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Kim Taylor-Coleman was named president of the Academy Foundation Board for the 2025-2026 term on Thursday. A casting director, Taylor-Coleman joins 11 other individuals named to the board for the next year; she’ll serve as Academy Foundation Board president the same year that an Achievement in Casting Oscar will be handed out for the first time.

Joining Taylor-Coleman on the Academy Foundation Board are four fellow officers. Brooke Breton, who hails from the visual effects branch of the Academy, will serve as vice president. Isis Mussenden of the costume designers branch will likewise be a vice president for the board. Documentary branch member Simon Kilmurry will be the board’s treasurer. The animation branch’s Marlon West was named secretary.

Seven additional members were also named to the Academy Foundation Board on Thursday: Paul Cameron (cinematographers branch), Patricia Cardoso (directors branch), Peter Devlin (sound branch), Lynette Howell Taylor (producers branch...

Now that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has determined its new Board of Governors, invited in hundreds of new members, and elected its new president, the organization has now announced the newly elected 2025-2026 Academy Foundation Board members and officers.

The Academy Foundation specifically oversees all educational, preservation, and cultural activities of the Academy, including the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, the Academy Film Archive, the Academy Collection, and the Academy’s talent development programs.

The Academy Foundation Board comprises 12 trustees who also are members of the Academy Board of Governors.

In response to the news, Academy CEO Bill Kramer said via statement, “Through the work of the Academy’s museum, collection, and educational programs, the Academy Foundation furthers our mission to celebrate artistry and innovation in filmmaking, inspire new generations of filmmakers, and preserve our global film history.” He added,...

Kim Taylor-Coleman, a veteran casting director, has been elected president of the board of the Academy Foundation.

The Academy Foundation oversees all educational, preservation, and cultural activities of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, including the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, the Academy Film Archive, the Academy Collection and the Academy’s talent development programs.

Its board is composed of 12 trustees who are all also members of the Academy’s board of governors.

Also elected to officer positions on the Academy Foundation Board were Brooke Breton of the visual effects branch, as a vice president; Simon Kilmurry of the documentary branch, as treasurer; Isis Mussenden of the costume designers branch, as a vice president; and Marlon West of the animation branch, as secretary.

The other members of the board are Paul Cameron of the cinematographers branch; Patricia Cardoso of the directors branch...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially announced its newly elected Board of Governors for 2025-2026. The group — which sets the Academy’s strategic vision, preserves the organization’s financial health, and assures the fulfillment of its mission — will take office at the first scheduled board meeting of the new term.

First-time board members include Focus Features chairperson Peter Kujawski and three-time Oscar-nominated composer Carter Burwell. The incumbent governors reelected to the board include Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin, Oscar-nominated producer Jason Blum, and Oscar-nominated director Jason Reitman (who was also recently elected to The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Board of Trustees.) The list of governors returning to the board after a hiatus includes Emmy-winning screenwriter Larry Karaszewski.

Additionally, the Board of Governors elected three new governors-at-large: Haifaa al-Mansour (Directors Branch), Effie T. Brown (Producers Branch) and Annie Chang that will each serve a three-year term beginning...

Updated, 11 Am: The Movie Academy said today that it has elected three new governors-at-large: Haifaa al-Mansour (Directors branch), Effie T. Brown (Producers) and Annie Chang (Production and Technology, Science And Technology Council Chair). Each will serve a three-year term beginning upon the first meeting of the 2025-26 fiscal year. See below for the results of AMPAS’ 2025-26 Board of Governors elections.

Previously, June 18: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected its 2025-26 Board of Governors. The envelope, please…

Ten incumbents were re-elected to continue representing their respective constituencies, including Marlee Matlin (Actors branch), Jason Reitman (Directors) and Jason Blum (Producers). Among the first-time governors are Peter Kujawski (Executives) and Gigi Williams (Makeup Artists and Hairstylists), with Larry Karaszewski (Writers) and Isis Mussenden (Costume Designers) among those returning to the board after a hiatus. See the full list below.

Each of the 19 branches is represented by three governors except Animation,...

Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski and composer Carter Burwell are among industry names newly elected to the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Kujawski joins the 2025-2026 board representing the Academy’s executive branch and Burwell joins from the music branch. Also elected to the board for the first time are Gigi Williams, from the makeup artists and hairstylists branch, and Andrew Roberts, from the visual effects branch.

The ten incumbent governors re-elected to the board include Marlee Matlin (actors branch), Jason Reitman (directors branch) and Jason Blum (producers branch).

The three directors returning...

