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(1933). He also won for
(AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the
. For 33 consecutive years, 1981 to 2013, every Best Picture winner had also been nominated for the Film Editing Oscar, and about two thirds of the Best Picture winners have also won for Film Editing.NEWS, Harris, Mark,
was not nominated for Best Editing.NEWS, Dimond, Anna, Why Editing Nominations Predict the Best Picture Oscar, Variety, December 13, 2013,
Interviews with prominent film editors exploring the correlation between the Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and for Best Film. Only the principal, "
" editor(s) as listed in the film's credits are named on the award; additional editors, supervising editors, etc. are not currently eligible.The nominations for this Academy Award are determined by a ballot of the voting members of the Editing Branch of the academy; there were 220 members of the Editing Branch in 2012.WEB, Academy Branches,
, February 2012, The members may vote for up to five of the eligible films in the order of their preference; the five films with the largest vote totals are selected as nominees.WEB,
Rule Thirteen—Special Rules for the Film Editing Award, 79th Academy Awards Rules for Distinguished Achievements in 2006, 2010-07-18,
">weblink dead, Rules are published for each year's awards. In earlier years, different rules applied; thus
(1949) with a credit as an "editorial consultant". The Academy Award itself is selected from the nominated films by a subsequent ballot of all active and life members of the academy. This process is essentially the reverse of that of the
are done by a general ballot of academy voters, and the winner is selected by members of the editing chapter.WEB, Orange British Academy Film Awards: Rules and Guidelines 2008-2009,
This award was first given for films released in 1934. The name of this award is occasionally changed; in 2008, it was listed as the
, respectively. Directors
have been nominated for editing their own films, with Cameron, Cuarón, and the Coens each being nominated for the award twice. Additionally, Best Film Editing winner,
and is, to date, the only person with Oscars for both sound engineering and film editing, winning them in the same year for his work on
. Also, nominated editors
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for Ashby.
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bgcolor"#bebebe"">1940s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%"
bgcolor"#bebebe"! width="5%" | Year! width="35%" | Film! width="60%" | Nominees
style="background:#FAEB86"! rowspan="5" |1940(13th)| North West Mounted Police (film)>North West Mounted Police| Anne Bauchens |
| The Grapes of Wrath (film)>The Grapes of Wrath | Robert L. Simpson (film editor)>Robert L. Simpson |
| The Letter (1940 film)>The Letter| Warren Low |
| The Long Voyage Home| Sherman Todd
| Rebecca (1940 film)>Rebecca| Hal C. Kern |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1941(14th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Sergeant York (film)>Sergeant York | William Holmes (film editor)>William Holmes |
| Citizen Kane| Robert Wise
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film)>Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde| Harold F. Kress |
| How Green Was My Valley (film)>How Green Was My Valley | James B. Clark (director)>James B. Clark |
| The Little Foxes (film)>The Little Foxes| Daniel Mandell |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1942(15th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Pride of the Yankees| Daniel Mandell
| Mrs. Miniver| Harold F. Kress
| The Talk of the Town (1942 film)>The Talk of the Town | Otto Meyer (film editor)>Otto Meyer |
| This Above All (film)>This Above All | Walter A. Thompson>Walter Thompson |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy| George Amy
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1943(16th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Air Force (film)>Air Force| George Amy |
| Casablanca (film)>Casablanca| Owen Marks |
| Five Graves to Cairo| Doane Harrison
| For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)>For Whom the Bell Tolls| Sherman Todd and John F. Link Sr. |
| The Song of Bernadette (film)>The Song of Bernadette| Barbara McLean |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1944(17th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Wilson (1944 film)>Wilson| Barbara McLean |
| Going My Way| LeRoy Stone
| Janie (1944 film)>Janie| Owen Marks |
| None but the Lonely Heart (film)>None but the Lonely Heart| Roland Gross |
| Since You Went Away| Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1945(18th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| National Velvet (film)>National Velvet| Robert J. Kern |
