BAFTA Award for Best Editing

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 Award for Best Editing
Awarded for	Best Editing
Location	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Currently held by	Nick Emerson for Conclave (2024)
Website	https://www.bafta.org

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.^[1][2] 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

  indicates the winner

1960s

Year	Film	Editor
1966 (20th)	Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment	Tom Priestley
	Alfie	Thelma Connell
	Arabesque	Freddie Wilson
	The Quiller Memorandum
1967 (21st)	Not awarded
1968 (22nd)	The Graduate	Sam O'Steen
	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Kevin Brownlow
	Oliver!	Ralph Kemplen
	Romeo and Juliet	Reginald Mills
1969 (23rd)	Midnight Cowboy	Hugh A. Robertson
	Bullitt	Frank P. Keller
	Oh! What a Lovely War	Kevin Connor
	Z	Françoise Bonnot

1970s

Year	Film	Editor
1970 (24th)	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
1971 (25th)	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Richard Marden
	Fiddler on the Roof	Antony Gibbs and Robert Lawrence
	Performance	Antony Gibbs
	Taking Off	John Carter
1972 (26th)	The French Connection	Gerald B. Greenberg
	Cabaret	David Bretherton
	A Clockwork Orange	Bill Butler
	Deliverance	Tom Priestley
1973 (27th)	The Day of the Jackal	Ralph Kemplen
	Charley Varrick	Frank Morriss
	Don't Look Now	Graeme Clifford
	The National Health	Ralph Sheldon
1974 (28th)	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
1975 (29th)	Dog Day Afternoon	Dede Allen
	The Godfather Part II	Peter Zinner, Barry Malkin and Richard Marks
	Jaws	Verna Fields
	Rollerball	Antony Gibbs
1976 (30th)	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
1977 (31st)	Annie Hall	Ralph Rosenblum and Wendy Greene Bricmont
	A Bridge Too Far	Antony Gibbs
	Network	Alan Heim
	Rocky	Richard Halsey
1978 (32nd)	Midnight Express	Gerry Hambling
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Michael Kahn
	Julia	Walter Murch
	Star Wars	Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew
1979 (33rd)	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
1980 (34th)	All That Jazz	Alan Heim
	The Elephant Man	Anne V. Coates
	Fame	Gerry Hambling
	Kramer vs. Kramer	Gerald B. Greenberg
1981 (35th)	Raging Bull	Thelma Schoonmaker
	Chariots of Fire	Terry Rawlings
	The French Lieutenant's Woman	John Bloom
	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Michael Kahn
1982 (36th)	Missing	Françoise Bonnot
	Blade Runner	Terry Rawlings
	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Carol Littleton
	Gandhi	John Bloom
1983 (37th)	Flashdance	Walt Mulconery and Bud S. Smith
	The King of Comedy	Thelma Schoonmaker
	Local Hero	Michael Bradsell
	Zelig	Susan E. Morse
1984 (38th)	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
1985 (39th)	Amadeus	Michael A. Chandler and Nena Danevic
	Back to the Future	Arthur Schmidt and Harry Keramidas
	A Chorus Line	John Bloom
	Witness	Thom Noble
1986 (40th)	The Mission	Jim Clark
	Hannah and Her Sisters	Susan E. Morse
	Mona Lisa	Lesley Walker
	A Room with a View	Humphrey Dixon
1987 (41st)	Platoon	Claire Simpson
	Cry Freedom	Lesley Walker
	Hope and Glory	Ian Crafford
	Radio Days	Susan E. Morse
1988 (42nd)	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
1989 (43rd)	Mississippi Burning	Gerry Hambling
	Dangerous Liaisons	Mick Audsley
	Dead Poets Society	William M. Anderson
	Rain Man	Stu Linder

