Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series . This award and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series replaced Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series in 2002.
As of 2015, 24 and Breaking Bad are the only shows to have won this award four times.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold and bold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:
Winners and nominations
1960s
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Film Editing
Year
Program
Episode
Nominee(s)
Network
1964 (16th) [ 1]
The Making of the President 1960
William T. Cartwright
ABC
Arrest and Trial
Danny Landres, Milton Shifman and Richard Wray
ABC
Greece: The Golden Age
Constantine S. Gochis
NBC
The Kremlin
Aram Boyajian
Saga of Western Man
James Algie, Samuel Cohen, Hans Dudelheim, Walter Essenfeld, Alexander Hamilton, Edward Lempa, Walter Moran, Nils Rasmussen, John Roberts, Robert Sandbo and Edward Shea
ABC
1965 (17th)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Henry Berman, Joseph Dervin and William Gulick
NBC
1966 (18th) [ 2]
Bonanza
Marvin Coil, Everett Douglas and Ellsworth Hoagland
CBS
The Making of the President 1964
David Blewitt and William T. Cartwright
CBS
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Henry Berman, Joseph Dervin and William Gulick
NBC
Michelangelo: The Last Giant
Loftus McDonough
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
James Baiotto, Robert Belcher and Richard Wormell
ABC
1967 (19th)
Mission: Impossible
Paul Krasny and Robert Watts
CBS
1968 (20th) [ 3]
The Bell Telephone Hour
"The Sounds and Sights of Chicago"
Peter Johnson
NBC
Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope Show
Richard Brockway, Donn Cambern and John C. Fuller
NBC
Mission: Impossible
"The Photographer"
David Wages
CBS
"The Traitor"
Robert Watts
NBC Experiment in Television
"Four Days in Omaha"
Peter V. Punzi
NBC
Star Trek
"The Doomsday Machine "
Donald R. Rode
1969 (21st) [ 4]
Judd, for the Defense
"An Elephant in a Cigar Box"
Bill Mosher
ABC
Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope Christmas Special
John C. Fuller, Igo Kantor , Patrick Kennedy and Frank McKelvey
NBC
Star Trek
"Assignment: Earth "
Donald R. Rode
Teacher, Teacher (Hallmark Hall of Fame )
Sidney Katz
1970s
Outstanding Film Editing for a Series
Outstanding Film Editing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Film Editing for a Series
Year
Program
Episode
Nominee(s)
Network
1979 (31st) [ 14]
Taxi
"Paper Marriage"
M. Pam Blumenthal
ABC
Dallas
"Reunion, Part 2"
Fred W. Berger
CBS
Lou Grant
"Hooker"
James Galloway
M*A*S*H
"The Billfold Syndrome"
Stanford Tischler and Larry L. Mills
1980s
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series
1990s
2000s
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
Year
Program
Episode
Nominee(s)
Network
2002 (54th) [ 37]
24
"7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."
Chris G. Willingham
Fox
Alias
"Q & A"
Maryann Brandon
ABC
Six Feet Under
"Pilot "
Christopher Nelson
HBO
24
"12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m. "
David B. Thompson
Fox
The West Wing
"100,000 Airplanes"
Janet Ashikaga
NBC
"Bartlet for America"
Lauren A. Schaffer
2003 (55th) [ 38]
24
"Day 2: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m."
Chris G. Willingham
Fox
Alias
"Phase One"
Maryann Brandon
ABC
The Sopranos
"Whoever Did This "
William B. Stich
HBO
24
"Day 2: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m."
David Latham and Chris G. Willingham
Fox
The West Wing
"Twenty Five "
Janet Ashikaga
NBC
2004 (56th) [ 39]
24
"Day 3: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m."
Chris G. Willingham
Fox
ER
"Freefall"
Kevin Casey
NBC
The Sopranos
"All Happy Families... "
Sidney Wolinsky
HBO
"Irregular Around the Margins "
Conrad M. Gonzalez
"Long Term Parking "
William B. Stich
2005 (57th) [ 40]
Lost
"Pilot "
Mary Jo Markey
ABC
Deadwood
"A Lie Agreed Upon, Part 1"
Stephen Mark
HBO
24
"Day 4: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m."
Scott Powell
Fox
"Day 4: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."
David Latham
"Day 4: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m."
Chris G. Willingham
2006 (58th) [ 41]
24
"Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. "
David Latham
Fox
Boston Legal
"Race Ipsa"
Philip Carr Neel
ABC
Lost
"Live Together, Die Alone "
Sue Blainey, Sarah Boyd and Stephen Semel
"One of Them "
Sarah Boyd
24
"Day 5: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m."
Scott Powell
Fox
2007 (59th) [ 42]
Dexter
"Dexter "
Elena Maganini
Showtime
Heroes
"Genesis "
Donn Aron, Louise Innes and Michael S. Murphy
NBC
Lost
"Through the Looking Glass "
Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel and Henk Van Eeghen
ABC
The Sopranos
"The Second Coming "
Lynne Whitlock
HBO
"Soprano Home Movies "
William B. Stich
2008 (60th) [ 43]
Breaking Bad
"Pilot "
Lynne Willingham
AMC
Battlestar Galactica
"He That Believeth in Me "
Julius Ramsey
Sci Fi
Boston Legal
"The Mighty Rogues"
Philip Carr Neel
ABC
Heroes
"Powerless "
Scott Boyd
NBC
Lost
"There's No Place Like Home, Part 2 "
Robert Florio, Mark Goldman, Stephen Semel and Henk Van Eeghen
ABC
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
"Pilot "
Paul Karasick
Fox
2009 (61st) [ 44]
Breaking Bad
"ABQ "
Lynne Willingham
AMC
Battlestar Galactica
"Daybreak, Part 2 "
Michael O'Halloran, Julius Ramsay and Andrew Seklir
Sci Fi
Lost
"The Incident "
Mark Goldman, Christopher Nelson and Stephen Semel
ABC
Mad Men
"Maidenform"
Cindy Mollo
AMC
24
"Day 7: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."
Scott Powell
Fox
2010s
2020s
Editors with multiple awards
3 awards
M. Pam Blumenthal
Chris G. Willingham
2 awards
Programs with multiple awards
4 awards
3 awards
2 awards
Editors with multiple nominations
9 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
Jeanene Ambler
Kevin Casey
Randy Jon Morgan
Stephen Semel
Chris G. Willingham
4 nominations
3 nominations
M. Pam Blumenth
Joseph Dervin
Henk Van Eeghen
Ken Eluto
Heather MacDougall
Wendy Hallam Martin
Chris McCaleb
Cindy Mollo
Thomas R. Moore
Bill Mosher
Philip Carr Neel
Scott Powell
Donald R. Rode
Alec Smight
Robert Watts
Lynne Willingham
Tom Wilson
Dean Zimmerman
2 nominations
Maryann Brandon
William T. Cartwright
Robert A. Daniels
Andrew S. Eisen
Dylan Firshein
Joe Ann Fogle
Gene Fowler
Marjorie Fowler
John C. Fuller
James Galloway
Conrad M. Gonzalez
Crispin Green
Jim Gross
William Gulick
James T. Heckert
Bill Henry
Arthur David Hilton
Douglas Hines
Bill Johnson
Sidney Katz
Jon Koslowsky
Briana London
Susanne Malles
Neil Mandelberg
Stephen Mark
Jane Rizzo
Pattye Rogers
Jeff Seibenick
Andrew Seklir
Douglas Stewart
Larry Strong
Neil Travis
Leo Trombetta
Ron Volk
J. Terry Williams
Programs with multiple nominations
11 nominations
10 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
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