Incumbents once again dominated elections for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors, with 10 board members being reelected to their positions and three past governors returning to the board after a hiatus.

Marlee Matlin, Jason Reitman and Jason Blum were among the governors who won reelection in balloting that was done by 17 of the Academy’s 19 branches and announced on Wednesday.

This is the third year in a row in which incumbents won in the vast majority of board races, following two years of substantial turnover after stricter term limits forced many longtime governors off the board.

The only first-time governors to be elected by votes from each branch were Peter Kujawski, who replaced Donna Gigliotti in the Executives Branch; Gigi Williams, who replaced Howard Berger in the Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch; Carter Burwell, who replaced Charles Fox in the Music Branch; and Andrew Roberts,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its newly elected 2025-2026 Board of Governors, with a mix of returning incumbents, first-timers and familiar names returning after a hiatus.

Among the incumbents reelected to serve another term are Marlee Matlin (Actors Branch), Marlon West (Animation Branch), Richard Hicks (Casting Directors Branch), Dion Beebe (Cinematographers Branch), Jason Reitman (Directors Branch), Chris Hegedus (Documentary Branch), Nancy Richardson (Film Editors Branch), Jason Blum (Producers Branch), Missy Parker (Production Design Branch) and Peter Devlin (Sound Branch).

Newly elected to the board for the first time are Focus Features’ chairman Peter Kujawski (Executives Branch), Gigi Williams (Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch), Carter Burwell (Music Branch) and Andrew Roberts (Visual Effects Branch).

Three industry professionals are rejoining the board after a hiatus: Isis Mussenden (Costume Designers Branch), Christina Kounelias (Marketing and Public Relations Branch) and Larry Karaszewski (Writers Branch).

They join a roster of continuing governors,...

The results are in after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held elections for 17 seats on its 55-person board of governors, and the new board — which will be seated later this summer — will include four rookies, three comeback kids and 10 re-elected incumbents.

Joining the board for the first time will be Focus Features chief Peter Kujawski (executives branch), repacling Donna Gigliotti, who was unable to seek re-election because she served two three-year terms and now must take a rules-mandated two-year hiatus from the board; and three Oscar nominees: the Coen brothers’ favorite composer Carter Burwell (music), replacing Charles Fox, who hit the rules-mandated max of 12 total years of service on the board and thus was ineligible to run again; Ilm VFX supervisor Andrew Roberts (visual effects), succeeding Paul Debevec, who did not seek re-election; and David Fincher’s go-to makeup artist Gigi Williams (makeup artists/hairstylists), filling the seat of Howard Berger,...

David Oyelowo plays the title character in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” the true story of a man who escaped enslavement and went on to become one of the first U.S. Deputy Marshals. While there is no shortage of stories from the 1860s and 1870s, there are only four known images of Bass Reeves.

So, for the Paramount limited series, a team of artisans worked to tell the story with as much authenticity as possible while only using those four photos as a visual reference.

“What David wanted to show on camera was the growth of him and the difference in his hair. But for me, it was showing the transformation of his skin — the aging process without prosthetics — showing him from a young man in his 20s to an older man,” said makeup department head Vonda Morris.

Morris’ secret weapon to Oyelowo’s aging transformation was Peter Thomas Roth’s skin tightening strips.

IndieWire and Paramount+ are proud to announce a Consider This FYC event to take place in Los Angeles on June 8, featuring Kelsey Grammer, David Oyelowo, and Matt Bomer, plus creators and talent from “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” “A Gentleman in Moscow,” “Colin from Accounts,” “Fellow Travelers,” “Frasier,” and “Lawmen: Bass Reeves.”

Emmy voters and guild members can request an invitation to attend here.

The event will feature a reception with food and drinks. It will begin at 10:00am Pt and run until 2:30pm Pt, including lunch.

“Consider This Live is essential to our growing collection of creator- and artisan-driven live events that include IndieWire Honors and Pass the Remote,” said Dana Harris-Bridson, senior VP and Editor-in-Chief of IndieWire. “We’re proud to celebrate the Paramount+ lineup.”

“We’re thrilled to bring back Consider This Live exclusively with Paramount+,” said IndieWire SVP & Publisher James Israel.

