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JESSE COLLINS, STACEY SHER AND STEVEN SODERBERGH
TO PRODUCE THE 93RD OSCARS
Emmy®-nominated producer Jesse Collins, Oscar®-nominated producer Stacey Sher and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will produce the 93rd Oscars®, Academy President David Rubin announced today. It will be their first involvement with the Oscars, which airs live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
“The upcoming Oscars is the perfect...
ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES IN LOS ANGELES INSTALLS
THE ONLY SURVIVING SHARK MODEL FROM THE 1975 FILM JAWS
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures completed installation of one of the most iconic objects from its permanent collection, the only surviving full scale shark model from the 1975 Oscar®-winning film Jaws. This moment signals exciting momentum toward the Academy Museum’s much-anticipated opening on April 30,2021, where the 25-foot model (nicknamed &...
Additional New Gifts Made by Eric and Melina Esrailian, Julia and Ken Gouw, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Drs. Kathy Fields and Garry Rayant, and Kimberly Steward and K Period Media
Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, today announced that the new institution has exceeded its pre-opening fundraising campaign goal of $388 million. This total encompasses capital gifts, endowments, funding for education programs, and other special gifts. A...
Academy governor and producer DeVon Franklin (“Breakthrough”), The Black List founder Franklin Leonard, producer Debra Martin Chase (“Harriet”), and M88 president and managing partner Phillip Sun, discuss their professional journeys and finding success outside of the traditional Hollywood system. What is the importance of having a vision, investing in yourself, and building a business brand by taking control to tell new and authentic stories?
Table of con...
ACADEMY REVEALS WINNING NICHOLL SCREENWRITERS
Scripts to be presented at virtual table read in December
Five individuals have been selected as winners of the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The fellows will each receive a $35,000 prize and be highlighted at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards and Virtual Table Read on Thursday, December 3, where an ensemble of actors will read selected scenes from the winning scripts.&n...
Part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, “Academy Dialogues: It Starts With Us” is a new series of virtual panels, with conversations about race, ethnicity, gender, history, opportunity and the art of filmmaking.
The Academy’s newest discussion in the series, Academy Dialogues: “Documentaries Through Our Own Lens,” focuses on the systemic changes that need to occur for marginalized communities...
“Color-Conscious Casting” discussion with Rodrigo García, Julia Kim, Victoria Thomas and Elvis Mitchell
"I think it’s... people of color playing roles that are unexpected, where a character is everything at the same time. And that’s why, to me, the term “color conscious” is not entirely accurate, because who you are always means something, and it will mean something to the actor portraying it. So I think it’s more seeing the charact...
ACADEMY REVEALS 2020 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD® WINNERS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 18 students as winners of the 47th Student Academy Awards® competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 1,474 entries from 207 domestic and 121 international colleges and universities. The 2020 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, Spike Lee, Trey...
A conversation with Academy Governor Whoopi Goldberg and civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, on how narrative storytelling is at the heart of recovery in addressing racial and ethnic inequity. This conversation touches on the need for Hollywood to own its place as the historic purveyor of hurtful tropes and storylines that led to harmful imagery and stereotypes about ethnically and racially diverse communities. How will Hollywood...
Listen as Oscar®-nominated director Lee Daniels and Oscar-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney discuss their personal and professional journeys navigating the film industry as Black gay men. Emil Wilbekin, founder of Native Son, moderates the discussion.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced the launch of a new series of virtual panels for members and the public, as a part of its Academy Aperture 2025 equity and inclusion initiative, called &ldq...
Gates and Rebecca Prime have been named 2020 Academy Film Scholars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their respective book projects, Hollywood Style and the Invention of Blackness and Uptight!: Race, Revolution, and the Struggle to Make the Most Dangerous Film of 1968, explore in depth the topic of race in Hollywood. The Academy’s Educational Grants Committee will award Gates and Prime each $25,000 on the basis of their proposals.
“Gates and Prime&r...
The Board of Governors directs the Academy’s strategic vision, preserves the organization’s financial health and assures the fulfillment of its mission.
