Academy Invites 105 to Become Members

Beverly Hills, CA, June 23, 2008 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 105 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2008 to the Academy’s roster of voting members.

“These individuals are all incredibly talented and a credit to the world of filmmaking,” said Academy President Sid Ganis. “They exemplify the high standards of the Academy and I welcome each and every one of them to our ranks.”

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.

The 2008 invitees are:

Actors
Sacha Baron Cohen – Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Josh Brolin – American Gangster, No Country for Old Men
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose, A Good Year
Ruby Dee – American Gangster, Just Cause
Allison Janney – Hairspray, Juno
Jet Li – War, Unleashed
Ray Winstone – Beowulf, Sexy Beast

Animators
David Bowers – Flushed Away, Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Ash Brannon – Surf’s Up, Toy Story 2
Doug Cooper – Bee Movie, Shark Tale
Jeremy Lasky – Cars, Finding Nemo
Caroline Leaf – Two Sisters, The Street
David Schaub – I Am Legend, Polar Express
David Silverman – The Simpsons Movie; Monsters, Inc.
Suzie Templeton – Peter & The Wolf, Dog

At-Large
Jim Houston
Neil Machlis
Sheila Nevins

Casting Directors
Ronna Kress – Beowulf, No Reservations

Cinematographers
Jonathan W. Brown – The Pink Panther, The Family Stone
Clark Mathis – Norbit, Happy Endings
Kramer Morgenthau – Feast of Love, Mayor of the Sunset Strip
J. Michael Muro – The Last Mimzy, Crash
Tim Orr – Year of the Dog, Little Manhattan
Tom Richmond – The Singing Detective, Waking the Dead

Costume Designers
Isis Mussenden – 10 Items or Less, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Directors
Sergei Bodrov ­– Mongol, Running Free
James Gray – We Own the Night, Little Odessa
Michael Haneke – Caché, The Piano Teacher
Doug Liman – The Bourne Identity, Swingers
Kimberly Peirce – Stop-Loss, Boys Don’t Cry
Peyton Reed – The Break-Up, Down with Love
Jason Reitman – Juno, Thank You for Smoking
Walter Salles – The Motorcycle Diaries, Behind the Sun
Gore Verbinski – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, The Ring

Documentary
Nanette Burstein – The Kid Stays in the Picture, On the Ropes
Heidi Ewing – Jesus Camp, The Boys of Baraka
Liz Garbus – Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, The Farm: Angola, USA
Michele Ohayon – Steal a Pencil for Me, Colors Straight Up
Deborah Shaffer – From the Ashes: 10 Artists, Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements

Executives
Alan Bergman
Dana Goldberg
Sidney Kimmel
Chris S. LeRoy
Andrew Rona
Jeff Skoll

Film Editors
Barry Alexander Brown – Inside Man, Summer of Sam
John Carnochan – The Simpsons Movie, Ice Age
John Gilroy – Michael Clayton, Miracle
Mark Livolsi – Fred Claus, The Devil Wears Prada
Dylan Tichenor – There Will Be Blood, Brokeback Mountain
Juliette Welfling – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Science of Sleep

Live Action Short Films
Philippe Pollet-Villard – Le Mozart des Pickpockets, Virgiles

Makeup/Hairstylists
Jan Archibald – La Vie en Rose, The Illusionist
Kate Biscoe – Memoirs of a Geisha, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Didier Lavergne – La Vie en Rose, The Pianist
Christien Tinsley –No Country for Old Men, The Passion of the Christ

Music
Glen Ballard – The Polar Express, XXX
J. J. George – The Longest Yard, 50 First Dates
Michael Giacchino – Ratatouille, Mission: Impossible III

Producers
Armyan Bernstein – A Lot Like Love, The Hurricane
Jennifer Fox – Michael Clayton, Syriana
Lianne Halfon – June, Ghost World
Hal Lieberman – Bridge to Terabithia, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Andrew Macdonald – Sunshine, 28 Weeks Later
Karen Murphy – For Your Consideration, Best in Show
Peter R. Newman – The Squid and The Whale, Smoke
JoAnne Sellar – There Will be Blood, Boogie Nights

Production Designers
Jack Fisk – There Will Be Blood, Mulholland Drive
Clayton R. Hartley – Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Public Relations
Stephanie Allen
Suzanne Fritz
Kevin Goetz
Stephanie Kluft
Tim Palen
Marc Weinstock

Set Decorators
Larry Dias – Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Katie Spencer – Atonement, Pride & Prejudice
Sandy Reynolds Wasco – Rushmore, Jackie Brown

Sound
Craig Berkey – No Country for Old Men; I, Robot
Fernando Camara – Love in the Time of Cholera, Apocalypto
David Giammarco – 3:10 to Yuma, Nacho Libre
Mike Hopkins – Transformers, King Kong
Robert J. Kizer – Night at the Museum, Anna and The King
Alyson Dee Moore – American Gangster, Blood Diamond
Mark Onks – Hostel, Under the Tuscan Sun
Jon Taylor – Gone Baby Gone, Babel

Stunt Coordinators
Melissa R. Stubbs – Fido, Along Came a Spider

Visual Effects
Nick Davis – Troy, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Brian Gernand – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Pearl Harbor
Dan Glass – Batman Begins, Sleepy Hollow
Bryan Grill – The Golden Compass, Letters from Iwo Jima
Edward T. Hirsh – The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, War of the Worlds
Helena Packer – Charlie Wilson’s War, X2
Kelly Port – We Own the Night, The Nativity Story
Ted Rae – Apocalypto, Nixon
Doug Roble – Meet the Robinsons, The Day after Tomorrow
Carey Villegas – The Jane Austen Book Club, Bad Boys II

Writers
Judd Apatow – Knocked Up, The 40 Year-Old Virgin
David Benioff – The Kite Runner, 25th Hour
Jean-Claude Carriere – Valmont, Belle de Jour
Diablo Cody – Juno
Tamara Jenkins – The Savages, Slums of Beverly Hills
Jeff Nathanson – The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can
Nancy Oliver – Lars and the Real Girl

About the Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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