| The Bells of St. Mary's| Harry Marker
| The Lost Weekend (film)>The Lost Weekend| Doane Harrison |
| Objective, Burma!| George Amy
| A Song to Remember| Charles Nelson (film editor)>Charles Nelson |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1946(19th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Best Years of Our Lives| Daniel Mandell
| It's a Wonderful Life| William Hornbeck
| The Jolson Story| William Lyon (film editor)>William A. Lyon |
| The Killers (1946 film)>The Killers| Arthur Hilton |
| The Yearling (1946 film)>The Yearling| Harold F. Kress |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1947(20th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Body and Soul (1947 film)>Body and Soul | Francis D. Lyon>Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish |
| The Bishop's Wife| Monica Collingwood
| Gentleman's Agreement| Harmon Jones
| Green Dolphin Street (film)>Green Dolphin Street | George White (film editor)>George White |
| Odd Man Out| Fergus McDonell
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1948(21st)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Naked City| Paul Weatherwax
| Joan of Arc (1948 film)>Joan of Arc | Frank Sullivan (film editor)>Frank Sullivan |
| Johnny Belinda (1948 film)>Johnny Belinda| David Weisbart |
| Red River (1948 film)>Red River| Christian Nyby |
| The Red Shoes (1948 film)>The Red Shoes| Reginald Mills |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1949(22nd)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Champion (1949 film)>Champion| Harry W. Gerstad |
| All the King's Men (1949 film)>All the King's Men | Robert Parrish and Al Clark (film editor)>Al Clark |
| Battleground (film)>Battleground | John Dunning (film editor)>John Dunning |
| Sands of Iwo Jima| Richard L. Van Enger
| The Window (1949 film)>The Window| Frederic Knudtson |
bgcolor"#bebebe"">1950s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%"
bgcolor"#bebebe"! width="5%" | Year! width="35%" | Film! width="60%" | Nominees
style="background:#FAEB86"! rowspan="5" |1950(23rd)| King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)>King Solomon's Mines| Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig |
| All About Eve| Barbara McLean
| Annie Get Your Gun (film)>Annie Get Your Gun| James E. Newcom |
| Sunset Boulevard (film)>Sunset Boulevard| Arthur P. Schmidt and Doane Harrison |
| The Third Man| Oswald Hafenrichter
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1951(24th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| A Place in the Sun (1951 film)>A Place in the Sun| William Hornbeck |
| An American in Paris (film)>An American in Paris| Adrienne Fazan |
| Decision Before Dawn| Dorothy Spencer
| Quo Vadis (1951 film)>Quo Vadis| Ralph E. Winters |
| The Well (1951 film)>The Well| Chester Schaeffer |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1952(25th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| High Noon| Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad
| Come Back, Little Sheba (1952 film)>Come Back, Little Sheba| Warren Low |
| Flat Top (film)>Flat Top | William Austin (editor)>William Austin |
| The Greatest Show on Earth (film)>The Greatest Show on Earth| Anne Bauchens |
| Moulin Rouge (1952 film)>Moulin Rouge| Ralph Kemplen |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1953(26th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| From Here to Eternity| William Lyon (film editor)>William A. Lyon |
| Crazylegs (film)>Crazylegs | Cotton Warburton>Irvine "Cotton" Warburton |
| The Moon Is Blue (film)>The Moon Is Blue | Otto Ludwig (film editor)>Otto Ludwig |
| Roman Holiday| Robert Swink
| The War of the Worlds (1953 film)>The War of the Worlds| Everett Douglas |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1954(27th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| On the Waterfront| Gene Milford
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea| Elmo Williams |
| The Caine Mutiny (film)>The Caine Mutiny | William Lyon (film editor)>William A. Lyon and Henry Batista |
| The High and the Mighty (film)>The High and the Mighty| Ralph Dawson |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers| Ralph E. Winters
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1955(28th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Picnic (1955 film)>Picnic | Charles Nelson (film editor)>Charles Nelson and William A. Lyon |
| Blackboard Jungle| Ferris Webster
| The Bridges at Toko-Ri| Alma Macrorie
| Oklahoma! (1955 film)>Oklahoma!| Gene Ruggiero and George Boemler |
| The Rose Tattoo (film)>The Rose Tattoo| Warren Low |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1956(29th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)>Around the World in 80 Days| Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax |
