American Cinema Editors Elects Sabrina Plisco As New President

EXCLUSIVE: The American Cinema Editors revealed Thursday that veteran editor Sabrina Plisco has been elected president of the motion picture editors society. She becomes just the second woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history.

Plisco, a two-time Emmy nominee whose swath of credits over a five-decade career include Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange and Ms Marvel along with two The Smurfs movies, Devious Maids and Clifford the Big Red Dog, will serve a two-year term.

Former ACE president Kevin Tent has been appointed by the ACE Board to serve as Vice President, filling the role previously held by Plisco.

“I am incredibly honored to serve this great organization and am deeply committed to serving our members across the globe and upholding the highest standards of our profession,” Plisco said. “I look forward to collaborating with the Board and harnessing our collective expertise to achieve great things for ACE and the editing community as a whole.”

Also among the voting results, Lillian Benson was re-elected to serve an additional two-year term as Secretary. Newly elected board members include Nena Erb, Dana Glauberman, Dorian Harris, Nancy Richardson and Stephen Rivkin. New associate board members include Anita Brandt-Burgoyne, Jacques Gravett, Mark Helfrich and John Venzon.

See the full membership of ACE’s officers and board below.

“ACE is so fortunate to have such a talented and dedicated group of individuals on our Board,” ACE executive director Jenni McCormick said. “I have no doubt that their leadership will continue to guide ACE to new heights, and I am excited to work alongside them to support our members and advance the profession.”

The news comes as ACE is preparing to send out nominations ballots for the annual ACE Eddie Awards, honoring the year’s best in editing across film and TV. Nominees are set to be announced December 11, with the awards ceremony to take place January 18 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

Here’s the full list of current ACE officers and board members:

ACE Officers

President: Sabrina Plisco, ACE
Vice President: Kevin Tent, ACE
Secretary: Lillian Benson, ACE
Treasurer: Michael Ornstein, ACE

ACE Board of Directors

Kate Amend, ACE
Richard Chew, ACE
Nena Erb, ACE
Dana Glauberman, ACE
Dorian Harris, ACE
Maysie Hoy, ACE
Nancy Richardson, ACE
Stephen Rivkin, ACE
Kate Sanford, ACE
Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE

ACE Associate Board Members

Anita Brandt-Burgoyne, ACE
Jacques Gravett, ACE
Mark Helfrich, ACE
John Venzon, ACE