Looks like The Artist might be taking the editing prize at the Oscars after all. Or perhaps, surprisingly, The Descendants. The ACE has correctly predicted the Oscar winner five out of the last five years. While it has historically been the Drama Editing prize that corresponds, I think this year may be different considering The Descendants doesn’t feel like an Oscar winning film for the Editing category.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

As promised, I have posted the history of this particular guild on my website. You can find it by following this link: American Cinema Editors.

The Awards

Best Drama Editing

The Descendants

Best Comedy/Musical Editing

The Artist

Best Animation Editing

Rango

Best Documentary Editing

Freedom Riders

American Cinema Editors Awards Data

Year Founded: October 26, 1950
First Awards: 1961 (51)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Editing: 5 (1-1-1-1-1) W / 6 (1-1-1-1-2) N / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) I
Editing (Drama): 5 (1-1-1-1-1) W / 6 (1-1-1-1-2) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Editing (Comedy/Musical): 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) N / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) I