I compiled a list of every Best Editing Academy Award winner by year along side the Best Picture winners to see 1) Just a list of all the Best Editing winners all lined up, and 2) Which films won Best Editing and NOT Best Picture as well. I plan to watch them all or at least start with those that won Best Editing and not Best Picture first. I doubt I’ll go all the way down to the 1934 winner, but maybe just as far as the award seems currently relevant. That’s probably somewhere around the early 60s with some exceptions lower. Mary Poppins seems very modern to me.
So, in case anyone else is interested in a list laid out and easy to reference, here it is. (There is also a column, if Best Picture and Best Editor winners don’t match, for whether the Best Picture winner was even nominated for Best Editing).
#1 by ty hardaway on January 28th, 2010
This was really interesting as a guide and as an exercise. Thanks.
Odd story: I know Steve Mirrione (Traffic, 2000) from back in college. I *happened* to be clicking through the 2000 Academy Awards when Best Editing was being awarded and there he was. I had to take a double take for sure.