“It’s very, very prideful and it was very special for all of us making it,” reflects Damian Marcano on the experience of directing three episodes of “Lawmen: Bass Reeves.” As a child growing up in Trinidad, he and his grandfather would watch “The Lone Ranger” together and, when approached about joining the Paramount+ series, he was “very shocked to find out that he was actually the inspiration for what I had watched portrayed by a white actor,” referring to the influence of the real-life Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo) on American pop culture. Reeves was one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals, and the director is glad for the opportunity not only to “retell these stories with the correct lens,” but also to show “a character of this skin color, an African man, formerly enslaved man” who “gets to do the ass-kicking.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

There will be a lot of new faces in the room at the next meeting of the Board Of Governors of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences including actor Lou Diamond Phillips. Eleven first timers have been elected in the organizations annual election to select one third of the Board as eleven other members have termed off including Actors Branch Governor Whoopi Goldberg and Writers Branch Governor Larry Karaszewski. With AMPAS’ more stringent guidelines for service in place now two longtime Board members, Charles Bernstein (Music) and Jon Bloom (shorts and feature animation) are permanently off the Board, while others termed out can run again in two years.

Incumbent governors reelected to the Board:

Rob Bredow, Visual Effects Branch

Ava DuVernay, Directors Branch

Linda Flowers, Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch

Lynette Howell Taylor, Producers Branch

Stephen Rivkin, Film Editors Branch

Debra Zane, Casting Directors Branch

Elected to the Board...

As a result of elections that took place this year from June 5-9, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 55-person board of governors convenes in July, more than one-fifth of its seats will be occupied by people who were not a part of it in June.

This is the result not of a repudiation of incumbents — in fact, no incumbent who could have sought reelection opted not to, and no incumbent who sought reelection lost — but rather of stricter term limits that the board imposed upon itself in recent years.

For the 2023-24 term, the board — which is composed of three governors representing each of the Academy’s 18 branches except for the newly created production/technology branch, which has just one, plus three “governors at large” — will be joined by 11 rookie governors: Wendy Aylsworth (production/technology branch), David I. Dinerstein (marketing/public relations), Richard Gibbs (music), Jinko Gotoh...

Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, documentary filmmaker Simon Kilmurry and writer Dana Stevens are among the 11 film professionals who have been elected to the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy announced on Thursday.

Those new governors are part of a wholesale makeover of the AMPAS board prompted by new term limits imposed last year. In 10 of the 11 branches where first-time governors were elected, the incumbent governors were unable to run again because of those new limits, which restrict governors to two consecutive three-year terms. Last year, when those limits were instituted, 10 governors were termed off the board and 12 first-time governors were elected.

This year’s election means that 23 of the 55 members of the board will be in their first or second term.

In the Academy’s 18 branches, all six incumbent governors who were eligible to run again were re-elected. Those are Debra Zane...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced its newly elected Board of Governors. The governors, who set the Academy’s strategic vision and watch out for the organization’s financial health, will take office at the first scheduled board meeting of the new term. Wednesday the board voted to expand theatrical release requirements in order to qualify for Best Picture eligibility.

Directors branch member Ava DuVernay is back on the 55-member 2023-2024 Academy Board of Governors. So is producer Lynette Howell Taylor. The incumbents stay, while the ones who have served their three-year term move on, to be replaced by someone else. And, after three terms, like those served by Charles Bernstein and Jon Bloom, they are permanently termed off.

The Academy’s 18 branches are each represented by three governors, except for the recently established Production and Technology Branch, which is represented by a single governor. As a result of this election,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the newly elected Board of Governors for the 2023-2024 year.

Elected to the board for the first time are acclaimed actor Lou Diamond Phillips, screenwriter Dana Stevens, executive Hannah Minghella, costume designer Daniel Orlandi and more. Among the newly elected is technology executive Wendy Aylsworth, who will represent the brand new Production and Technology Branch. Aylsworth, who also serves on the Board of Governors for the Television Academy, spent more than two decades at Warner Bros. and became the first woman president of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

In addition, six incumbents were re-elected to the board — Rob Bredow (visual effects), Ava DuVernay (directors), Linda Flowers (makeup artists and hairstylists), Lynette Howell Taylor (producers), Stephen Rivkin (film editors) and Debra Zane (casting directors). Also, cinematographer Ellen Kuras returns after a hiatus.

They will join returning governors Pam Abdy,...

Travis Knight, president and CEO of animation studio Laika, has been appointed to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Board of Trustees. Additionally, the museum announced the appointment of motion picture producer and former chair of the Academy Museum Inclusion Advisory Committee, Effie T. Brown, as an honorary trustee (a lifetime position), effective July 1, 2023.

According to an official statement from the museum: “As the governing body of the Academy Museum, the Board leads the museum toward a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies, in addition to securing adequate resources to advance the museum’s mission. Knight and Brown will help continue the success of the museum and its social impact for audiences worldwide.”

