2011 Film Editors Guild Award: Winners Annouced

Every year, the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) and American Cinema Editors (ACE) honor outstanding editors for their craft in film and sound editing. The MPSE gives out the Golden Reel Award for the best sound editing and the ACE gives out the Eddie Award for the best film editing.

Film editors are those post-production geniuses who put that final brushstroke on a film's canvas. Editors (Film or Sound) are the sculptors of a film's raw materials, making them highly responsible for the film's finished product. Here are the 2011 nominees with winners.

American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards

Best Edited Dramatic Feature Film Winner: Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter ("The Social Network")
Others Nominated: Andrew Weisblum ("Black Swan"), Pamela Martin ("The Fighter"), Lee Smith ("Inception"), Tariq Anwar ("The King's Speech").

Best Edited Feature Film in Comedy of Musical Winner: Chris Lebenzon ("Alice in Wonderland")
Others Nominated: Susan Littenberg ("Easy A"), Jeffrey M Werner ("The Kids Are All Right"), Michael Parker ("Made in Dagenham") and Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss ("Scott Pilgrim vs. The World")

Best Edited Animated Feature Film Winner: Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich ("Toy Story 3")
Others Nominated: Gregory Perler & Pam Ziegenhagen ("Despicable Me"), Maryann Brandon & Darren T. Holmes ("How to Train Your Dragon").

Best Edited Documentary Film Winner: Tom Fulford & Chris King ("Exit Through the Gift Shop")
Others Nominated: Chad Beck & Adam Bolt ("Inside Job") and Jay Cassidy, Greg Finton & Kim Roberts ("Waiting for 'Superman'")

Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award

Best Sound Editing in Animation Winner: "How To Train Your Dragon"
Others Nominated: "Despicable Me", , "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole", "Tangled", "The Illusionist" and "Toy Story 3."

Best Sound Editing in Documentary Winner: "Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage"
Others Nominated: "Babies", "Catfish", "Exit Through The Gift Shop", "Inside Job", "Restrepo", and "Waiting for 'Superman'."

Best Sound Editing in Foreign Language Film Winner: "Micmacs"
Others Nominated: "Biutiful", "Lebanon", "Mother" and "North Face."

Best Sound Editing Music in a Feature Film Winner: "Inception"
Others Nominated: "Alice in Wonderland", "Black Swan", "Get Low", "Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 1", "Let Me In", "The Losers" and "The Social Network."

Best Sound Editing Music in a Musical Feature Film Winner: "Country Strong"
Others Nominated: "Burlesque", "Step Up 3D" and "Tangled."

Best Sound Editing Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film Winner: "The Social Network"
Others Nominated: "Black Swan", "Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 1", "Inception", "The Kids Are All Right", "The King's Speech", "Tron: Legacy" and "True Grit."

Best Sound Editing Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Winner: "Inception"
Others nominated: "127 Hours", "Black Swan", "True Grit", "Iron Man 2", "Salt", "Tron: Legacy" and "Unstoppable."