1. PERIOD FILM
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
Production Designer: JESS GONCHOR
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Production Designer: AARON HAYE
THE FAVOURITE
Production Designer: FIONA CROMBIE
FIRST MAN
Production Designer: NATHAN CROWLEY
ROMA
Production Designer: EUGENIO CABALLERO
2. FANTASY FILM
BLACK PANTHER
Production Designer: HANNAH BEACHLER
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
Production Designer: STUART CRAIG
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS
Production Designer: JON HUTMAN
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Production Designer: JOHN MYHRE
READY PLAYER ONE
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN
3. CONTEMPORARY FILM
A QUIET PLACE
Production Designer: JEFFREY BEECROFT
A STAR IS BORN
Production Designer: KAREN MURPHY
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Production Designer: NELSON COATES
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT
Production Designer: PETER WENHAM
WELCOME TO MARWEN
Production Designer: STEFAN DECHANT
4. ANIMATED FILM
DR. SEUSS’ THE GRINCH
Art Director: COLIN STIMPSON
INCREDIBLES 2
Production Designer: RALPH EGGLESTON
ISLE OF DOGS
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN, PAUL HARROD
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
Production Designer: CORY LOFTIS
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Production Designer: JUSTIN K. THOMPSON
NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR TELEVISION ARE:
5. ONE-HOUR PERIOD OR FANTASY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: “THE ERSATZ ELEVATOR: PART ONE”
Production Designer: BO WELCH
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE: “THE BENT-NECK LADY”
Production Designer: PATRICIO M. FARRELL
THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE: “NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE CARE ABOUT YOU,” “HISTORY ENDS,” “JAHR NULL”
Production Designer: DREW BOUGHTON
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL: “SIMONE,” “WE’RE GOING TO THE CATSKILLS!”
Production Designer: BILL GROOM
WESTWORLD: “AKANE NO MAI”
Production Designer: HOWARD CUMMINGS
6. ONE-HOUR CONTEMPORARY SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
BETTER CALL SAUL: “PIÑATA,” “COUSHATTA”
Production Designer: JUDY RHEE
CASTLE ROCK: “THE BOX”
Production Designer: STEVE ARNOLD
THE HANDMAID’S TALE: “JUNE,” “UNWOMEN”
Production Designer: MARK WHITE, ELISABETH WILLIAMS
HOUSE OF CARDS: “EPISODE 627: CHAPTER 72”
Production Designer: JULIE WALKER
OZARK: “ONCE A LANGMORE…,” “THE GOLD COAST”
Production Designer: DEREK R. HILL
7. TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
THE ALIENIST: “THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE”
Production Designer: MARA LePERE-SCHLOOP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE: “FIRE AND REIGN”
Production Designer: VALDAR WILT
THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
Production Designer: JUDY BECKER
MANIAC
Production Designer: ALEX DIGERLANDO
SHARP OBJECTS
Production Designer: JOHN PAINO
8. HALF HOUR SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES
ATLANTA: “TEDDY PERKINS”
Production Designer: TIMOTHY O’BRIEN
GLOW: “VIKING FUNERAL,” “PERVERTS ARE PEOPLE, TOO,” “ROSALIE”
Production Designer: TODD FJELSTED
THE GOOD PLACE: “JANET (S)”
Production Designer: IAN PHILLIPS
HOMECOMING: “MANDATORY”
Production Designer: ANASTASIA WHITE
SILICON VALLEY: “TECH EVANGELIST,” “ARTIFICIAL EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE”
Production Designer: RICHARD TOYON
9. MULTI-CAMERA SERIES
THE BIG BANG THEORY: “THE NOVELIZATION CORRELATION,” “THE SIBLING REALIGNMENT,” “THE BOW TIE ASYMMETRY”
Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
MURPHY BROWN: “#MURPHYTOO”
Production Designer: JANE MUSKY
THE RANCH: “TRAVELIN’ PRAYER,” “TIE OUR LOVE (IN A DOUBLE KNOT),” “FRESH OUT OF FORGIVENESS”
Production Designer: JOHN SHAFFNER
SESAME STREET: “BOOK WORMING,” “THE COUNT’S COUNTING ERROR,” “STREET FOOD”
Production Designer: DAVID GALLO
WILL & GRACE: “THE THREE WISE MEN,” “TEX AND THE CITY,” “ANCHOR AWAY”
Production Designer: GLENDA ROVELLO
10. SHORT FORMAT: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEO OR COMMERCIAL (TIE)
APPLE: “WELCOME HOME”