1990s

Year	Film	Editor
1990 (44th)	Goodfellas	Thelma Schoonmaker
	Cinema Paradiso	Mario Morra
	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Susan E. Morse
	Dick Tracy	Richard Marks
1991 (45th)	The Commitments	Gerry Hambling
	Dances with Wolves	Neil Travis
	The Silence of the Lambs	Craig McKay
	Thelma & Louise	Thom Noble
1992 (46th)	JFK	Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia
	Cape Fear	Thelma Schoonmaker
	Howards End	Andrew Marcus
	The Player	Geraldine Peroni
	Strictly Ballroom	Jill Bilcock
1993 (47th)	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
1994 (48th)	Speed	John Wright
	Forrest Gump	Arthur Schmidt
	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Jon Gregory
	Pulp Fiction	Sally Menke
1995 (49th)	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
1996 (50th)	The English Patient	Walter Murch
	Evita	Gerry Hambling
	Fargo	Roderick Jaynes
	Shine	Pip Karmel
1997 (51st)	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
1998 (52nd)	Shakespeare in Love	David Gamble
	Elizabeth	Jill Bilcock
	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Niven Howie
	Saving Private Ryan	Michael Kahn
1999 (53rd) [3]	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
2000 (54th) [4]	Gladiator	Pietro Scalia
	Billy Elliot	John Wilson
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Tim Squyres
	Erin Brockovich	Anne V. Coates
	Traffic	Stephen Mirrione
2001 (55th) [5]	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
2002 (56th) [6]	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
2003 (57th) [7]	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
2004 (58th) [8]	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
2005 (59th) [9]	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
2006 (60th) [10]	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
2007 (61st) [11]	The Bourne Ultimatum	Christopher Rouse
	American Gangster	Pietro Scalia
	Atonement	Paul Tothill
	Michael Clayton	John Gilroy
	No Country for Old Men	Roderick Jaynes
2008 (62nd) [12]	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
2009 (63rd) [13]	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
2010 (64th) [14]	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
2011 (65th) [15]	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
2012 (66th) [16]	Argo	William Goldenberg
	Django Unchained	Fred Raskin
	Life of Pi	Tim Squyres
	Skyfall	Stuart Baird
	Zero Dark Thirty	Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
2013 (67th) [17]	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
2014 (68th) [18]	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
2015 (69th) [19]	Mad Max: Fury Road	Margaret Sixel
	The Big Short	Hank Corwin
	Bridge of Spies	Michael Kahn
	The Martian	Pietro Scalia
	The Revenant	Stephen Mirrione
2016 (70th) [20]	Hacksaw Ridge	John Gilbert
	Arrival	Joe Walker
	La La Land	Tom Cross
	Manchester by the Sea	Jennifer Lame
	Nocturnal Animals	Joan Sobel
2017 (71st) [21]	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
2018 (72nd) [22]	Vice	Hank Corwin
	Bohemian Rhapsody	John Ottman
	The Favourite	Yorgos Mavropsaridis
	First Man	Tom Cross
	Roma	Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough
2019 (73rd) [23]	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
2020 (74th) [24]	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
2021 (75th) [25]	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
2022 (76th) [26]	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
2023 (77th) [27]	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
2024 (78th) [28]	Conclave	Nick Emerson
	Anora	Sean Baker
	Dune: Part Two	Joe Walker
	Emilia Pérez	Juliette Welfling
	Kneecap	Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple nominations

11 nominations Thelma Schoonmaker 7 nominations Michael Kahn 6 nominations Gerry Hambling Stephen Mirrione 5 nominations Susan E. Morse Walter Murch Pietro Scalia Joe Walker 4 nominations 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 Kirk Baxter Françoise Bonnot James Cameron Hank Corwin Douglas Crise Alfonso Cuarón John Gilbert John Gilroy

Alan Heim Roderick Jaynes 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 Angus Wall Freddie Wilson Peter Zinner

Multiple wins

3 wins Gerry Hambling 2 wins Richard Chew Jim Clark Tom Cross Michael Kahn Walter Murch Christopher Rouse Pietro Scalia Thelma Schoonmaker Claire Simpson

See also

• AACTA Award for Best Editing
• Academy Award for Best Film Editing
• American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical
• American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing