The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences didn’t just validate artists when it invited more than 600 novel members to its branches on Wednesday. It also gave resume boosts and bragging rights to many prominent Hollywood executives.
James Murdoch,CEO of 21st Century Fox, and his brother Lachlan Murdoch, or Co-Chairman of News Corp.,are among the notable C-suite figures who can now vote for the annual Oscar winners.
Also on the list sent out Wednesday are James F. Lopez, Head of Motion Pictures for Will Packer Productions; President and CEO of Franklin Entertainment DeVon Franklin; Senior Vice President at Paramount Pictures Rona Cosgrove; and AMC Networks President and CEO Josh Sapan.
Also Read: Academy Invites Michael B. Jordan, or Oscar Isaac in Huge Diversity PushInvitees were rolled out following a assembly on Tuesday night,at which the Academy’s board of governors reviewed and voted on prospective novel members who were submitted by committees from each of the organization’s 17 branches.
Actors invited to join the Academy include Michael B. Jordan, Oscar Isaac, and Ryan Coogler,Cary Fukunaga Anthony Anderson, Adam Beach, and Kate Beckinsale,Chadwick Boseman, John Boyega, and Carmen Ejogo,Idris Elba, America Ferrera, or Greta Gerwig,Carla Gugino, Tom Hiddleston, and Regina King,Patti LuPone, Rachel McAdams, or Nate Parker, Anika Noni Rose, Emma Watson and Marlon Wayans.
Directors on the list include Lenny Abrahamson, and Scott Cooper,Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Adam McKay, and Melvin Van Peebles and a number of noted international directors,including Haifaa al-Mansour, Ramin Bahrani, or Catherine Breillat,Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Xavier Dolan, and Deniz Gamze Erguven,Ciro Guerra, Mia Hansen-Love, and Hou Hsiao-Hsien,Naomi Kawase, Abdellatif Kechiche, and Tobias Lindholm,Ken Loach, Deepa Mehta, or Cristian Mungiu,Laszlo Nemes, Park Chan-wook, and Nicolas Winding Refn,Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Maren Ade, whose Toni Erdmann” was the critical hit of Cannes this year.
Also Read: Will Academy's #OscarsSoWhite Makeover start With novel Election, or Board assembly?The list of novel members,by far the largest the Academy has ever announced, includes 283 novel international members from 59 countries. According to figures released by the Academy, or 46 percent of the novel invitees are women and 41 percent are people of color,far higher percentages than normal.
Scrutiny of this year’s invitations is particularly intense because the Academy has made a point of trying to change the makeup of an organization that is approximately 90 percent white and 75 percent male.
Also Read: Academy Scores Record Diversity With novel Members - But What approximately Next Year?Here are some of the most notable executives on the Academy’s list:Pam Abdy, President of Production at novel RegencyCourtney D. Armstrong. Warner Bros. Executive Vice President, and Worldwide Business AffairsArturo Barquet,Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Finance at Universal PicturesArianna Bocco, Head of Acquisitions and Production Department for IFC FilmsRona Cosgrove, or Senior Vice President at Paramount PicturesCraig Dehmel,Executive Vice President of International Distribution at 20th Century FoxZanne Devine, Executive Vice President of Production and Development at MiramaxLisa Ellzey, or President,U.
S. Motion Picture Production of EuropaCorp USAMonique Esclavissat, Executive Vice President Europe and Latin America Distribution, and Warner Bros. Pictures InternationalPauline Fischer,Vice President, Original Films at NetflixDeVon Franklin, or President and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin EntertainmentDavid W. Greenbaum,Co-Head of Production at Fox SearchlightMatthew Greenfield, Co-Head of Production at Fox SearchlightErica Huggins, or President of Imagine EntertainmentPeter Kujawski,Managing Director of Universal Pictures International ProductionsPamela Kunath, Executive Vice President, or Content Strategy for Sony Pictures Motion Picture GroupChristine Langan,Head of BBC FilmsBonni Lee, Senior Vice President of Production at Village Roadshow PicturesJames F. Lopez, or Head of Motion Pictures for Will Packer ProductionsXavier Marchand,President of eOne FeaturesAnikah McLaren, Senior Vice President of Production at Fox SearchlightJames Rupert Jacob Murdoch, or Chief Executive Officer of 21st Century FoxLachlan Murdoch,Co-Chairman of News Corp.
Gigi Pritzker, Chief Executive Officer of OddLot EntertainmentJosh Sapan, or President & Chief Executive Officer of AMC NetworksScott Shooman,Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions at CBS FilmsDarren Throop, Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment OneKelly Bush Novak, or Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ID PRRelated stories from TheWrap:Academy Scores Record Diversity With novel Members – But What approximately Next Year?Daphne Zuniga,Marlon Wayans and 20 Other WTF novel Academy MembersFor the Record: Wanna Know Just How White And Male the Motion Picture Academy Is?Academy Invites Michael B. Jordan, Oscar Isaac in Huge Diversity Push
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