| The Brave One (1956 film)>The Brave One| Merrill G. White |
| Giant (1956 film)>Giant | William Hornbeck, Philip W. Anderson (film editor)>Philip W. Anderson and Fred Bohanan |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)>Somebody Up There Likes Me| Albert Akst |
| The Ten Commandments (1956 film)>The Ten Commandments| Anne Bauchens |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1957(30th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Bridge on the River Kwai| Peter Taylor (film editor)>Peter Taylor |
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)>Gunfight at the O.K. Corral| Warren Low |
| Pal Joey (film)>Pal Joey| Viola Lawrence and Jerome Thoms |
| Sayonara| Arthur P. Schmidt and Philip W. Anderson (film editor)>Philip W. Anderson |
| Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)>Witness for the Prosecution| Daniel Mandell |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1958(31st)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Gigi (1958 film)>Gigi| Adrienne Fazan |
| Auntie Mame (film)>Auntie Mame| William H. Ziegler |
| Cowboy (1958 film)>Cowboy | William Lyon (film editor)>William A. Lyon and Al Clark |
| The Defiant Ones| Frederic Knudtson
| I Want to Live!| William Hornbeck
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1959(32nd)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Ben-Hur (1959 film)>Ben-Hur | Ralph E. Winters and John Dunning (film editor)>John D. Dunning |
| Anatomy of a Murder| Louis R. Loeffler
| North by Northwest| George Tomasini
| The Nun's Story (film)>The Nun's Story | Walter A. Thompson>Walter Thompson |
| On the Beach (1959 film)>On the Beach| Frederic Knudtson |
bgcolor"#bebebe"">1960s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%"
bgcolor"#bebebe"! width="5%" | Year! width="35%" | Film! width="60%" | Nominees
style="background:#FAEB86"! rowspan="5" |1960(33rd)| The Apartment| Daniel Mandell
| The Alamo (1960 film)>The Alamo| Stuart Gilmore |
| Inherit the Wind (1960 film)>Inherit the Wind| Frederic Knudtson |
| Pepe (1960 film)>Pepe | Viola Lawrence and Al Clark (film editor)>Al Clark |
| Spartacus (film)>Spartacus | Robert Lawrence (film editor)>Robert Lawrence |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1961(34th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| West Side Story (1961 film)>West Side Story | Thomas Stanford (film editor)>Thomas Stanford |
| Fanny (1961 film)>Fanny | William Reynolds (film editor)>William H. Reynolds |
| The Guns of Navarone (film)>The Guns of Navarone| Alan Osbiston |
| Judgment at Nuremberg| Frederic Knudtson
| The Parent Trap (1961 film)>The Parent Trap | Philip W. Anderson (film editor)>Philip W. Anderson |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1962(35th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Lawrence of Arabia (film)>Lawrence of Arabia| Anne V. Coates |
| The Longest Day (film)>The Longest Day| Samuel E. Beetley |
| The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)>The Manchurian Candidate| Ferris Webster |
| The Music Man (1962 film)>The Music Man| William H. Ziegler |
| Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)>Mutiny on the Bounty| John McSweeney Jr. |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1963(36th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| How the West Was Won (film)>How the West Was Won| Harold F. Kress |
| The Cardinal| Louis R. Loeffler
| Cleopatra (1963 film)>Cleopatra| Dorothy Spencer |
| The Great Escape (film)>The Great Escape| Ferris Webster |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World| Frederic Knudtson {{small>(posthumously)}}, Robert C. Jones and Gene Fowler Jr. |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1964(37th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Mary Poppins (film)>Mary Poppins| Cotton Warburton |
| Becket (1964 film)>Becket| Anne V. Coates |
| Father Goose (film)>Father Goose| Ted J. Kent |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte| Michael Luciano
| My Fair Lady (film)>My Fair Lady| William H. Ziegler |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1965(38th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Sound of Music (film)>The Sound of Music | William Reynolds (film editor)>William H. Reynolds |
| Cat Ballou| Charles Nelson (film editor)>Charles Nelson |
| Doctor Zhivago (film)>Doctor Zhivago| Norman Savage |
| The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film)>The Flight of the Phoenix| Michael Luciano |
| The Great Race| Ralph E. Winters
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1966(39th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Grand Prix (1966 film)>Grand Prix | Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stu Linder>Stewart Linder and Frank Santillo |
