Academy Invites 105 New Members in 2008
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is inviting 105 artists and executives to join its ranks of voting members in 2008.
Among the invitees are several of this year’s Oscar nominees and winners, including best actress winner Marion Cotillard, best supporting actress nominee Ruby Dee (right, who should have been a member since 1961, at least), director Jason Reitman, and screenwriters Tamara Jenkins, Diablo Cody, and Nancy Oliver.
Veteran screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière keeps getting invited — and apparently keeps ignoring his invitations — every year.
As per the Academy’s press release, "the membership policies that the Academy adopted in 2004 in order to slow the growth of the organization would have allowed a maximum of 137 new members in 2008, but as in the previous years, the various branch committees sometimes endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003."
New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception at the Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills in September.
Photos: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S. (Brolin), Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. (Tichenor, Dee, Apatow), © Focus Features (Salles), © Warner Bros. (Li), Courtesy of AMPAS (Cohen)
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The 2008 invitees are:
Actors
Sacha Baron Cohen (above, top photo)
Josh Brolin (above, middle photo)
Marion Cotillard
Ruby Dee
Allison Janney
Jet Li (above, lower photo)
Ray Winstone
Animators
David Bowers
Ash Brannon
Doug Cooper
Jeremy Lasky
Caroline Leaf
David Schaub
David Silverman
Suzie Templeton
At-Large
Jim Houston
Neil Machlis
Sheila Nevins
Casting Directors
Ronna Kress
Cinematographers
Jonathan W. Brown
Clark Mathis
Kramer Morgenthau
J. Michael Muro
Tim Orr
Tom Richmond
Costume Designers
Isis Mussenden
Directors
Sergei Bodrov
James Gray
Michael Haneke
Doug Liman
Kimberly Peirce
Peyton Reed
Jason Reitman
Walter Salles (photo)
Gore Verbinski
Documentary
Nanette Burstein
Heidi Ewing
Liz Garbus
Michele Ohayon
Deborah Shaffer
Executives
Alan Bergman
Dana Goldberg
Sidney Kimmel
Chris S. LeRoy
Andrew Rona
Jeff Skoll
Film Editors
Barry Alexander Brown
John Carnochan
John Gilroy
Mark Livolsi
Dylan Tichenor (photo)
Juliette Welfling
Live Action Short Films
Philippe Pollet-Villard
Makeup/Hairstylists
Jan Archibald
Kate Biscoe
Didier Lavergne
Christien Tinsley
Music
Glen Ballard
J. J. George
Michael Giacchino
Producers
Armyan Bernstein
Jennifer Fox
Lianne Halfon
Hal Lieberman
Andrew Macdonald
Karen Murphy
Peter R. Newman
JoAnne Sellar
Production Designers
Jack Fisk
Clayton R. Hartley
Public Relations
Stephanie Allen
Suzanne Fritz
Kevin Goetz
Stephanie Kluft
Tim Palen
Marc Weinstock
Set Decorators
Larry Dias
Katie Spencer
Sandy Reynolds Wasco
Sound
Craig Berkey
Fernando Camara
David Giammarco
Mike Hopkins
Robert J. Kizer
Alyson Dee Moore
Mark Onks
Jon Taylor
Stunt Coordinators
Melissa R. Stubbs
Visual Effects
Nick Davis
Brian Gernand
Dan Glass
Bryan Grill
Edward T. Hirsh
Helena Packer
Kelly Port
Ted Rae
Doug Roble
Carey Villegas
Writers
Judd Apatow (photo)
David Benioff
Jean-Claude Carriere
Diablo Cody
Tamara Jenkins
Jeff Nathanson
Nancy Oliver
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