Film editors Lillian E. Benson and Richard Chew will receive Career Achievement Awards for their outstanding contributions to film editing at the 72nd Annual Ace Eddie Awards, taking place on March 5 at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.
“Lillian and Richard are rock star editors and represent the very best of our craft and profession,” said Ace president Kevin Tent. “Just look at those credits! Not only have they had incredibly prolific careers, but they’ve given back to our community in many ways, not the least of which by mentoring the next generation of editors. We are thrilled to honor these two special editors and look back at their amazing careers.”
Past recipients of the Ace Career Achievement Award include Alan Heim, Thelma Schoonmaker, Dede Allen, Janet Ashikaga, Craig Mckay, Margaret Booth, Carol Littleton, John Soh, Mark Goldblatt and Leon Ortiz-Gil, among many others.
Benson made history as...
“Lillian and Richard are rock star editors and represent the very best of our craft and profession,” said Ace president Kevin Tent. “Just look at those credits! Not only have they had incredibly prolific careers, but they’ve given back to our community in many ways, not the least of which by mentoring the next generation of editors. We are thrilled to honor these two special editors and look back at their amazing careers.”
Past recipients of the Ace Career Achievement Award include Alan Heim, Thelma Schoonmaker, Dede Allen, Janet Ashikaga, Craig Mckay, Margaret Booth, Carol Littleton, John Soh, Mark Goldblatt and Leon Ortiz-Gil, among many others.
Benson made history as...
- 1/25/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran editors John Soh and Frank J. Urioste will be honored with the American Cinema Editors' Lifetime Career Achievement Award on Feb. 18 at the 57th annual ACE Eddie Awards at the Beverly Hilton.
The honorees were announced by ACE president Alan Heim.
Soh's credits include The Hellstrom Chronicle, which won the Oscar for best documentary in 1971, and the miniseries Hiroshima, which received the Humanitas Prize in 1996 and earned him one of two Emmys.
He also edited episodes of the television series "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" and The Cousteau Odyssey, for which he received an Emmy nomination in 1980. He has been nominated for the ACE Eddie Award seven times, winning for 1988's Infinite Voyage: Unseen Worlds and 1996's Hiroshima.
Urioste has been nominated for three Oscars for Robocop, Die Hard and Basic Instinct. He also has served on the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and serves on the advisory board of the Academy's film editors branch. Since 1998 Urioste has served as senior vp in the feature development department at Warner Bros. Pictures.
The honorees were announced by ACE president Alan Heim.
Soh's credits include The Hellstrom Chronicle, which won the Oscar for best documentary in 1971, and the miniseries Hiroshima, which received the Humanitas Prize in 1996 and earned him one of two Emmys.
He also edited episodes of the television series "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" and The Cousteau Odyssey, for which he received an Emmy nomination in 1980. He has been nominated for the ACE Eddie Award seven times, winning for 1988's Infinite Voyage: Unseen Worlds and 1996's Hiroshima.
Urioste has been nominated for three Oscars for Robocop, Die Hard and Basic Instinct. He also has served on the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and serves on the advisory board of the Academy's film editors branch. Since 1998 Urioste has served as senior vp in the feature development department at Warner Bros. Pictures.
- 1/24/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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