American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – Feature

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.

Winners and nominees

• ‡ – indicates a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.

1970s

Best Edited Documentary (Feature or Television)

Year	Program	Episode(s)	Nominees	Network
1972 (12th) [1]
	The Bengal Tiger		Axel Hubert Sr.
	Julie		Peter 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 (13th) [2]
	Survival	"Flight of the Snow Geese"	Leslie Parry	NBC
	The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau	"The Forgotten Mermaids"	John Soh	ABC
	Walls of Fire		Gene Fowler Jr.
1974 (14th) [3]
	That's Entertainment!		Bud Friedgen and David Blewitt
	Animals Are Beautiful People		Jamie Uys
	Following the Tundra Wolf		Peter Honess
1975 (15th) [4]
	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
1976 (16th) [5]
	Life Goes to the Movies		Robert K. Lambert and Peter C. Johnson	NBC
	The Memory of Justice		Inge Behrens
	That's Entertainment, Part II		Bud Friedgen and David Blewitt
1977 (17th) [6]
	Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front		David Blewitt and John Wright	NBC
	Gentile Giants of the Pacific		Leslie Parry
	Oscar Presents: The War Movies and John Wayne		William Cartwright and Jeffery Weston
1978 (18th) [7]
	The Living Sands of Namib		David Saxon
	Mickey's 50		Lloyd L. Richardson	NBC
	The Secret Life of Plants		Robert K. Lambert, Chris Lebenzon and Ian Masters
1979 (19th) [8]
	Wild Kingdom	"Desert Spring"	Bernard Braham	Syndication
	National Geographic Specials	"Gold"	David Saxon	PBS

1980s

Year	Program	Episode(s)	Nominees	Network
1980 (20th) [9]
	Can't It Be Anyone Else		Michael Chandler	ABC
	The Superliners: Twilight of an Era		Barry Nye	PBS
	Whatever Happened to Lori Jean Lloyd		David Saxon
1981 (21st) [10]
	The Day After Trinity		David Webb Peoples and Ralph Wikke
	Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot		John Soh
	Wild Kingdom	"Before the Storms of Winter"	Bernard Braham	Syndication
1982 (22nd) [11]
	The Thames		Peter C. Johnson
	Burden of Dreams		Maureen Gosling
1983 (23rd) [12]
	The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!		Paul Barnes
	Adapt or Die		Pat Cook	ABC
	Say Amen, Somebody		Paul Barnes
1984 (24th) [13]
	Among 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
1985 (25th) [14]
	Land of the Tiger		Barry Nye	PBS
	Creation of the Universe		Robert Estrin and Lisa Day	PBS
	The Statue of Liberty		Paul Barnes
1986 (26th) [15]
	Home Free: Return of the Bald Eagle		Christopher Knight
	Grizzly: The Shining Mountains		John Howe
	Mother Teresa		Thomas Haneke	PBS
	Realm of the Alligator		Barry Nye
1987 (27th) [16]
	The Infinite Voyage	"Unseen Worlds"	John Soh and Catherine Shields	PBS
	Lions of the African Night		Barry Nye	PBS
	Treasures from the Past
1988 (28th) [17]
	The Explorers: A Century of Discovery		Barry Nye and Catherine Shields	PBS
	Eyes on the Prize		Charles Scott, Jeanne Jordan, Ann Bartholomew and Dan Eisenberg	PBS
	The Thin Blue Line		Paul Barnes
1989 (29th) [18]
	Roger & Me		Wendey Stanzler and Jennifer Beman
	Gary 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 (30th) [19]
	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 Reidy	PBS
	Journey to the Forgotten River		Barry Nye
1991 (31st) [20]
	Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse		Michael Greer and Jay Miracle
	Berkeley in the Sixties		Veronica Selver
	Madonna: Truth or Dare		Barry Alexander Brown
1992 (32nd) [21]
	MGM: When the Lion Roars		Robert L. Sinise	TNT
	American Experience	"The Donner Party"	Bruce Shaw	PBS
	Fires of Kuwait		Barbara Kerr
1993 (33rd) [22]
	National Geographic Specials	"Survivers of the Skeleton"	Barry Nye and Leslie Parry	PBS
	Baraka		Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson and David Aubrey
	Visions of Light		Arnold Glassman
1994 (34th) [23]
	Hoop Dreams ‡		Steve James, Frederick Marx and William Haugse
	Africa: The Serengeti		Tim Huntley
	That's Entertainment! III		Bud Friedgen and Michael J. Sheridan
1995 (35th) [24]
	Unzipped		Paula Heredia
	30 Years of National Geographic Specials		Barry Nye	PBS
	Crumb		Victor Livingston
1996 (36th) [25]
	Looking for Richard		William A. Anderson, Ned Bastille, Andre Ross Betz and Pasquale Buba
	National Geographic Specials	"Last Feast of the Crocodiles"	Barry Nye and David Hughes	PBS
	The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage		Paul Seydor
1997 (37th) [26]
	Frank Capra's American Dream		Arnold Glassman
	Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery		Paul Barnes and Erik Ewers	PBS
	Year of the Horse		Jay Rabinowitz
1998 (38th) [27]
	Dancemaker		Pam Wise
	The Cruise		Michael Levine
	The Last Days		James Moll

