Yahoo News Walter Murch, Kate Amend to Receive ACE Editors Career Achievement Awards (Exclusive)
Renowned three-time Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch — known for films including Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Part II and The English Patient — and respected documentary editor Kate Amend — who cut Academy Award-winning docs Into the Arms of Strangers and The Long Way Home — will receive career achievement awards at the 74th American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards.
During the ceremony, which will be held March 3 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, ACE will also honor Stephen Lovejoy with its Heritage Award for his commitment to advancing the image of the film editor and dedication to the organization.
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Murch’s legendary 55-year career as a film editor, sound designer, writer and director began in 1969 when he worked on the sound for Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rain People. His credits include American Graffiti and The Godfather Part II, and he won his first Oscar for the sound in Apocalypse Now, for which he was also nominated as an editor. That was followed by winning an unprecedented two Oscars for best sound and best film editing for his work on The English Patient.
Along with George Lucas and Coppola, Murch was a founding member of American Zoetrope. His filmography includes The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Ghost, Cold Mountain, The Conversation and THX-1138.
Amend is the recipient of the International Documentary Association’s inaugural award for outstanding achievement in editing and received the 2001 American Cinema Editors’ Eddie award for Into the Arms of Strangers, the 2000 Oscar-winning documentary feature about the Kindertransport rescue that took place just prior to the start of WWII.
She edited 2001 Oscar-nominated short On Tiptoe and was Emmy-nominated for The Case Against 8, a film that was an award-winner at the 2014 Sundance, South by Southwest and RiverRun Film Festivals. Recent credits include Viva Maestro!, a doc about Gustavo Dudamel; HBO’s Foster; Netflix’s The Keepers and Feminists: What were They Thinking; Apple+ series Visible: Out On Television; and Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time, which received best editing honors at the 2020 Beverly Hills Film Festival. She is currently co-directing a documentary about pioneering feminist artist Judy Chicago.
Lovejoy — a longtime, former ACE board member and board treasurer — grew up in Southern California and attended both Loyola University and the Art Center College of Design. While at Loyola University, he co-produced, wrote and directed its first student film, Examination, which premiered on NBC during the half-time show of the first broadcast Super Bowl. He worked for a time as a commercial photographer and has now been a film editor for more than 30 years. He’s been nominated for an ACE Eddie six times and won twice. He also taught film editing at The Art Institute of California and USC School of Cinematic Arts.
“The immense talent on display between Kate, Walter and Stephen is astounding and we are honored to highlight their many accomplishments,” said ACE president Kevin Tent. “The legacy each of these dedicated artists have built will inspire generations of editors and the filmmaking community at large for years to come, and we’re grateful to play a part in amplifying their achievements.”
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