Academy Conducting 13 SciTech Investigations for Awards Consideration
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced 13 scientific and technical investigations in areas from large format digital cameras to virtual production systems for this year’s awards....
View ArticleAcademy Launches Development Program for Black British Film Composers
Film composition has historically been one of the least diverse crafts in the industry, but the Academy is launching a new program to address the deficit. The organization has partnered with Mercury...
View ArticleAMPAS’ Jeanell English on Implementing Inclusion Standards: “The Action of...
For the past two awards cycles, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has implemented a “soft rollout” of its representation and inclusion standards, collecting demographic information about...
View ArticleMembers Applaud Academy’s New Production and Technology Branch: “The Arts and...
Members-at-Large of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are applauding Friday’s news that they will become part of a new Production and Technology Branch. Comprising approximately 400...
View ArticleFilm Academy’s SciTech Council Head Exits (Exclusive)
Andy Maltz, who led the Academy’s Science and Technology Council for nearly two decades, was recently and quietly let go from the Academy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He joined the Academy as...
View ArticleMetrograph Taps Former AMPAS Global Outreach Manager to Expand Membership...
Strategist and producer Roger Mancusi has been tapped as the new membership consultant at Metrograph, the entertainment company announced Thursday. The former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...
View ArticleFilm Academy Launches ‘Members Only’ Digital Series Featuring Troy Kotsur,...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ has launched a new digital series, Members Only, featuring actors and Academy members Troy Kotsur and Paul Raci in its debut episode. Set to release...
View ArticleDo Awards Ceremonies Still Matter? Film Academy and BAFTA Heads Discuss Their...
With viewing figures for awards shows largely in decline and less than half of what they were at their peak, the importance of such ceremonies has been called into question in recent years. Perhaps...
View ArticleOscar Winners Robert Legato, Deborah Scott Among New Academy SciTech Council...
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...
View ArticleJulianna Margulies, Greg Berlanti, Mayim Bialik Among 260 Signatories of...
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...
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