Additionally, the Academy Museum’s Board of Trustees has also re-elected Patricia Bellinger Balzer, Arnaud Boetsch, Olivier de Givenchy, Ray Halbritter, Ryan Murphy, Regina Scully, whose current terms end June 30, 2023, for another three-year term.

Teri E. Dorman, Lynette Howell Taylor, Kim Taylor-Coleman to serve first terms on board.

Producer Janet Yang has been elected president of the Academy, the board announced on Tuesday (August 2).

Yang begins her first term as president and her second as a governor-at-large, a role for which she was nominated by David Rubin, the current incumbent who has reached the end of his third term and would only be able to stand for re-election if he took a hiatus.

Yang has been a member of the producers branch since 2002 and until recently served on the board as vice-president and chair of the membership committee,...

Teri E. Dorman, Lynette Howell Taylor, Kim Taylor-Coleman to serve first terms on board.

Producer Janet Yang has become the first Asian to be elected president of the Academy succeeding David Rubin, the board announced on Tuesday (August 2).

Yang begins her first term as president and her second as a governor-at-large, a role for which she was nominated by Rubin – who is completing his third term as president and cannot stand for re-election until after a hiatus – and confirmed by the board.

She has been a member of the producers branch since 2002 and until recently served on the board as...

Teri E. Dorman, Lynette Howell Taylor, Kim Taylor-Coleman to serve first terms on board.

Producer Janet Yang has been elected president of the Academy succeeding David Rubin, the board announced on Tuesday (August 2).

Yang begins her first term as president and her second as a governor-at-large, a role for which she was nominated by Rubin – who is completing his third term as president and cannot stand for re-election until after a hiatus – and confirmed by the board.

She has been a member of the producers branch since 2002 and until recently served on the board as vice-president and chair of the membership committee,...

At their Tuesday board meeting, as expected the Academy Board of Governors elected producer Janet Yang president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Yang begins her first term as president and her second term as a Governor-at-Large, a position for which she was nominated by the sitting Academy President David Rubin and elected by the Board of Governors.

Donna Gigliotti, Larry Karaszewski, David Linde, Isis Mussenden, and Wynn Thomas were re-elected as Board of Governor officers. It will be the first officer stint for Teri E. Dorman, 2020 Oscar show co-producer Lynette Howell Taylor, and Kim Taylor-Coleman.

Yang’s producing credits include “The Joy Luck Club,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” “Zero Effect,” “High Crimes,” “Dark Matter,” “Shanghai Calling” and the Oscar-nominated animated feature “Over the Moon.” She won an Emmy for the HBO film “Indictment: The McMartin Trial.” A member of the Academy’s Producers Branch since...

Hollywood producer Janet Yang has been named the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. Yang, who is of Chinese descent, is the first Asian person ever to hold the position and the fourth woman behind Fay Kanin (1979-1983), Cheryl Boone Isaacs (2013-2017) and Bette Davis (Davis resigned after two months in 1941).

Yang is beginning her first term as president and her second term as a Governor-at-Large. The Board also voted on the officers, electing:

Teri E. Dorman, Vice President Donna Gigliotti, Vice President/Secretary Lynette Howell Taylor, Vice President Larry Karaszewski, Vice President David Linde, Vice President/Treasurer Isis Mussenden, Vice President Kim Taylor-Coleman, Vice President Wynn P. Thomas, Vice President

“Janet is a tremendously dedicated and strategic leader who has an incredible record of service at the Academy,” said Bill Kramer, Academy CEO. “I am thrilled that...

Producer Janet Yang has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy’s Board of Governors announced on Tuesday.

She was elected at a virtual meeting of the 54-member board, which was selecting a successor to casting director David Rubin. While presidents can serve four consecutive one-year terms, Rubin had to leave the board because of term limits after serving three terms.

Yang is a member of the Academy’s Producers Branch and for the past year had served as a vice president of the board and chair of the Membership Committee.

Yang is a producer of “The Joy Luck Club,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt” and the recent Oscar-nominated animated feature “Over the Moon.” Born in New York City, she will be the Academy’s first president of Asian descent, and the fourth woman after Bette Davis (who resigned after two months in...

Producer Janet Yang has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors at a meeting held Tuesday.

She replaces David Rubin, who has served as president for the past three years but has termed out because he has reached the end of the maximum number of years he can serve on the board without taking a hiatus, per Academy rules.

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Yang’s victory comes as no surprise since she had been the key name floated for the position in recent weeks and was honored at the Academy Museum earlier this summer.