| Fantastic Voyage| William B. Murphy
| The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming| Hal Ashby and J. Terry Williams
| The Sand Pebbles (film)>The Sand Pebbles | William Reynolds (film editor)>William H. Reynolds |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?| Sam O'Steen |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1967(40th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| In the Heat of the Night (film)>In the Heat of the Night| Hal Ashby |
| Beach Red| Frank P. Keller
| The Dirty Dozen| Michael Luciano
| Doctor Dolittle (1967 film)>Doctor Dolittle| Samuel E. Beetley and Marjorie Fowler |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner| Robert C. Jones
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1968(41st)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Bullitt| Frank P. Keller
| Funny Girl (film)>Funny Girl | Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe and William Sands (film editor)>William Sands |
| The Odd Couple (film)>The Odd Couple| Frank Bracht |
| Oliver! (film)>Oliver!| Ralph Kemplen |
| Wild in the Streets| Fred R. Feitshans Jr. and Eve Newman
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1969(42nd)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Z (1969 film)>Z| Françoise Bonnot |
| Hello, Dolly! (film)>Hello, Dolly! | William Reynolds (film editor)>William H. Reynolds |
| Midnight Cowboy| Hugh A. Robertson
| The Secret of Santa Vittoria| William Lyon (film editor)>William A. Lyon and Earle Herdan |
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)>They Shoot Horses, Don't They?| Fredric Steinkamp |
bgcolor"#bebebe"">1970s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%"
bgcolor"#bebebe"! width="5%" | Year! width="35%" | Film! width="60%" | Nominees
style="background:#FAEB86"! rowspan="5" |1970(43rd)| Patton (film)>Patton| Hugh S. Fowler |
| Airport (1970 film)>Airport| Stuart Gilmore |
| M*A*S*H (film)>M*A*S*H| Danford B. Greene |
| Tora! Tora! Tora!| James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring and Inoue Chikaya
| Woodstock (film)>Woodstock| Thelma Schoonmaker |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1971(44th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The French Connection (film)>The French Connection| Gerald B. Greenberg |
| The Andromeda Strain (film)>The Andromeda Strain | Stuart Gilmore {{small>(List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees | )}} and John W. Holmes (film editor)>John W. Holmes |
| A Clockwork Orange (film)>A Clockwork Orange | Bill Butler (film editor)>Bill Butler |
| Kotch| Ralph E. Winters
| Summer of '42| Folmar Blangsted
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1972(45th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Cabaret (1972 film)>Cabaret| David Bretherton |
| Deliverance| Tom Priestley
| The Godfather| William Reynolds (film editor)>William H. Reynolds and Peter Zinner |
| The Hot Rock (film)>The Hot Rock| Frank P. Keller and Fred W. Berger |
| The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)>The Poseidon Adventure| Harold F. Kress |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1973(46th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Sting| William Reynolds (film editor)>William H. Reynolds |
| American Graffiti| Verna Fields and Marcia Lucas
| The Day of the Jackal (film)>The Day of the Jackal| Ralph Kemplen |
| The Exorcist| Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud S. Smith, Evan A. Lottman and Norman Gay
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film)>Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Frank P. Keller and James Galloway (film editor)>James Galloway |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1974(47th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Towering Inferno| Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress (film editor)>Carl Kress |
| Blazing Saddles| John C. Howard and Danford B. Greene
| Chinatown (1974 film)>Chinatown| Sam O'Steen |
| Earthquake (1974 film)>Earthquake| Dorothy Spencer |
| The Longest Yard (1974 film)>The Longest Yard| Michael Luciano |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1975(48th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Jaws (film)>Jaws| Verna Fields |
| Dog Day Afternoon| Dede Allen
| The Man Who Would Be King (film)>The Man Who Would Be King | Russell Lloyd (film editor)>Russell Lloyd |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest| Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn |
| Three Days of the Condor| Fredric Steinkamp and Don Guidice
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1976(49th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Rocky| Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad
