The BAFTA Award for Best Editing is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the annual British Academy Film Awards, to recognize a film editor who has delivered outstanding editing in a film.
BAFTA is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games (and formerly also for children's film and television). Since 1966, selected editors have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Editing at an annual ceremony. Traditionally, four films were nominated each year until 2000, when the academy expanded the annual number of nominees to five. The predetermined limit was exceeded twice: in 1992, when, due to a tie in the vote, there were five nominees, and in 2008, when there were six nominees.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
The film-voting members of the academy select the five nominated films in each category; only the principal editor(s) for each film are named, which excludes additional editors, supervising editors, etc.The nominees in each award category are determined by two rounds of voting. In the first round, each member is given a list of all eligible films, and votes for twelve films in each category of the awards. Up to fifteen films that received the largest number of votes in each category are on the second round ballot. The five films in each category receiving the largest number of second round votes become the nominees. The actual winner of Best Editing is selected by "Chapter Voting"; only Academy members who are identified as members of the Editing Chapter vote on the winner.
Winners and nominees
1960s Year Film Editor Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment Tom Priestley Alfie Thelma Connell Arabesque Freddie Wilson The Quiller Memorandum Not awarded The Graduate Sam O'Steen The Charge of the Light Brigade Kevin Brownlow Oliver! Ralph Kemplen Romeo and Juliet Reginald Mills Midnight Cowboy Hugh A. Robertson Bullitt Frank P. Keller Oh! What a Lovely War Kevin Connor Z Françoise Bonnot
1970s Year Film Editor Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid John C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer M*A*S*H Danford B. Greene Ryan's Daughter Norman Savage They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Fredric Steinkamp Sunday Bloody Sunday Richard Marden Fiddler on the Roof Antony Gibbs and Robert Lawrence Performance Antony Gibbs Taking Off John Carter The French Connection Gerald B. Greenberg Cabaret David Bretherton A Clockwork Orange Bill Butler Deliverance Tom Priestley The Day of the Jackal Ralph Kemplen Charley Varrick Frank Morriss Don't Look Now Graeme Clifford The National Health Ralph Sheldon The Conversation Richard Chew and Walter Murch Chinatown Sam O'Steen Murder on the Orient Express Anne V. Coates The Three Musketeers John Victor Smith Dog Day Afternoon Dede Allen The Godfather Part II Peter Zinner, Barry Malkin and Richard Marks Jaws Verna Fields Rollerball Antony Gibbs One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman and Sheldon Kahn All the President's Men Robert L. Wolfe Marathon Man Jim Clark Taxi Driver Marcia Lucas, Tom Rolf and Melvin Shapiro Annie Hall Ralph Rosenblum and Wendy Greene Bricmont A Bridge Too Far Antony Gibbs Network Alan Heim Rocky Richard Halsey Midnight Express Gerry Hambling Close Encounters of the Third Kind Michael Kahn Julia Walter Murch Star Wars Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew The Deer Hunter Peter Zinner Alien Terry Rawlings Apocalypse Now Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman Manhattan Susan E. Morse
