The 59th American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards, which were presented on Sunday, February 15, 2009, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, honored the best editors in films and television.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic:

• Chris Dickens – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Lee Smith – The Dark Knight
  • Mike Hill and Dan Hanley – Frost/Nixon
  • Elliot Graham – Milk

Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical:

• Stephen Schaffer – WALL-E
  • Jon Gregory – In Bruges
  • Leslie Walker – Mamma Mia!
  • Greg Hayden – Tropic Thunder
  • Alisa Lepselter – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Edited Documentary Film:

• Jinx Godfrey – Man on Wire
  • Steve Audette – Bush's War
  • Stuart Levy – Chicago 10

Television

Best Edited Half-Hour Series – Television:

• Meg Reticker – 30 Rock for "Reunion"
• Jeff Groth – Entourage for "Playing with Fire"
• Dean Holland and David Rogers – The Office for "Goodbye Toby

Best Edited One-Hour Series – Commercial Television:

• Craig Bench – Boston Legal for "True Love"
• Lynne Willingham – Breaking Bad for "Pilot"
• Karen Stern – Law & Order for "Authority"

Best Edited One-Hour Series – Non-Commercial Television:

• Eric Sears – Crash for "Los Muertos"
• Michael Ruscio – True Blood for "Strange Love"
• Kate Sanford – The Wire for "More with Less"

Best Edited Miniseries or Film – Commercial Television:

• Scott Powell – 24: Redemption
• David J. Siegel – The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
• Robert Florio, Mark J. Goldman, Stephen Semel, and Henk Van Eeghen – Lost: There's No Place Like Home

Best Edited Miniseries or Film – Non-Commercial Television:

• Andy Keir – Bernard and Doris
• Melanie Oliver – John Adams for "Independence"
• Alan Baumgarten – Recount

Honorary Awards

• Richard Donner – Golden Eddie Award
• Sidney Katz & Arthur Schmidt – Career Achievement Award