Those currently working as editors (domestic or international) and have been sponsored and initiated as ACE members.
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Those editors who are affiliated with ACE, but do not yet qualify for Active Membership.
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Life members are retired ACE members who have been voted a Life membership by the Board of Directors. Honorary members are non-editors who have distinguished themselves in the industry as determined by the Board of Directors.
ACE members represent highest standards of character and achievement in the art and craft of film editing as well as a collegial spirit of participation and diversity in the ACE community, including a commitment to our shared goal of elevating the prestige, dignity and working conditions of all film editors. The ACE Membership Committee and the ACE Board of Directors
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Editors applying for Active ACE membership are encouraged to review their IMDB information and keep it up-to-date.
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The required number of months to apply for membership is now a minimum of 72 months.
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The editor must have been employed a minimum of 72 months as an editor of either feature-length motion pictures or television (one-half hour or more in length) for which they received screen credit in main or main end titles.
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One must be an ACTIVE ACE Member in good standing for three years before writing a sponsorship letter for a new member candidate. LIFE Members may also write sponsorship letters.
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Members may only sponsor one candidate per calendar year. Sponsorship letters must be current, dated within one year of the interview date. If more time has elapsed when the interview is scheduled, Membership Committee shall contact sponsor and ask them to renew and re-validate their endorsement.
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The ACE Board of Directors also reserves the right to invite film editors of distinction directly to become ACE member.
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Sponsorship letters must be current, dated within one year of the interview date. (If more time has elapsed when the interview is scheduled, Membership Committee shall contact sponsor and ask them to renew and re-validate their endorsement.)
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Each candidate for membership shall present two letters of sponsorship from ACTIVE or LIFE Members with first-hand knowledge of the applicant. We strongly recommend that, when possible, one letter be from an ACE member with whom the applicant has worked. Both letters must be at least 100 words in length.
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If one of the two sponsors is related to the applicant, a third letter is required.
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Please note: After fee payment, you will be immediately redirected to a web page with the application.
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There is a non-refundable application fee of $50. A one-time initiation fee of $1500 (installments okay). Yearly dues are $400.
Once the application is submitted, a three-step process follows:
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1. The applicants are interviewed in person by the ACE Membership Committee.
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2. Applicants recommended by the Committee are submitted to the ACE Board of Directors.
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3. Names of applicants approved by the ACE Board of Directors are submitted to the membership-at-large for a 30-day period during which members may submit a well founded objection to inviting the applicant to join.
Member objections are reviewed by the Board.
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