Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing

Winners and nominees

• 2013: Nat Sanders – Short Term 12
• * Shane Carruth and David Lowery – Upstream Color
• * Jem Cohen and Marc Vives – Museum Hours
• * Jennifer Lame – Frances Ha
• * Cindy Lee – Una Noche
• 2014: Tom Cross – Whiplash
• * Sandra Adair – Boyhood
• * John Gilroy – Nightcrawler
• * Ron Patane – A Most Violent Year
• * Adam Wingard – The Guest
• 2015: Tom McArdle – Spotlight
• * Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie – Heaven Knows What
• * Nathan Nugent – Room
• * Julio C. Perez IV – It Follows
• * Kristan Sprague – Manos Sucias
• 2016: Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders – Moonlight
• * Matthew Hannam – Swiss Army Man
• * Jennifer Lame – Manchester by the Sea
• * Jake Roberts – Hell or High Water
• * Sebastián Sepúlveda – Jackie
• 2017: Tatiana S. Riegel – I, Tonya
• * Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie – Good Time
• * Walter Fasano – Call Me by Your Name
• * Alex O'Flinn – The Rider
• * Gregory Plotkin – Get Out
• 2018: Joe Bini – You Were Never Really Here
• * Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hart – American Animals
• * Nick Houy – Mid90s
• * Anne Fabini, Alex Hall, Gary Levy – The Tale
• * Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates, Jeremiah Zagar – We the Animals
• 2019: Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems
• * Julie Béziau – The Third Wife
• * Tyler L. Cook – Sword of Trust
• * Louise Ford – The Lighthouse
• * Kirill Mikhanovsky – Give Me Liberty