“Janet is a tremendously...

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Janet Yang, the Queens-born daughter of Chinese immigrants, has been elected the 36th president in the 95-year history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The 66-year-old, who broke into showbiz by connecting key players in the Chinese and Hollywood film industries to make possible films like Empire of the Sun before becoming a producer of films including The Joy Luck Club and The People vs. Larry Flynt, is just the fourth female (after Bette Davis, Fay Kanin and Cheryl Boone Isaacs) and second person of color (after Boone Isaacs) ever tapped by the Academy’s board to hold the board’s top job.

A member of the producers branch since 2002, Yang defeated DeVon Franklin, a member of the executives branch since 2016. Both candidates have served on the Academy’s board of governors since 2019 as governors-at-large. Three seats for governors-at-large were...

TCM and HBO Max’s new series “Follow the Thread” brings costume designers and fashion designers together as it examines the relationship between fashion and costume.

Inspired by the Met’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s exhibition, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” the series include designers Sandy Powell, Mark Bridges, Isis Mussenden and Deborah Nadoolman Landis as the world of costume design and fashion design come together. The limited series covers a spectrum of films from 1954’s “Sabrina” to 1957’s “Funny Face” to “Annie Hall” (1977) through to “Crazy Rich Asians” showing how film influences culture and impact fashion.

Speaking with Variety, Powell, Bridges, Mussenden and Nadoolman Landis discuss what drew them to the series, the biggest misconception about costume design and share their favorite transformations.

What made you say yes to this when TCM approached you about the series?

Deborah Nadoolman Landis: I was a little ambivalent.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its newly elected 2022-2023 Board of Governors, who will help set the Academy’s strategic vision, preserve the organization’s financial health, and assure the fulfillment of its mission.

Among the 12 additions elected to the board for the first time are Oscar winner Marlee Matlin to the Actors Branch, three-time Best Picture nominee Jason Blum to the Producers Branch, and four-time nominee Jason Reitman to the Directors Branch.

By each joining one of the Academy’s 17 branches, which are each represented by three governors, they start the first of their three-year terms. Per Academy rules, the new governors are allowed to serve up to two three-year terms (consecutive or non-consecutive), followed by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility renews for up to two additional three-year terms, for a lifetime maximum of 12 years.

The four incumbent governors reelected this year include...

Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin, and past Oscar nominees producer Jason Blum and director Jason Reitman are among first-time members elected to the Board Of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as AMPAS announced its new 2022-2023 Board today.

In addition to Matlin for the Actors Branch, Reitman for Directors, and Blum for Producers, other newly elected first time Bog members are Richard Hicks (Casting), Dion Beebe (Cinematographers), Chris Hegedus (Documentary), Nancy Richardson (Film Editors), Megan Colligan (Marketing and Public Relations), Missy Parker (Production Design), Marlon West (Short Films and Feature Animation), Peter Devlin (Sound), and Paul Debevec (Visual Effects).

Incumbent Governors who have been reelected include Ruth E. Carter (Costume Designers), Donna Gigliotti (Executives), Howard Berger (Makeup Artists and Hairstylists), and Eric Roth (Writers). Returning to the Bog after a hiatus is Charles Fox (Music).

They all join returning governors Pam Abdy, Kate Amend, Bonnie Arnold, Lesley Barber,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the newly elected Board of Governors for the 2022-2023 year.

Elected to the board for the first time are Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin, cinematographer Dion Beebe, director Jason Reitman, producer Jason Blum, casting director Richard Hicks and more. In addition, four incumbents were re-elected to the board, including Ruth E. Carter (costume designers), Donna Gigliotti (executives), Howard Berger (makeup artists and hairstylists) and Eric Roth (writers). In addition, Oscar nominee Charles Fox returns to the board after a hiatus.

They will join returning governors Pam Abdy, Kate Amend, Bonnie Arnold, Lesley Barber, Charles Bernstein, Susanne Bier, Jon Bloom, Gary C. Bourgeois, Rob Bredow, Brooke Breton, Paul Cameron, Eduardo Castro, Bill Corso, Teri E. Dorman, Tom Duffield, Ava DuVernay, Linda Flowers, DeVon Franklin, Rodrigo García, Whoopi Goldberg, Lynette Howell Taylor, Larry Karaszewski, Laura C. Kim, Christina Kounelias, David Linde, Isis Mussenden, Stephen Rivkin,...

