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Film Academy names Fernando Garcia Executive Vice President of Member Relations and Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Fernando Garcia as its Executive Vice President, Member Relations and… Read More

January 19, 2021

Film Academy offers free virtual career summit for high school, college students

Panel discussions with Rick Baker, Tobin Bell, Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz,John Carpenter, Annie Chang, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lora Hirschberg,… Read More

October 16, 2020

Motion Picture Academy announces “It Starts with Us” conversation series on race and gender equity

Panelists include Victoria Alonso, Lisa Cortés, Debra Martin Chase, Carmen Cuba, Lee Daniels, DeVon Franklin, Whoopi Goldberg, Nadia Hallgren, Taraji… Read More

August 20, 2020

Oscars: Academy elects Ava DuVernay to Board of Governors; re-ups Whoopi Goldberg, increases women and people of color numbers

Ava DuVernay (Shutterstock / DFree) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2020–2021 Board… Read More

June 10, 2020

Oscars: Academy’s Board of Governors elections begin; here’s who’s running

(Shutterstock / Jaguar PS) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), who put on the Oscars, have revealed… Read More

May 29, 2020

Film Academy announces 2020 grant recipients

The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the 96 recipients of its 2020 FilmCraft and FilmWatch grants,… Read More

May 12, 2020

Laura Dern, new AMPAS president David Rubin among seven new trustees for Academy Museum

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures exterior rendering (Courtesy of L'Autre Image/AMPAS) Announcement comes ahead of the museum's 2020 opening The… Read More

November 6, 2019

Motion Picture Academy reveals Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting winners

Scripts to be performed at live read in November LOS ANGELES, CA – Five individuals have been selected as winners… Read More

October 4, 2019

Oscars: The 2019-2020 Board of Governors

(Photo: Vera Anderson/WireImage) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) today finalized the lineup of its 2019-2020 Board… Read More

June 20, 2019

Academy announces three new governors: DeVon Franklin, Rodrigo García and Janet Yang

(l-r) DeVon Franklin, Rodrigo García (photo: Jeff Vespa), Janet Yang The Academy Board of Governors has confirmed the appointment of… Read More

May 13, 2019

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