| All the President's Men (film)>All the President's Men| Robert L. Wolfe |
| Bound for Glory (1976 film)>Bound for Glory| Robert C. Jones and Pembroke J. Herring |
| Network (1976 film)>Network| Alan Heim |
| Two-Minute Warning| Eve Newman and Walter Hannemann
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1977(50th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Star Wars (film)>Star Wars | Paul Hirsch (film editor)>Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind| Michael Kahn (film editor)>Michael Kahn |
| Julia (1977 film)>Julia| Walter Murch |
| Smokey and the Bandit| Walter Hannemann and Angelo Ross
| The Turning Point (1977 film)>The Turning Point | William Reynolds (film editor)>William H. Reynolds |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1978(51st)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Deer Hunter| Peter Zinner
| The Boys from Brazil (film)>The Boys from Brazil | Robert Swink>Robert E. Swink |
| Coming Home (1978 film)>Coming Home | Don Zimmerman (film editor)>Don Zimmerman |
| Midnight Express (film)>Midnight Express| Gerry Hambling |
| Superman (1978 film)>Superman| Stuart Baird |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1979(52nd)
style="background:#FAEB86"| All That Jazz (film)>All That Jazz| Alan Heim |
| Apocalypse Now| Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman
| The Black Stallion (film)>The Black Stallion| Robert Dalva |
| Kramer vs. Kramer| Gerald B. Greenberg
| The Rose (film)>The Rose| Robert L. Wolfe and Carroll Timothy O'Meara |
bgcolor"#bebebe"">1980s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%"
bgcolor"#bebebe"! width="5%" | Year! width="35%" | Film! width="60%" | Nominees
style="background:#FAEB86"! rowspan="5" |1980(53rd)| Raging Bull| Thelma Schoonmaker
| Coal Miner's Daughter (film)>Coal Miner's Daughter | Arthur Schmidt (film editor)>Arthur Schmidt |
| The Competition (1980 film)>The Competition| David Blewitt |
| The Elephant Man (film)>The Elephant Man| Anne V. Coates |
| Fame (1980 film)>Fame| Gerry Hambling |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1981(54th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Raiders of the Lost Ark| Michael Kahn (film editor)>Michael Kahn |
| Chariots of Fire| Terry Rawlings
| The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)>The French Lieutenant's Woman | John Bloom (film editor)>John Bloom |
| On Golden Pond (1981 film)>On Golden Pond | Robert L. Wolfe {{small>(posthumously)}} |
| Reds (film)>Reds | Dede Allen and Craig McKay (film editor)>Craig McKay |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1982(55th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Gandhi (film)>Gandhi | John Bloom (film editor)>John Bloom |
| Das Boot| Hannes Nikel
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial| Carol Littleton
| An Officer and a Gentleman| Peter Zinner
| Tootsie| Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1983(56th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Right Stuff (film)>The Right Stuff | Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, Douglas Stewart (film editor)>Douglas Stewart and Tom Rolf |
| Blue Thunder| Frank Morriss and Edward M. Abroms
| Flashdance| Bud S. Smith and Walt Mulconery
| Silkwood| Sam O'Steen
| Terms of Endearment| Richard Marks
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1984(57th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Killing Fields (film)>The Killing Fields | Jim Clark (film editor)>Jim Clark |
| Amadeus (film)>Amadeus | Nena Danevic and Michael Chandler (film editor)>Michael Chandler |
| The Cotton Club (film)>The Cotton Club| Barry Malkin and Robert Q. Lovett |
| A Passage to India (film)>A Passage to India| David Lean |
| Romancing the Stone| Donn Cambern and Frank Morriss
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1985(58th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Witness (1985 film)>Witness| Thom Noble |
| A Chorus Line (film)>A Chorus Line | John Bloom (film editor)>John Bloom |
| Out of Africa (film)>Out of Africa| Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke J. Herring and Sheldon Kahn |
| Prizzi's Honor| Rudi Fehr and Kaja Fehr
| Runaway Train (film)>Runaway Train | Henry Richardson (film editor)>Henry Richardson |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1986(59th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Platoon (film)>Platoon| Claire Simpson |
| Aliens (film)>Aliens| Ray Lovejoy |
| Hannah and Her Sisters| Susan E. Morse
| The Mission (1986 film)>The Mission | Jim Clark (film editor)>Jim Clark |
| Top Gun| Billy Weber and Chris Lebenzon
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1987(60th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Last Emperor| Gabriella Cristiani
