Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 176 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 2012 to the Academy’s roster of members.
“These film professionals represent some of the most talented, most passionate contributors to our industry,†said Academy President Tom Sherak. “I’m glad to recognize that by calling each of them a fellow Academy member.”
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
The 2012 invitees are:
Actors
Simon Baker – “Margin Call,†“L.A. Confidentialâ€
Sean Bean – “Flightplan,†“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringâ€
Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist,†“OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spiesâ€
Tom Berenger – “Inception,†“Platoonâ€
Demián Bichir – “A Better Life,†“Cheâ€
Jessica Chastain – “The Help,†“The Tree of Lifeâ€
Clifton Collins, Jr. – “Star Trek,†“Trafficâ€
Bryan Cranston – “Contagion,†“Little Miss Sunshineâ€
Jean Dujardin – “Les infidèls, “The Artistâ€
Richard E. Grant – “The Iron Lady,†“Withnail & Iâ€
Jonah Hill – “Moneyball,†“Superbadâ€
Ken Howard – “J. Edgar,†“In Her Shoesâ€
Diego Luna – “Milk,†“Y Tu Mamá Tambiénâ€
Margo Martindale – “Secretariat,†“Million Dollar Babyâ€
Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids,†“The Back-Up Planâ€
Matthew McConaughey – “The Lincoln Lawyer,†“A Time to Killâ€
Janet McTeer – “Albert Nobbs,†“Tumbleweedsâ€
S. Epatha Merkerson – “Mother and Child,†“Terminator 2: Judgment Dayâ€
Sam Rockwell – “Cowboys & Aliens,†“Noonâ€
Andy Serkis – “The Prestige,†“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kingâ€
Octavia Spencer – “The Help,†“The Soloistâ€
Lili Taylor – “Being Flynn,†“High Fidelityâ€
Nia Vardalos – “For a Good Time, Call…,†“My Big Fat Greek Weddingâ€
Kerry Washington – “Django Unchained,†“Rayâ€
Michelle Yeoh – “The Lady,†“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragonâ€
Designers
Laurence Bennett – “The Artist,†“Crashâ€
David Brisbin – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,†“Dead Presidentsâ€
Scott Chambliss – “Cowboys & Aliens,†“Mission: Impossible IIIâ€
Wendy Chuck – “The Descendants,†“Sidewaysâ€
Maria Djurkovic – “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,†“The Hoursâ€
Sanja Milkovic Hays – “Battle: Los Angeles,†“Mission to Marsâ€
Mayes Rubeo – “Avatar,†“Apocalyptoâ€
Anne Seibel – “Midnight in Paris,†“The Devil Wears Pradaâ€
Sharon Seymour – “The Ides of March,†“Friday Night Lightsâ€
Sammy Sheldon – “X-Men: First Class,†“V for Vendettaâ€
Cinematographers
Florian Ballhaus – “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,†“The Devil Wears Pradaâ€
Oliver Bokelberg – “Win Win,†“The Station Agentâ€
Anna J. Foerster – “Anonymousâ€
Larry Fong – “Super 8,†“300â€
Alwin Kuchler – “Hanna,†“Proofâ€
Toyomichi Kurita – “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family,†“Waiting to Exhaleâ€
George Mooradian – “Crazy as Hell,†“Nemesisâ€
Guillaume Schiffman – “The Artist,†“OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spiesâ€
Terry Stacey – “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,†“Friends with Moneyâ€
Directors
Joseph Cedar – “Footnote (Hearat Shulayim),†“Beaufortâ€
Jean-Pierre Dardenne – “The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo),†“The Child (L’enfant)â€
Luc Dardenne – “Lorna’s Silence (Le silence de Lorna),†“The Son (Le fils)â€
Philippe Falardeau – “Monsieur Lazhar,†“It’s Not Me, I Swear! (C’est pas moi, je le jure!)â€
Asghar Farhadi* – “A Separation (Jodaieye Nadar az Simin),†“About Elly (Darbareye Elly)
(also invited to the Writers Branch)
Rodrigo Garcia – “Albert Nobbs,†“Mother and Childâ€
