John Carpenter to Receive ACE Filmmaker of the Year Award

American Cinema Editors announced that filmmaker John Carpenter will receive its Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year award at the 77th ACE Eddie Awards on February 6, 2027. Editors Bonnie Koehler and Christopher Nelson will also receive career achievement honors. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt will return as host, and awards will be presented in 14 competitive categories recognizing editing in film and television. ACE President Sabrina Plisco said the Carpenter award recognizes his collaboration with editors. She cited the director’s work on films including Halloween, The Thing and Escape from New York, and said his understanding of rhythm, tension and restraint is central to that collaboration. Carpenter’s other directing credits include The Fog, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live and Starman. The Golden Eddie award has previously gone to filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan. Koehler’s career includes editing 15 feature films and working on television series such as L.A. Law and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, according to ACE-related...