Best Edited Documentary Film

Year	Program	Episode(s)	Nominees	Network
1999 (39th) [28]
	Old Man River		Allan Holzman
	Buena Vista Social Club		Brian Johnson and Monica Anderson
	Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius		Arnold Glassman

2000s

Year	Program	Episode(s)	Nominees	Network
2000 (40th) [29]
	Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport		Kate Amend
	Judy's Time		Erin Flannery and David Klagsbrun
	Shooting War		Bryan McKenzie
2001 (41st) [30]
	New York: A Documentary Film	"The City and the World (1945–2000)"	Julie Parroni	PBS
	Chop Suey		Angelo Corrao
	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition		Joshua Waletzky
2002 (42nd) [31]
	Bowling for Columbine		Kurt Engfehr
	The Kid Stays in the Picture		Jun Diaz
	Sounds of Memphis		Allan Holzman
2003 (43rd) [32]
	Spellbound		Yana Gorskaya
	Capturing the Friedmans		Richard Hankin
	The Fog of War		Doug Abel, Chyld King and Karen Schmeer
2004 (44th) [33]
	Riding Giants		Paul Crowder
	Fahrenheit 9/11		Kurt Engfehr, Woody Richman, Christopher Seward
	My Architect		Sabine Krayenbühl
2005 (45th) [34]
	March of the Penguins		Sabine Emiliani
	Grizzly Man		Joe Bini
	James Dean: Forever Young		Michael J. Sheridan, Jack Tucker, Patrea Patrick and Fred Roth
2006 (46th) [35]
	An Inconvenient Truth		Jay Cassidy and Dan Swietlik
	Baghdad ER		Joe Bini	HBO
	When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts	"Part One"	Samuel D. Pollard

Best Edited Documentary

Year	Program	Episode(s)	Nominees	Network
2007 (47th) [36]
	Sicko		Geoffrey Richman, Christopher Seward and Dan Swietlik
	Darfur Now		Edgar Burcksen and Leonard Feinstein
	The Pixar Story		Leslie Iwerks and Stephen R. Myers
2008 (48th) [37]
	Man on Wire		Jinx Godfrey
	Chicago 10		Stuart Levy
	Frontline	"Bush's War: Part I" & "Bush's War: Part II"	Steve Audette	PBS
2009 (49th) [38]
	The Cove		Geoffrey Richman
	Food, Inc.		Kim Roberts
	Michael Jackson's This Is It		Don Brochu, Brandon Key, Timothy Patterson and Kevin Stitt

2010s

Year	Program	Nominees	Network
2010 (50th) [39]
	Exit Through the Gift Shop	Tom Fulford and Chris King
	Inside Job	Chad Beck and Adam Bolt
	Waiting for "Superman"	Jay Cassidy, Greg Finton and Kim Roberts
2011 (51st) [40]
	Freedom Riders	Lewis Erskine and Aljernon Tunsil
	Cave of Forgotten Dreams	Joe Bini and
	George Harrison: Living in the Material World	David Tedeschi	HBO

Best Edited Documentary - Feature

Year	Program	Nominees
2012 (52nd) [41]
	Searching for Sugar Man	Malik Bendjelloul
	Samsara	Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson
	West of Memphis	Billy McMillin
2013 (53rd) [42]
	20 Feet from Stardom	Jason Zeldes, Kevin Klauber and Doug Blush
	Blackfish	Eli B. Despres
	Tim's Vermeer	Patrick Sheffield
2014 (54th) [43]
	Citizenfour	Mathilde Bonnefoy
	Finding Vivian Maier	Aaron Wickenden
	Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me	Elisa Bonora
2015 (55th) [44]
	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 (56th) [45]
	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 (57th) [46]
	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 (58th) [47]
	Free Solo	Bob Eisenhardt
	RBG	Carla Gutierrez
	Three Identical Strangers	Michael Harte
	Won't You Be My Neighbor?	Jeff Malmberg and Aaron Wickenden

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External links

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