‘Ray,’ ‘The Aviator’ among winners of awards for editing

The American Cinema Editors’ annual awards didn’t give Oscar handicappers any help in picking a front-runner: Both “Ray” and “The Aviator” were saluted Sunday night.

Paul Hirsch of “Ray” won for best editing of a comedy or musical film, while Thelma Schoonmaker of “The Aviator” was honored for best editing of a dramatic film.

Both are in the running for the editing prize at Sunday’s Academy Awards.

Other winners at the 55th annual ACE Eddie Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton, were Philip Neel for an episode of “Boston Legal” (one-hour TV series), Michael Berenbaum for an episode of “Sex and the City” (half-hour TV series), Terilyn A. Shropshire for “Redemption” (movie or miniseries for commercial TV), Michael Brown for “Something the Lord Made” (movie or miniseries for noncommercial TV), Paul Crowder for “Riding Giants” (documentary) and Michael Darrow of the American Film Institute (student editing).

Lifetime achievement awards went to David Blewitt, whose credits include “That’s Entertainment” and “Ghostbusters,” and Jim Clark, editor of such films as “Darling,” “Marathon Man,” “The Killing Fields” and “Vera Drake.”