Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscars: Film Academy Updates Rules and Campaign Protocols, Announces Changes to Special Awards
As the film awards industrial complex reemerges from a brief hibernation following the 96th Oscars and begins thinking about the 97th, which will take place on March 2, 2025, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ board of governors has announced updated awards rules and campaign promotional regulations — as well as changes to some […]
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Film Academy Appoints Bridgette Wilder to Newly Created Role of Chief People and Culture Officer
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has hired Bridgette Wilder to serve as its chief people and culture officer (CPCO), a newly created position that combines the human resources teams of the Academy and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Wilder will report directly to Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy Museum director […]
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Oscars Analysis: Why ‘Oppenheimer’ Dominated, ‘Killers’ Crashed and ‘Poor Things’ Outperformed ‘Barbie’
An awards season unlike any other — during which the first simultaneous strikes of actors and writers in Hollywood history largely prevented campaigning by talent for months — came to an end Sunday night at the 96th Academy Awards. As was widely expected, Oppenheimer dominated, winning seven Oscars — no film has won more since Slumdog Millionaire […]
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‘The Zone of Interest’ Director Makes Gaza Statement in Oscars Speech
The Zone of Interest, the German-language Holocaust drama directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller, has won the United Kingdom its first-ever Academy Award for best international feature at the Oscars 2024. In his speech for his Cannes Grand Prix-winner, Glazer linked the film’s subject to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, […]
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A Recent History of the Academy’s Accessibility and Disability Inclusion Efforts
The 2021 Oscars was the first time a front-facing ramp was an integrated element of the Academy Awards’ custom-built stage. Academy member Jim LeBrecht, who uses a wheelchair, initiated the effort and executed it alongside his Crip Camp co-director Nicole Newnham and executive producer Howard Gertler after an Oscar nomination for the Obama-produced Netflix doc […]
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Oscars: Film Academy Splits Its Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Into Two
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ nearly 10,000 members each belong to one of 18 branches. One of those branches, the short films and feature animation branch, is about to become two, a short films branch and a feature animation branch, the organization announced on Monday. The move is the result of a […]
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Film Academy Announces New Oscar for Achievement in Casting
The Academy of Motion Pictures Art and Sciences has announced that it will soon begin annually presenting an Oscar recognizing achievement in casting. The award, which will first be presented in 2026, will be the first new Oscar introduced since the organization began presenting best animated feature in 2002, after announcing its creation in 2001. […]
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Oscars: Film Academy Vet Teni Melidonian Upped to Newly Created Position of Chief Oscars Officer
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has promoted Teni Melidonian to chief Oscars officer, a newly created position, and MaryJane Partlow to executive vp, awards production and special events, Academy CEO Bill Kramer announced Tuesday. Melidonian will continue to report directly to Kramer. Partlow will report to Melidonian. Melidonian will lead strategy, talent […]
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Julianna Margulies, Greg Berlanti, Mayim Bialik Among 260 Signatories of Letter to Film Academy Critiquing Jewish Exclusion from Diversity Standards
Amid Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas, Jewish entertainment figures have come together to issue an open letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences criticizing their exclusion from being specified as an underrepresented group. “An inclusion effort that excludes Jews is both steeped in and misunderstands antisemitism,” reads the letter, organized by the […]
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Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Selena Gomez and More Stars Walk the Red Carpet at the Academy Museum Gala
Streep and Winfrey are being honored at the event, along with, Michael B. Jordan and Sofia Coppola.
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2023 Oscars Revenue Rose Alongside TV Ratings, Film Academy Financial Statement Shows
This year not only saw the TV ratings for the Academy Awards rise on ABC, it also delivered more revenue for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, new financial statements show. Revenue from the Academy Awards and “related activities” soared to $143.5 million in fiscal 2023 (ending June 30), according to the financial statements […]
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Oscar Winners Robert Legato, Deborah Scott Among New Academy SciTech Council Members
Industry vets Dominic Glynn, Rob Legato, Nancy Richardson, Deborah Scott, Tom Sito and Sharon Smith Holley have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Visual effects supervisor and VFX branch member Legato won Oscars for Titanic, Hugo and The Jungle Book. His VFX credits also […]
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