Production Designer: CHRISTOPHER GLASS
ARIANA GRANDE: “no tears left to cry”
Production Designer: ETHAN TOBMAN
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST: “THE SPACE PROGRAM”
Production Designer: KAI BOYDELL
KENDRICK LAMAR: “ALL THE STARS”
Production Designer: ETHAN TOBMAN
NESPRESSO: “QUEST”
Production Designer: MICHAEL GAW
“ROLEX: “2018 ACADEMY AWARDS”
Production Designer: SHANE VALENTINO, CRAIG PAVILIONIS
11. VARIETY, REALITY OR EVENT SPECIAL
DRUNK HISTORY: “HALLOWEEN”
Production Designer: CHLOE ARBITURE
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT
Production Designer: JASON ARDIZZONE-WEST
THE OSCARS: “90TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS”
Production Designer: DEREK McLANE
PORTLANDIA: “RIOT SPRAY”
Production Designer: SCHUYLER TELLEEN
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “BILL HADER + ARCADE FIRE,” “JOHN MULANEY + JACK WHITE,” “DONALD GLOVER + CHILDISH GAMBINO”
Production Designer: KEITH RAYWOOD, EUGENE LEE, AKIRA
YOSHIMURA, JOSEPH DeTULLIO
Finally, we have the big one of the day, the Writers Guild nominees:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eighth Grade, Written by Bo Burnham; A24
Green Book, Written by Nick Vallelonga & Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly; Universal Pictures
A Quiet Place, Screenplay by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck and John Krasinski, Story by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck; Paramount Pictures
Roma, Written by Alfonso Cuarón; Netflix
Vice, Written by Adam McKay; Annapurna Pictures
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Blackkklansman, Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee, Based on the book by Ron Stallworth; Focus Features
Black Panther, Written by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, Based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Based on the book by Lee Israel; Fox Searchlight
If Beale Street Could Talk, Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, Based on the novel by James Baldwin; Annapurna Pictures
A Star is Born, Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters, Based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and Frank Pierson, Based on a story by William Wellman and Robert Carson; Warner Bros.
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Bathtubs Over Broadway, Written by Ozzy Inguanzo & Dava Whisenant; Focus Features
Fahrenheit 11/9, Written by Michael Moore; Briarcliff Entertainment
Generation Wealth, Written by Lauren Greenfield; Amazon Studios
In Search of Greatness, Written by Gabe Polsky; Art of Sport
VIDEOGAME WRITING
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Associate Narrative Directors Matthew Zagurak, Joel Janisse, James Richard Mittag; Narrative Director Melissa MacCoubrey; Story by Jonathan Dumont, Melissa MacCoubrey, Hugo Giard; Scriptwriters Madeleine Hart, Betty Robertson, Jesse Scoble, Diana Sherman, Kelly Bender, Jojo Chia, Ian Fun, Zachary M. Parris, Ken Williamson, Daniel Bingham, Jordan Lemos, Simon Mackenzie, Katelyn MacMullin, Susan Patrick, Alissa Ralph, Stephen Rhodes; Team Lead Writer Sam Gill; AI Writers Jonathan Flieger, Kimberly Ann Sparks; Ubisoft Quebec
Batman: The Enemy Within, Episode 5-Same Stitch, Lead Writer James Windeler; Written by Meghan Thornton, Ross Beeley, Lauren Mee; Story by Meghan Thornton, Michael Kirkbride; Telltale Games
God of War, Written by Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog; Story and Narrative Design Lead Matt Sophos; Story and Narrative Design Richard Zangrande Gaubert; Narrative Design Orion Walker, Adam Dolin; Sony Interactive Entertainment
Marvel’s Spider-Man, Story Lead Jon Paquette; Writers Benjamin Arfmann, Kelsey Beachum; Co-Written by Christos Gage; Additional Story Contributions by Dan Slott; Insomniac Games & Sony Interactive Entertainment
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Narrative Designers Alex Scokel, Eric Fenstermaker, Kate Dollarhyde, Megan Starks, Olivia Veras, Paul Kirsch; Additional Writing Tony Evans, John Schmautz, Casey Hollingshead, Nitai Poddar; Narrative Design Leads Carrie Patel, Josh Sawyer; Obsidian Entertainment
Stay tuned to see how these nominees might translate with regard to Oscar!