| Broadcast News (film)>Broadcast News| Richard Marks |
| Empire of the Sun (film)>Empire of the Sun | Michael Kahn (film editor)>Michael Kahn |
| Fatal Attraction| Michael Kahn (film editor)>Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger |
| RoboCop| Frank J. Urioste
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1988(61st)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Who Framed Roger Rabbit| Arthur Schmidt (film editor)>Arthur Schmidt |
| Die Hard| Frank J. Urioste and John F. Link
| Gorillas in the Mist| Stuart Baird
| Mississippi Burning| Gerry Hambling
| Rain Man| Stu Linder
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1989(62nd)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Born on the Fourth of July (film)>Born on the Fourth of July | David Brenner (film editor)>David Brenner and Joe Hutshing |
| The Bear (1988 film)>The Bear| Noëlle Boisson |
| Driving Miss Daisy| Mark Warner (film editor)>Mark Warner |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys| William Steinkamp
| Glory (1989 film)>Glory| Steven Rosenblum |
bgcolor"#bebebe"">1990s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%"
bgcolor"#bebebe"! width="5%" | Year! width="35%" | Film! width="60%" | Nominees
style="background:#FAEB86"! rowspan="5" |1990(63rd)| Dances with Wolves| Neil Travis
| Ghost (1990 film)>Ghost| Walter Murch |
| The Godfather Part III| Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman and Walter Murch
| Goodfellas| Thelma Schoonmaker
| The Hunt for Red October (film)>The Hunt for Red October | Dennis Virkler and John Wright (film editor)>John Wright |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1991(64th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| JFK (film)>JFK| Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia |
| The Commitments (film)>The Commitments| Gerry Hambling |
| The Silence of the Lambs (film)>The Silence of the Lambs | Craig McKay (film editor)>Craig McKay |
| (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)| Conrad Buff IV>Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt and Richard A. Harris |
| Thelma & Louise| Thom Noble
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1992(65th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Unforgiven| Joel Cox
| Basic Instinct| Frank J. Urioste
| The Crying Game| Kant Pan
| A Few Good Men| Robert Leighton (film editor)>Robert Leighton |
| The Player (1992 film)>The Player| Geraldine Peroni |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1993(66th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Schindler's List| Michael Kahn (film editor)>Michael Kahn |
| The Fugitive (1993 film)>The Fugitive| Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord and Dov Hoenig |
| In the Line of Fire| Anne V. Coates
| In the Name of the Father (film)>In the Name of the Father| Gerry Hambling |
| The Piano| Veronika Jenet
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1994(67th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Forrest Gump| Arthur Schmidt (film editor)>Arthur Schmidt |
| Hoop Dreams| Frederick Marx, Steve James (producer)>Steve James and William Haugse |
| Pulp Fiction| Sally Menke
| The Shawshank Redemption| Richard Francis-Bruce
| Speed (1994 film)>Speed | John Wright (film editor)>John Wright |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1995(68th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Apollo 13 (film)>Apollo 13 | Mike Hill (film editor)>Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley |
| Babe (film)>Babe| Marcus D'Arcy and Jay Friedkin |
| Braveheart| Steven Rosenblum
| Crimson Tide (film)>Crimson Tide| Chris Lebenzon |
| Seven (1995 film)>Seven| Richard Francis-Bruce |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1996(69th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The English Patient (film)>The English Patient| Walter Murch |
| Evita (1996 film)>Evita| Gerry Hambling |
| Fargo (1996 film)>Fargo | Coen brothers>Roderick Jaynes |
| Jerry Maguire| Joe Hutshing
| Shine (film)>Shine| Pip Karmel |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1997(70th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Titanic (1997 film)>Titanic | Conrad Buff IV>Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris |
| Air Force One (film)>Air Force One| Richard Francis-Bruce |
| As Good as It Gets| Richard Marks
| Good Will Hunting| Pietro Scalia
| L.A. Confidential (film)>L.A. Confidential| Peter Honess |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1998(71st)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Saving Private Ryan| Michael Kahn (film editor)>Michael Kahn |
| Life Is Beautiful| Simona Paggi
| Out of Sight| Anne V. Coates
| Shakespeare in Love| David Gamble (film editor)>David Gamble |
