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 Awards. Garcia will lead engagement... Read More
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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, Andrea Kalas,Shannon McIntosh, Gerard McMurray,... Read More
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 P. Henson, Franklin Leonard, Delroy Lindo,... Read More
Oscars: Academy elects Ava DuVernay to Board of Governors; re-ups Whoopi Goldberg, increases women and people of color numbers
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2020–2021 Board of Governors. The governors will take office at the first regularly... Read More
Oscars: Academy’s Board of Governors elections begin; here’s who’s running
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), who put on the Oscars, have revealed the actors, writers, sound designers and more that are... Read More
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, including recipients of the emergency... Read More
Laura Dern, new AMPAS president David Rubin among seven new trustees for Academy Museum
Announcement comes ahead of the museum’s 2020 opening The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced the addition of seven new trustees, including Laura Dern,... Read More
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 of the 2019 Academy Nicholl... Read More
Oscars: The 2019-2020 Board of Governors
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) today finalized the lineup of its 2019-2020 Board of Governors after a runoff in the Film... Read More
Academy announces three new governors: DeVon Franklin, Rodrigo García and Janet Yang
The Academy Board of Governors has confirmed the appointment of three new governors-at-large, DeVon Franklin (Executives Branch), Rodrigo García (Directors Branch) and Janet Yang (Producers Branch). They will each serve... Read More
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