February 4, 2015

Avid Editors Sweep the 2015 ACE Eddie Awards

Award-Winning Editors Embrace Avid Everywhere to Cut the Most Celebrated Films and Television Shows of the Year

BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) today congratulated the professional video editing community on their achievements at the 65th annual Eddie Awards held in Los Angeles on January 30. Many of the award winners and nominees embraced Avid EverywhereTM using the Avid Artist Suite's Media Composer® | Software, to bring the director's vision to life.

Avid editors who took home awards on the night include Sandra Adair for Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) Boyhood, Barney Pilling for Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) Grand Budapest Hotel, for Best Edited Documentary (Feature) , Erik Ewers for Best Edited Documentary (Television) The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: Episode 3 / The Fire of Life, and Hunter Gross for Best Edited Non-Scripted Series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Iran.

"We're honored that the world's most esteemed editors have embraced Avid Everywhere and continue to trust in the industry's preeminent editing solution to bring the most compelling stories to our screens," said Avid Chairman, President and CEO Louis Hernandez Jr. "We congratulate our customers on their achievements, and look forward to empowering their creativity for many years to come."

Eddie Award winners and nominees relied on Media Composer | Software to create:

● Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic): ❍ American Sniper (, ACE & Gary Roach, ACE) ❍ Boyhood (Sandra Adair, ACE) - WINNER ❍ The Imitation Game (, ACE) ❍ Nightcrawler (John Gilroy, ACE) ❍ Whiplash ()

● Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical): ❍ Birdman ( & , ACE) ❍ Guardians of the Galaxy (, , ACE & , ACE) ❍ Into The Woods (Wyatt Smith) ❍ Grand Budapest Hotel (Barney Pilling) - WINNER

● Best Edited Animated Feature Film: ❍ Big Hero 6 (Tim Mertens) ❍ The Boxtrolls (Edie Ichioka, ACE)

● Best Edited Documentary (Feature): ❍ Citizenfour (Mathilde Bonnefoy) - WINNER

● Best Edited Documentary (Television): ❍ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: Episode 3 / The Fire of Life (Erik Ewers) - WINNER

● Best Edited Half-Hour Series For Television: ❍ Transparent: Pilot (Catherine Haight)

● Best Edited One-Hour Series For Commercial Television: ❍ Mad Men: Waterloo (Christopher Gay) ❍ The Good Wife: A Few Words (Scott Vickrey, ACE)

● Best Edited Miniseries Or Motion Picture For Television: ❍ Fargo: Buridan's Ass (Regis Kimble) ● Best Edited Non-Scripted Series: ❍ Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Iran (Hunter Gross) - WINNER ❍ Deadliest Catch: Lost At Sea (Josh Earl, ACE & Johnny Bishop)

About Avid

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