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Avid Customers Top the List of Award Nominees and Winners at 2012 Oscars
Customers also scored big with GRAMMY and ACE Eddie Award wins
The success of Oscar and ACE Eddie award-winning films like The Artist, The Descendants, Hugo and Rango, and GRAMMY award-winning musical projects by Adele, Bon Iver and Lady Antebellum, reinforces that customers depend on Avid's professional audio and video solutions—including Media Composer®, Pro Tools® and Sibelius® software—to achieve their creative vision and inspire listeners and viewers around the world.
"We're honored to work with the many creative individuals who rely on
Avid's professional video editing and sound recording and production
solutions. We applaud them for their tremendous achievements this year
as Oscar, GRAMMY and ACE Eddie award nominees and winners," said
84th Annual Academy Awards
Eight out of the nine films nominated for best picture used Avid audio or video solutions, including—The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Hugo, Moneyball, The Help, Tree of Life and War Horse—with The Artist, edited using Avid Media Composer, named the winner in the category. Avid customers also took home awards in the Animated Feature Film, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing categories.
54th Annual GRAMMY Awards
At the 54th GRAMMY Awards held on
62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards
Each year, the ACE Eddie Awards recognize the most accomplished editors
in television and film. Avid customers honored by the American Cinema
Editors during a ceremony held on
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Anne-Sophie Bion andMichel Hazanavicius for The Artist (Best Edited Feature Film — Comedy or Musical); -
Joel Cox , A.C.E., (Lifetime Achievement Award); -
Lewis Erskine and Aljernon Tunsil for Freedom Riders (Best Edited Documentary); -
Sarah Flack , A.C.E. andRobert Pulcini for Cinema Verite (Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television); -
Skip McDonald for Breaking Bad: "Face Off" (Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television); -
Steven Rasch , A.C.E., for Curb your Enthusiasm: "Palestinian Chicken" (Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television); -
Kevin Tent , A.C.E., for The Descendants (Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic); -
Craig Wood , A.C.E., for Rango (Best Edited Animated Feature Film).
Avid today also recognizes the critical role that education institutions
play in teaching film and audio production to future award winning
editors, producers and engineers, including the many graduates from
About Avid
Avid creates the digital audio and video technology used to make the
most listened to, most watched and most loved media in the world — from
the most prestigious and award-winning feature films, music recordings,
television shows, live concert tours and news broadcasts, to music and
movies made at home. Some of Avid's most influential and pioneering
solutions include Media Composer, Pro Tools, Interplay®, ISIS®, VENUE,
Sibelius, System 5, and
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Avid
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Source: Avid
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