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The 54-person board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — comprised of three elected governors from each of the organization’s 17 branches and three “governors-at-large” appointed by the president — will look very different when it gathers next month than it did when it convened on Tuesday.

Following elections held over the past month, 12 people were elected to the board for the first time, including Marlee Matlin, the Oscar-winning star of Children of a Lesser God and this year’s best picture Oscar winner Coda, who will represent the actors branch; Jason Reitman, the second-generation filmmaker behind best picture Oscar nominees Juno and Up in the Air, who will serve the directors branch; and Jason Blum, the Blumhouse chief and producer of best picture Oscar nominee Get Out, who will advocate for the producers branch.

Other rookie governors will include...

“The Wheel of Time” costume designer Isis Mussenden grew up in Hollywood, although not inside the industry itself. “Insecure” costume designer Shiona Turini started her career in editorial at brands like Cosmopolitan and Teen Vogue before becoming a top stylist. “The Great” Season 2 costumer Sharon Long had her first on-set experience happen on “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lever,” while “Cowboy Bebop” costume designer Jane Holland scored her big break on the set of Jane Campion’s “The Piano.” “Foundation” costume designer Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh studied fashion in her home country of Ireland before landing her first major gig as the costume assistant on “The Secret of Roan Inish.”

The paths these five women took to become top costume designers in the industry are all different, but their skills as artisans and appreciation for the importance of the work of their peers is in lockstep. That unity shines...

There are many differences between Amazon Prime Video’s new adaptation of Robert Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time” and other fantasy epics like “The Lord of the Rings” and “Game of Thrones,” but none more striking than the fact that in the world of “The Wheel of Time,” women are put at the forefront.

“The women are very strong and it’s a matriarchal society,” costume designer Isis Mussenden tells Gold Derby in the “Meet the Experts” costume designer panel. “They’re not princesses. They’re working, they’re hard-working, and they’re really trying to keep the world safe and better.”

Developed by Rafe Judkins, a former “Survivor” contestant who worked on television shows like “Chuck” and “Hemlock Grove,” “The Wheel of Time” focuses on Moraine (Rosamund Pike), a powerful member of the Aes Sedai who takes five youngsters under her wing with the hope of figuring out...

Five top costume designers will reveal secrets behind their programs when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy and guild contenders. Each person from these TV shows will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, November 10, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series of 17 panels in November and December. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 awards contenders:

“Cowboy Bebop”: Jane Holland

Synopsis: A ragtag crew of bounty hunters chases down the galaxy’s most dangerous criminals.

It’s no surprise that popular casting director David Rubin will continue for a third one-year term as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Also elected by the Board of Governors is the most diverse set of officer positions in the Academy’s history.

Officers include:

DeVon Franklin, Vice President

Donna Gigliotti, Vice President/Secretary

Larry Karaszewski, Vice President

David Linde, Vice President/Treasurer

Isis Mussenden, Vice President

Wynn P. Thomas, Vice President

Jennifer Todd, Vice President

Janet Yang, Vice President

As he continues to cast movies, Rubin begins his ninth year as a governor representing the Casting Directors Branch. While he ran unopposed, Board term limits dictate that he has to exit both the presidency and the board next year for a minimum of two years. Then he might be able to come back for one last Board term of three years. So a new...

It’s no surprise that popular casting director David Rubin will continue for a third one-year term as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Also elected by the Board of Governors is the most diverse set of officer positions in the Academy’s history.

Officers include:

DeVon Franklin, Vice President

Donna Gigliotti, Vice President/Secretary

Larry Karaszewski, Vice President

David Linde, Vice President/Treasurer

Isis Mussenden, Vice President

Wynn P. Thomas, Vice President

Jennifer Todd, Vice President

Janet Yang, Vice President

As he continues to cast movies, Rubin begins his ninth year as a governor representing the Casting Directors Branch. While he ran unopposed, Board term limits dictate that he has to exit both the presidency and the board next year for a minimum of two years. Then he might be able to come back for one last Board term of three years. So a new...

There were no major shakeups among elected officials at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as David Rubin has been re-elected for his third and final term as president of the Oscars organization.

The results come after the AMPAS board of governors met Tuesday to install newly elected governors and reorganize its officers for the 2021-2022 term.

Among the officers elected are newcomers DeVon Franklin as Vice President, Donna Gigliotti as Vice President/Secretary, David Linde as Vice President/Treasurer (replacing Paramount chairman Jim Gianopolus in that job) and Jennifer Todd as Vice President. Both Gigliotti and Todd are past producers of the Oscar show.

Larry Karaszewski, Isis Mussenden, Wynn P. Thomas and Janet Yang were re-elected as officers.