1980s Year Film Editor All That Jazz Alan Heim The Elephant Man Anne V. Coates Fame Gerry Hambling Kramer vs. Kramer Gerald B. Greenberg Raging Bull Thelma Schoonmaker Chariots of Fire Terry Rawlings The French Lieutenant's Woman John Bloom Raiders of the Lost Ark Michael Kahn Missing Françoise Bonnot Blade Runner Terry Rawlings E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Carol Littleton Gandhi John Bloom Flashdance Walt Mulconery and Bud S. Smith The King of Comedy Thelma Schoonmaker Local Hero Michael Bradsell Zelig Susan E. Morse The Killing Fields Jim Clark Another Country Gerry Hambling Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Michael Kahn Under Fire John Bloom and Mark Conte Amadeus Michael A. Chandler and Nena Danevic Back to the Future Arthur Schmidt and Harry Keramidas A Chorus Line John Bloom Witness Thom Noble The Mission Jim Clark Hannah and Her Sisters Susan E. Morse Mona Lisa Lesley Walker A Room with a View Humphrey Dixon Platoon Claire Simpson Cry Freedom Lesley Walker Hope and Glory Ian Crafford Radio Days Susan E. Morse Fatal Attraction Peter E. Berger and Michael Kahn A Fish Called Wanda John Jympson The Last Emperor Gabriella Cristiani Who Framed Roger Rabbit Arthur Schmidt Mississippi Burning Gerry Hambling Dangerous Liaisons Mick Audsley Dead Poets Society William M. Anderson Rain Man Stu Linder
1990s Year Film Editor Goodfellas Thelma Schoonmaker Cinema Paradiso Mario Morra Crimes and Misdemeanors Susan E. Morse Dick Tracy Richard Marks The Commitments Gerry Hambling Dances with Wolves Neil Travis The Silence of the Lambs Craig McKay Thelma & Louise Thom Noble JFK Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia Cape Fear Thelma Schoonmaker Howards End Andrew Marcus The Player Geraldine Peroni Strictly Ballroom Jill Bilcock Schindler's List Michael Kahn The Fugitive Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord and Dov Hoenig In the Line of Fire Anne V. Coates The Piano Veronika Jenet Speed John Wright Forrest Gump Arthur Schmidt Four Weddings and a Funeral Jon Gregory Pulp Fiction Sally Menke The Usual Suspects John Ottman Apollo 13 Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley Babe Marcus D'Arcy and Jay Friedkin The Madness of King George Tariq Anwar The English Patient Walter Murch Evita Gerry Hambling Fargo Roderick Jaynes Shine Pip Karmel L.A. Confidential Peter Honess The Full Monty Nick Moore and David Freeman Romeo + Juliet Jill Bilcock Titanic Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris Shakespeare in Love David Gamble Elizabeth Jill Bilcock Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Niven Howie Saving Private Ryan Michael Kahn American Beauty Tariq Anwar and Christopher Greenbury Being John Malkovich Eric Zumbrunnen The Matrix Zach Staenberg The Sixth Sense Andrew Mondshein
2000s Year Film Editor Gladiator Pietro Scalia Billy Elliot John Wilson Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tim Squyres Erin Brockovich Anne V. Coates Traffic Stephen Mirrione Mulholland Drive Mary Sweeney Amélie Hervé Schneid Black Hawk Down Pietro Scalia The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring John Gilbert Moulin Rouge! Jill Bilcock City of God Daniel Rezende Chicago Martin Walsh Gangs of New York Thelma Schoonmaker The Hours Peter Boyle The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Michael J. Horton Lost in Translation Sarah Flack 21 Grams Stephen Mirrione Cold Mountain Walter Murch Kill Bill: Volume 1 Sally Menke The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Jamie Selkirk Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Valdís Óskarsdóttir The Aviator Thelma Schoonmaker Collateral Jim Miller and Paul Rubell House of Flying Daggers Long Cheng Vera Drake Jim Clark The Constant Gardener Claire Simpson Brokeback Mountain Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor Crash Hughes Winborne Good Night and Good Luck Stephen Mirrione March of the Penguins Sabine Emiliani United 93 Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse Babel Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise Casino Royale Stuart Baird The Departed Thelma Schoonmaker The Queen Lucia Zucchetti The Bourne Ultimatum Christopher Rouse American Gangster Pietro Scalia Atonement Paul Tothill Michael Clayton John Gilroy No Country for Old Men Roderick Jaynes Slumdog Millionaire Chris Dickens Changeling Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall The Dark Knight Lee Smith Frost/Nixon Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill In Bruges Jon Gregory The Hurt Locker Chris Innis and Bob Murawski Avatar James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin District 9 Julian Clarke Inglourious Basterds Sally Menke Up in the Air Dana E. Glauberman