| The Thin Red Line (1998 film)>The Thin Red Line | Billy Weber, Leslie Jones (film editor)>Leslie Jones and Saar Klein |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 1999(72nd)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Matrix| Zach Staenberg
| American Beauty (1999 film)>American Beauty | Tariq Anwar (film editor)>Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury |
| The Cider House Rules (film)>The Cider House Rules| Lisa Zeno Churgin |
| The Insider (film)>The Insider| William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom |
| The Sixth Sense| Andrew Mondshein
bgcolor"#bebebe"">2000s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%"
bgcolor"#bebebe"! width="5%" | Year! width="35%" | Film! width="60%" | Nominees
style="background:#FAEB86"! rowspan="5" |2000(73rd)| Traffic (2000 film)>Traffic| Stephen Mirrione |
| Almost Famous| Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon| Tim Squyres
| Gladiator (2000 film)>Gladiator| Pietro Scalia |
| Wonder Boys (film)>Wonder Boys| Dede Allen |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2001(74th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Black Hawk Down (film)>Black Hawk Down| Pietro Scalia |
| A Beautiful Mind (film)>A Beautiful Mind | Mike Hill (film editor)>Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley |
| (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)| John Gilbert (film editor)>John Gilbert |
| Memento (film)>Memento| Dody Dorn |
| Moulin Rouge!| Jill Bilcock
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2002(75th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Chicago (2002 film)>Chicago | Martin Walsh (film editor)>Martin Walsh |
| Gangs of New York| Thelma Schoonmaker
| The Hours (film)>The Hours | Peter Boyle (film editor)>Peter Boyle |
| (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)| Michael J. Horton>Michael Horton |
| The Pianist (2002 film)>The Pianist| Hervé de Luze |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2003(76th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)| Jamie Selkirk
| City of God (2002 film)>City of God| Daniel Rezende |
| Cold Mountain (film)>Cold Mountain| Walter Murch |
| (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)| Lee Smith (film editor)>Lee Smith |
| Seabiscuit (film)>Seabiscuit| William Goldenberg |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2004(77th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Aviator (2004 film)>The Aviator| Thelma Schoonmaker |
| Collateral (film)>Collateral | Jim Miller (film editor)>Jim Miller and Paul Rubell |
| Finding Neverland (film)>Finding Neverland| Matt Chessé |
| Million Dollar Baby| Joel Cox
| Ray (film)>Ray | Paul Hirsch (film editor)>Paul Hirsch |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2005(78th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Crash (2004 film)>Crash| Hughes Winborne |
| Cinderella Man| Mike Hill (film editor)>Mike Hill and Dan Hanley |
| The Constant Gardener (film)>The Constant Gardener| Claire Simpson |
| Munich (2005 film)>Munich | Michael Kahn (film editor)>Michael Kahn |
| Walk the Line| Michael McCusker
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2006(79th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Departed| Thelma Schoonmaker
| Babel (film)>Babel| Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione |
| Blood Diamond| Steven Rosenblum
| Children of Men| Alfonso Cuarón and Ãlex RodrÃguez (film editor)>Alex RodrÃguez |
| United 93 (film)>United 93 | Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson (film editor)>Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2007(80th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Bourne Ultimatum (film)>The Bourne Ultimatum | Christopher Rouse (film editor)>Christopher Rouse |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)>The Diving Bell and the Butterfly| Juliette Welfling |
| Into the Wild (film)>Into the Wild| Jay Cassidy |
| No Country for Old Men| Coen brothers>Roderick Jaynes |
| There Will Be Blood| Dylan Tichenor
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2008(81st)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Slumdog Millionaire| Chris Dickens
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button| Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall |
| The Dark Knight| Lee Smith (film editor)>Lee Smith |
| Frost/Nixon (film)>Frost/Nixon | Mike Hill (film editor)>Mike Hill and Dan Hanley |
| Milk (2008 American film)>Milk| Elliot Graham |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2009(82nd)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Hurt Locker| Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
| Avatar (2009 film)>Avatar| James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin |
| District 9| Julian Clarke
| Inglourious Basterds| Sally Menke
