Wednesday, 2 July 2008

Academy invites 105 new members

List includes Sacha Baron Cohen and Gore Verbinski





The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 105 artists and executives -- ranging from actor Sacha Baron Cohen to director Gore Verbinski -- to join its ranks as voting members.


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 the various branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than that. With the new infusion of members, voting membership is expected to hold steady at just under the 6,000 mark.


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.


Full list of invitees follows on the next two pages


















Actors



Sacha Baron Cohen


Josh Brolin


Marion Cotillard


Ruby Dee


Allison Janney


Jet Li


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


J. 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


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


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


David Benioff


Jean-Claude Carriere


Diablo Cody


Tamara Jenkins


Jeff Nathanson


Nancy Oliver




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