American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners of the 2009 ACE Eddie Awards for best achievement in editing at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night.

Mel Gibson presented Richard Donner with ACE’s filmmaker of the year award, while Robert Zemeckis handed the career achievement trophy to Arthur Schmidt, whose credits include Back to the Future and Forrest Gump. Sidney M. Katz was also presented with career achievement honours.

Here are the winners:

EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC)

Slumdog Millionaire, Chris Dickens

EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)

Wall-E, Stephen Schaffer

EDITED DOCUMENTARY

Man on Wire, Jinx Godfrey

EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION

30 Rock, “Reunion,” Meg Reticker

EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION

Breaking Bad, “Pilot,” Lynne Willingham, A.C.E.

EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION

True Blood, “Strange Love,” Michael Ruscio, A.C.E. and Andy Keir

EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION

Recount, Alan Baumgarten, A.C.E.

EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION

24: Redemption, Scott Powell, A.C.E.

EDITED REALITY SERIES

Greensburg: The Tornado,

Leonard Feinstein and Phontaine Judd

STUDENT EDITING COMPETITION

Junna Xiao, American Film Institute