| (Precious (film)>Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire)| Joe Klotz |
bgcolor"#bebebe"">2010s{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%"
bgcolor"#bebebe"! width="5%" | Year! width="35%" | Film! width="60%" | Nominees
style="background:#FAEB86"! rowspan="5" |2010(83rd)| The Social Network| Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
| 127 Hours| Jon Harris (film editor)>Jon Harris |
| Black Swan (film)>Black Swan| Andrew Weisblum |
| The Fighter| Pamela Martin (film editor)>Pamela Martin |
| The King's Speech| Tariq Anwar (film editor)>Tariq Anwar |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2011(84th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo| Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall |
| The Artist (film)>The Artist| Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius |
| The Descendants| Kevin Tent
| Hugo (film)>Hugo| Thelma Schoonmaker |
| Moneyball (film)>Moneyball| Christopher Tellefsen |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2012(85th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Argo (2012 film)>Argo| William Goldenberg |
| Life of Pi (film)>Life of Pi| Tim Squyres |
| Lincoln (film)>Lincoln | Michael Kahn (film editor)>Michael Kahn |
| Silver Linings Playbook| Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
| Zero Dark Thirty| Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2013(86th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Gravity (2013 film)>Gravity| Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger |
| 12 Years a Slave (film)>12 Years a Slave | Joe Walker (film editor)>Joe Walker |
| American Hustle| Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
| Captain Phillips (film)>Captain Phillips | Christopher Rouse (film editor)>Christopher Rouse |
| Dallas Buyers Club| Jean-Marc Vallée>John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2014(87th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Whiplash (2014 film)>Whiplash | Tom Cross (film editor)>Tom Cross |
| American Sniper| Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
| Boyhood (2014 film)>Boyhood| Sandra Adair |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel| Barney Pilling
| The Imitation Game| William Goldenberg
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2015(88th)
style="background:#FAEB86"| (Mad Max: Fury Road)| Margaret Sixel
| The Big Short (film)>The Big Short| Hank Corwin |
| The Revenant (2015 film)>The Revenant| Stephen Mirrione |
| Spotlight (film)>Spotlight| Tom McArdle |
| (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)| Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2016(89th) WEB,weblink Academy Awards 2017: Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees, February 26, 2017, Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2018,
style="background:#FAEB86"| Hacksaw Ridge| John Gilbert (film editor)>John Gilbert |
| Arrival (film)>Arrival | Joe Walker (film editor)>Joe Walker |
| Hell or High Water (film)>Hell or High Water | Jake Roberts (film editor)>Jake Roberts |
| La La Land| Tom Cross (film editor)>Tom Cross |
| Moonlight (2016 film)>Moonlight| Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2017(90th) WEB,weblink Oscar Nominations: 'The Shape Of Water' Leads Way With 13, Hipes, Patrick, January 23, 2018, Deadline Hollywood, January 23, 2018,
style="background:#FAEB86"| Dunkirk (2017 film)>Dunkirk | Lee Smith (film editor)>Lee Smith |
| Baby Driver| Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
| I, Tonya| Tatiana S. Riegel
| The Shape of Water| Sidney Wolinsky
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri| Jon Gregory (film editor)>Jon Gregory |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2018(91st) WEB,weblink Oscar Nominations – The Complete List Of Noms, Hipes, Patrick, January 22, 2019, Deadline Hollywood, January 22, 2019,
style="background:#FAEB86"| Bohemian Rhapsody (film)>Bohemian Rhapsody| John Ottman |
| BlacKkKlansman| Barry Alexander Brown
| The Favourite| Yorgos Mavropsaridis
| Green Book (film)>Green Book| Patrick J. Don Vito |
| Vice (2018 film)>Vice| Hank Corwin |
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | 2019(92nd)
style="background:#FAEB86"| Ford v Ferrari| Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland (film editor)>Andrew Buckland |
| The Irishman| Thelma Schoonmaker
| Jojo Rabbit| Tom Eagles
| Joker (2019 film)>Joker | Jeff Groth (film editor)>Jeff Groth |
| Parasite (2019 film)>Parasite| Yang Jin-mo |
The following editors have received multiple nominations for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. This list is sorted by the number of total awards won (with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses).{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