Governors attend 6-8 board meetings annually (in person or by video conference when out of town). Each Governor also serves on one board oversight committee and their branch’s executive committee, and they are expected to represent their branch at numerous Academy events through the year.
Governors have fidu...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is proud to announce commitments from 19 partner companies in its fourth year of Academy Gold, an entertainment industry internship enhancement and mentorship program for students and young professionals from underrepresented communities. Participating partners include AMC Networks, Bron Studios, Circle of Confusion, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), The Walt Disney Company, Dolby Laboratories, DTS (part of Xperi Corporation), FotoKem, HBO, Los ...
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 scheduled board meeting of the new term.
Elected to the Board for the first time:
Debra Zane, Casting Directors Branch
Ava DuVernay, Directors Branch
Stephen Rivkin, Film Editors Branch
Linda Flowers, Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
Lynette Howell Taylor, Producers Branch...
LAGFF 2020 POSTPONED FOR OCTOBER, SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE END OF MAY
LAGFF is here to stay! In light of the uncertainties caused by the pandemic, our 14th edition has been postponed to the early fall, as announced earlier via our social media. The LAGFF team is now considering all online and onsite options, so stay tuned for more exciting updates
Submissions will remain open until May 30th. Understanding the economic hardship that most of u...
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 grant funds announced last month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the grants, which total a combined $2.5 million in funds, are awarded based on current need to organizations that support filmmakers and reach audiences from underserved communities.
“The Academy’s first priority rema...
The Oscars paid tribute to the renowned actors, filmmakers and craftsmen who passed away over the past year with the Oscars 2020 In Memoriam.
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JOAQUIN PHOENIX:
God, I’m full of so much gratitude right now. And I do not feel elevated above any of my fellow nominees or anyone in this room because we share the same love, the love of film, and this form of expression has given me the most extraordinary life. I don’t know what I’d be without it. But I think the greatest gift that it’s given me, and many of us in this room, is the opportunity to use our voice for the voiceless. I’ve been thinkin...
Parasite (4 awards), and the other predictable awards winners came home with the coveted Oscar trophy:Joaquin Phoenix, Reznee Zellweger, Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, Toy Story 4, 1917... The only surprise was the number of Oscar given to Parasite!
An historical win for South Korea, and also first award given for a (best) film which was not shot in english.
The lineup of presenters included Utkarsh Ambudkar, Salma Hayek, Brie Larson, Spike Lee, Ray Romano, and Rebel Wilson, Mahershala Ali, Zazi...
The calm after the storm in 2016 (selfie by Glenn Weiss at the end of the Oscar night)
Show producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain announced that veteran Oscars® director Glenn Weiss will return to direct the 92nd Oscars. The Oscars will air live Sunday, February 9, on the ABC Television Network.
“We are so lucky that Glenn is back as our director this year. He is deeply creative and collaborative and has a terrific instinct for live t...
LYNETTE HOWELL TAYLOR AND STEPHANIE ALLAIN TO PRODUCE
THE 92ND OSCARS®
Oscar®-nominated producer Lynette Howell Taylor and producer Stephanie Allain will produce the 92nd Oscars®, Academy President David Rubin announced today. It will be their first involvement with the Oscars, which airs live on the ABC Television Network and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, February 9, 2020.
“The combined produ...
THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNOUNCES
“OSCARS® SPOTLIGHT: DOCUMENTARIES” NATIONAL THEATRICAL SCREENING
DATES OF 2019 SHORTLISTED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE CONTENDERS
LOS ANGELES, CA – Following yesterday’s announcement of the shortlists in consideration for the 92nd Academy Awards®, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced details for its upcoming “Oscars® Spotlight: Documentaries&rd...
344 FEATURE FILMS IN CONTENTION FOR
2019 BEST PICTURE OSCAR®
Three hundred forty-four feature films are eligible for the 2019 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
To be eligible for 92nd Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days.
Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture m...
92ND OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN NINE AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in consideration for the 92nd Academy Awards® in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects. To download shortlists by category, visit https://oscars.org/osca...
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