Because this also begins Rubin’s ninth year as a governor, he will have to take a hiatus from the board and thus cannot run for a fourth consecutive...

Casting director David Rubin has been re-elected to a third term as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Rubin was first elected president in 2019, and re-elected last year. While an Academy president can usually serve four one-year terms, Rubin will not be able to run next year; he is currently in the final year of his third three-year term on the board, and term limits will prevent him from returning to the board next year. Since the president is selected from among the 54 board members, Rubin cannot be a candidate in 2022.

At a meeting on Tuesday night, the Board of Governors also elected an expanded roster of eight vice presidents, with screenwriter Larry Karaszewski, costume designer Isis Mussenden, production designer Wynn P. Thomas and producer Janet Yang re-elected to their positions and CEO David Linde along with producers DeVon Franklin, Donna Gigliotti...

Number of officer positions increased to nine this year with the addition of equity and inclusion committee.

Casting director David Rubin has been re-elected president, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Participant CEO and industry veteran David Linde has been appointed treasurer.

Rubin, whose credits include The English Patient, Men In Black and The Talented Mr. Ripley, begins his third term as president and his ninth year as a governor representing the casting directors branch.

Linde, who founded Lava Bear Films, ran Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Good Machine and erned an Oscar nomination for Arrival,...

Eva Longoria and Sid Ganis Appointed to Academy Museum Board of Trustees

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced that Eva Longoria has been appointed to its board of trustees, while Sid Ganis will become the museum’s first honorary trustee.

Since starring in “Desperate Housewives,” Longoria has led the charge for female representation in Hollywood and cemented herself as an entertainment industry staple known for her work both in front of and behind the camera. Ganis, a film executive and producer, has been integral to securing the future of the Academy Museum. He will now serve on the board in a lifetime position.

Longoria and Ganis join existing board members Ted Sarandos, chair; Miky Lee (Mie Kyung Lee) vice-chair; Kimberly Steward, secretary; Jim Gianopulos, treasurer; Patricia S. Bellinger, Jason Blum, Arnaud Boetsch, Olivier de Givenchy, Laura Dern, David Dolby, Sidonie Seydoux Dumas, Ray Halbritter, Tom Hanks, Dawn Hudson, Bill Kramer,...

Electins and returning governers results in 31-23 female-male split.

Women outnumber men on the board of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences for the first time, it emerged on Monday (June 21).

As a result of this election for the 2021-22 cycle, the number of women Academy governors has increased from 26 to 31, compared to 23 male governors. The number of governors from underrepresented racial/ethnic communities has risen from 12 to 15.

Board of governor elections resulted in the following first-time board members: Rita Wilson, actors branch; Kim Taylor-Coleman, casting directors branch; Paul Cameron, cinematographers branch; Eduardo Castro, costume designers branch; Jean Tsien,...

Electins and returning governers results in 31-23 female-male split.

Women outnumber men on the board of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences for the first time, it emerged on Monday (June 21).

As a result of this election for the 2021-22 cycle, the number of women Academy governors has increased from 26 to 31, compared to 23 male governors. The number of governors from underrepresented racial/ethnic communities has risen from 12 to 15.

Board of governor elections resulted in the following first-time board members: Rita Wilson, actors branch; Kim Taylor-Coleman, casting directors branch; Paul Cameron, cinematographers branch; Eduardo Castro, costume designers branch; Jean Tsien,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the results of the new elected Board of Governors for the 2021-2022 year, showing increasing progress within the Oscar ranks. The number of women increased from 26 to 31 while the number from underrepresented racial and ethnic communities grew from 12 to 15.

Elected to the board for the first time are actor Rita Wilson, composer Lesley Barber and screenwriter Howard A. Rodman and more. Four incumbents were reelected to the board, including the heads of the following branches — Susanne Bier (directors), Jennifer Todd (producers), Tom Duffield (production design) and Bonnie Arnold (short films and feature animation branch). Oscar winner Bill Corso (“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”) returns to the board after a hiatus.

The Academy’s 17 branches are each represented by three governors, who may serve up to two three-year terms (consecutive or non-consecutive), followed by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday announced its newly elected 2021–2022 Board of Governors. Among the first-timers is Rita Wilson for the actors branch, while Oscar- and Emmy-winning director Susanne Bier returns for a new term in the directors branch, as does two-time Oscar show producer Jennifer Todd for the producers branch. Seven out of 12 governors elected for the first time are women, as are three out of four returning governors.

