[4] Eligibility for active membership is based on the following: Members use the postnominal "ACE" as part of their signatures, as well as on motion picture credits.

", but this was dropped in order to conform with the more modern format used by other industry organizations, such as the American Society of Cinematographers.

[8][9] When the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) created a film editing category, the ACE invited them to the dinner as well.

[9][12] The awards and nominations are typically covered in entertainment industry newspapers and journals such as Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.

Walter Fernandez Jr. leads the magazine's team, with publications committee chair Edgar Burcksen.

The ACE Store is the source of the dailies used at most film schools today, primarily for editing exercises.

[16] One scene that many film students must edit is from "Buffalo Man," a 1958 episode of the TV series Gunsmoke.