Three editors -- Carlos Lowenstein of Cutters, Chicago and Los Angeles, Neil Gust of Outside Editorial, New York, and Kirk Baxter of Rock Paper Scissors, Los Angeles -- each won a pair of honors during the Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE) Awards gala held on May 17 at the Navy Pier in Chicago.

Lowenstein scored in the Dialogue and Best of Chicago categories for Hallmark's "Taxi" out of Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, directed by James Gartner of bicoastal GARTNER.

Gust topped the Montage and Best of New York categories for Ford Motor Company's "XKR Launch" for Euro RSCG Worldwide, New York. The spot consisted of lifestyle footage directed by Michel Comte and car footage helmed by Gary Holder. Production companies on the job were Tangerine Films in the U.K. working in conjunction with Palma Pictures in Mallorca, Spain, and stateside Commercial Vehicles in tandem with The Box Films, Milan.

Meanwhile Baxter's two AICE Awards were for separate commercials. He cut Levi's "News Story"--directed by Frank Budgen of bicoastal Anonymous Content and London's Gorgeous Enterprises for Bartle Bogle Hegarty, New York--which took AICE's Storytelling category. And Baxter edited Microsoft's "Standoff" which won the Best of Los Angeles honor. "Standoff" was directed by Tim Godsall of Biscuit Filmworks, Los Angeles, for McCann Erickson, San Francisco.

Click here to read more details, a full list of winners and a recap of the event from SHOOT magazine.

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