As a result of the election, the number of women Academy governors increases from 26 to 31, and the number of governors from underrepresented racial/ethnic communities increases from 12 to 15.

The Academy’s 17 branches are each represented by three governors, who may serve up to two three-year terms (consecutive or non-consecutive), followed by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility renews for up to two additional three-year terms, for a lifetime maximum of 12 years. The Board of Governors sets the Academy’s strategic vision,...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures just got a boost from Oregon animation studio Laika that put it over the top in fulfilling its pre-opening fundraising goal of $388 million and also has assured AMPAS members that it is on track to meet its planned April 30 opening date. Museum director and president Bill Kramer made the fundraising announcement today.

The total includes capital gifts, endowments, funding for education programs and other special gifts for the campaign, launched in 2012 and chaired by Bob Iger and co-chairs Annette Bening and Tom Hanks. More than 13,000 donors contributed to the campaign, with the biggest sum coming from Cheryl and Haim Saban, who donated $50 million and in return will have the (former May Company) building renamed the Saban Building.

“This is a great day for the Academy Museum and the entire world of film,” Iger said. “Thanks to the wonderful generosity of a broad community of donors,...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Board of Trustees said Tuesday that it has elected Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos as its chairman, a move that comes after previous chair Ron Meyer stepped down last month.

Sarandos had been the board’s vice-chair when he was named acting chair in the wake the departure of Meyer, who abruptly exited as vice chairman of NBCUniversal.

“Growing up a movie lover, I always wished for a place like the Academy Museum—somewhere I could lose myself in the magic of film,” Sarandos said today. “I am both honored and inspired to serve as chair, alongside the magnificent board of trustees and museum staff, as we work towards our April 2021 opening.”

In other Academy Museum voting, Miky Lee (Mie Kyung Lee) was elected vice-chair, and Paramount’s Jim Gianopulos was elected Treasurer. Kimberly Steward was re-elected to her role as Secretary.

The museum’s governing body,...

Miky Lee elected vice-chair, Paramount CEO and chairman Jim Gianopulos treasurer.

Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos has been named chair of the Academy Museum board of trustees in the wake of embattled former studio head Ron Meyer’s exit from the role last month.

Sarandos most recently served as vice-chair and stepped in as acting chair last month after Meyer quit the Academy Museum and his post as NBCUniversal vice-chairman after reports involving an affair.

Following the board meeting today (September 15) Miky Lee has been named vice-chair, Paramount CEO and chairman Jim Gianopulos treasurer, and Kimberly Steward has been re-elected secretary.

Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos has been elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

The trustees made the announcement on Tuesday, a month after Ron Meyer stepped down from the post in the wake of his resignation from NBCUniversal. Sarandos was vice chair of the museum’s board and served as acting chair following Meyer’s resignation.

“Growing up a movie lover, I always wished for a place like the Academy Museum — somewhere I could lose myself in the magic of film,” Sarandos said in a statement. “I am both honored and inspired to serve as Chair, alongside the magnificent Board of Trustees and museum staff, as we work towards our April 2021 opening.”

Meyer resigned after admitting to his bosses at NBCUniversal that he had an affair eight years ago and had paid a settlement to the woman to keep it quiet. The woman...

The Academy Museum’s board of trustees has elected Netflix’s Ted Sarandos as chair, as well as elected Miky Lee as vice-chair and Jim Gianopulos as treasurer. Kimberly Steward has been re-elected as secretary.

The Academy Museum is working toward an opening on April 2021 following next year’s Oscars after years of delays. Sarandos fills the role after former NBCUniversal executive Ron Meyer stepped down from his role as trustees chair. Meyer had served in the role since its creation in 2017. Sarandos served in the role in the interim after previously being the museum’s vice chair.

“Growing up a movie lover, I always wished for a place like the Academy Museum–somewhere I could lose myself in the magic of film. I am both honored and inspired to serve as chair, alongside the magnificent Board of Trustees and museum staff, as we work towards our April 2021 opening,” Sarandos,...

Casting director David Rubin has been re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In other votes by the board to officer positions on Tuesday (July 28), Lois Burwell becomes first vice-president, Larry Karaszewski vice-president, Isis Mussenden vice-president, and Wynn P. Thomas vice-president(chair, education and outreach committee).

Jim Gianopulos returns as treasurer after a hiatus and Janet Yang is appointed secretary.

Burwell and Karaszewski were re-elected and these will be the first officer appointment for Mussenden, Thomas, and Yang.

Academy board members may serve up to two three-year terms, followed by at least a two-year hiatus, after...