2010s Year Film Editor The Social Network Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall 127 Hours Jon Harris Black Swan Andrew Weisblum Inception Lee Smith The King's Speech Tariq Anwar Senna Chris King and Gregers Sall The Artist Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius Drive Mat Newman Hugo Thelma Schoonmaker Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Dino Jonsäter Argo William Goldenberg Django Unchained Fred Raskin Life of Pi Tim Squyres Skyfall Stuart Baird Zero Dark Thirty Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg Rush Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill 12 Years a Slave Joe Walker Captain Phillips Christopher Rouse Gravity Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger The Wolf of Wall Street Thelma Schoonmaker Whiplash Tom Cross Birdman Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione The Grand Budapest Hotel Barney Pilling The Imitation Game William Goldenberg Nightcrawler John Gilroy The Theory of Everything Jinx Godfrey Mad Max: Fury Road Margaret Sixel The Big Short Hank Corwin Bridge of Spies Michael Kahn The Martian Pietro Scalia The Revenant Stephen Mirrione Hacksaw Ridge John Gilbert Arrival Joe Walker La La Land Tom Cross Manchester by the Sea Jennifer Lame Nocturnal Animals Joan Sobel Baby Driver Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos Blade Runner 2049 Joe Walker Dunkirk Lee Smith The Shape of Water Sidney Wolinsky Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Jon Gregory Vice Hank Corwin Bohemian Rhapsody John Ottman The Favourite Yorgos Mavropsaridis First Man Tom Cross Roma Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough Ford v Ferrari Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker The Irishman Thelma Schoonmaker Jojo Rabbit Tom Eagles Joker Jeff Groth Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Fred Raskin
2020s Year Film Editor Sound of Metal Mikkel E. G. Nielsen The Father Yorgos Lamprinos Nomadland Chloé Zhao Promising Young Woman Frédéric Thoraval The Trial of the Chicago 7 Alan Baumgarten No Time to Die Tom Cross and Elliot Graham Belfast Úna Ní Dhonghaíle Dune Joe Walker Licorice Pizza Andy Jurgensen Summer of Soul Joshua L. Pearson Everything Everywhere All at Once Paul Rogers All Quiet on the Western Front Sven Budelmann The Banshees of Inisherin Mikkel E. G. Nielsen Elvis Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa Top Gun: Maverick Eddie Hamilton Oppenheimer Jennifer Lame Anatomy of a Fall Laurent Sénéchal Killers of the Flower Moon Thelma Schoonmaker Poor Things Yorgos Mavropsaridis The Zone of Interest Paul Watts Conclave Nick Emerson Anora Sean Baker Dune: Part Two Joe Walker Emilia Pérez Juliette Welfling Kneecap Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill One Battle After Another Andy Jurgensen F1 Stephen Mirrione A House of Dynamite Kirk Baxter Marty Supreme Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Sinners Michael P. Shawver
Multiple wins and nominations Multiple nominations
11 nominations Thelma Schoonmaker
7 nominations Michael Kahn Stephen Mirrione
6 nominations Gerry Hambling
5 nominations Susan E. Morse Walter Murch Pietro Scalia Joe Walker
4 nominations Kirk Baxter Jill Bilcock John Bloom Jim Clark Anne V. Coates Tom Cross Antony Gibbs
3 nominations Tariq Anwar Richard Chew William Goldenberg Gerald B. Greenberg Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill Jon Gregory Richard Marks Sally Menke Terry Rawlings Christopher Rouse Arthur Schmidt Lee Smith
2 nominations Stuart Baird Françoise Bonnot James Cameron Hank Corwin Douglas Crise Alfonso Cuarón John Gilbert John Gilroy
Alan Heim Roderick Jaynes Andy Jurgensen Ralph Kemplen Jennifer Lame Marcia Lucas Yorgos Mavropsaridis Mikkel E. G. Nielsen Thom Noble Sam O'Steen John Ottman Geraldine Peroni Tom Priestley Fred Raskin Claire Simpson Tim Squyres Dylan Tichenor Lesley Walker