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Memorable Moments. Mike Nichols. Best Directing winner for The Gradaute, with presenter Leslie Caron. In the Heat of the Night. Film Editing winner Hal Ashby, director Norman Jewison, Best Actor Rod Steiger and Best Picture-winning producer Walter Mirisch. Gregory Peck.
This award was first given for films released in 1934. The name of this award is occasionally changed; in 2008, it was listed as the Academy Award for Achievement in Film Editing. Four film editors have won this award three times in their career:
Jan 2, 2022 · Academy Award for Best Film Editing — a list of every single winner plus our top 20 favorites including Dunkirk and The Matrix ranked.
The 40th Academy Awards were held on April 10, 1968, to honor film achievements of 1967. Originally scheduled for April 8, the awards were postponed to two days later due to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Bob Hope was once again the host of the ceremony.
Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night. In the Heat of the Night also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Rod Steiger), Film Editing (Hal Ashby), Sound (Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department), and Writing – Screenplay based on material from another medium (Stirling Silliphant).
The 40th Annual Academy Awards were scheduled for Monday, April 8th, 1968. However, on April 4th, 1968, the U.S. was stunned by the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Riots broke out in several cities across the country.
The 41st Academy Awards were presented on April 14, 1969, to honor the films of 1968. They were the first Oscars to be staged at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, and the first with no host since the 20th Academy Awards.