Michel Hazanavicius* – “Les infidèles (The Players),†“The Artist†(also invited to the Writers Branch)
Kasi Lemmons – “Talk to Me,†“Eve’s Bayouâ€
Terrence Malick – “The Tree of Life,†“The Thin Red Lineâ€
Michaël R. Roskam – “Bullhead (Rundskop)â€
Wong Kar Wai – “My Blueberry Nights,†“In the Mood for Loveâ€
Documentary
John Battsek – “The Tillman Story,†“One Day in Septemberâ€
Amy Berg – “Bhutto,†“Deliver Us from Evilâ€
Simon Chinn – “Project Nim,†“Man on Wireâ€
Marshall Curry – “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front,†“Street Fightâ€
Johanna Demetrakas – “Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche,†“Bus Riders Unionâ€
Daniel Junge – “Saving Face,†“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardnerâ€
Mary Lampson – “Kimjongilia,†“Harlan County, USAâ€
Sam Pollard – “Gerrymandering,†“4 Little Girlsâ€
Glenn Silber – “El Salvador: Another Vietnam,†“The War at Homeâ€
Lucy Walker – “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom,†“Waste Landâ€
Executives
James Amos
Michael Bostick
Richard Brener
Howard Mark Cohen
David C. Glasser
Jeffrey B. Goldstein
Frederick Huntsberry
Jon Jashni
Michael Marshall
Tony Safford
Gregory Silverman
Nigel Sinclair
Film Editors
Kirk Baxter – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,†“The Social Networkâ€
Nicolas De Toth – “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,†“The Sum of All Fearsâ€
Scott Hill – “Zookeeper,†“Bruce Almightyâ€
Dan Lebental – “Iron Man 2,†“Elfâ€
Glen Scantlebury – “Transformers,†“Bram Stoker’s Draculaâ€
Makeup Artists and Hairstylists
Mark Coulier – “The Iron Lady,†“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2â€
Linda Flowers – “The Hunger Games,†“The Social Networkâ€
Toni G – “Salt,†“Monsterâ€
Amanda Knight – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,†“Mission: Impossibleâ€
Tami Lane – “Superman Returns†“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobeâ€
Members-at-Large
Wendy Aylsworth
Kyle Cooper
Patrick Crowley
Bud Davis
Chris deFaria
Sarah Katzman
John Kilkenny
Heidi Levitt
Kerry Lyn McKissick
Elizabeth Sayre
Michael Tadross
Mary Vernieu
Music
Ludovic Bource – “The Artist,†“OSS 117: Lost In Rioâ€
Alberto Iglesias – “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,†“The Constant Gardenerâ€
Conrad Pope – “My Week with Marilyn,†“The Rising Placeâ€
Ryuichi Sakamoto – “Love Is the Devil,†“The Last Emperorâ€
Theodore Shapiro – “The Big Year,†“I Love You, Manâ€
Producers
Letty Aronson – “Midnight in Paris,†“Match Pointâ€
Michael Barnathan – “The Help,†“Rentâ€
Jean Bréhat – “London River,†“Days of Glory (Indigènes)â€
Susan Cartsonis – “Beastly,†“What Women Wantâ€
Tracey Edmonds – “Jumping the Broom,†“Soul Foodâ€
Dede Gardner – “The Tree of Life,†“Running with Scissorsâ€
Grant Heslov* – “The Ides of March,†“Good Night, and Good Luck.†(also invited to the Writers Branch)
Thomas Langmann – “The Artist,†“Mesrine: Public Enemy #1â€
William Packer – “Think Like a Man,†“This Christmasâ€
Aaron Ryder – “The Raven,†“The Prestigeâ€
Peter Saraf – “Our Idiot Brother,†“Little Miss Sunshineâ€
Mary Jane Skalski – “Win Win,†“The Station Agentâ€
Public Relations
Larry Baldauf
Cindi Berger
Matthew P. Brubaker
Brian Daly
Rebecca Kearey
Adam Keen
Katie Martin Kelley
Eric Kops
Derek McLay
Michelle Sewell
Mark Woollen
Short Films and Feature Animation
Paul Cichocki – “Brave,†“WALL-Eâ€
Eric Daniels – “Tangled,†“Meet the Robinsonsâ€
Amanda Forbis – “Wild Life,†“When the Day Breaksâ€
Emily Hubley – “The Toe Tactic,†“Pigeon Withinâ€
William Joyce – “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,†“Meet the Robinsonsâ€
Marv Newland – “CMYK,†“Tête à Tête à Têteâ€
Floyd Norman – “Waking Sleeping Beauty,†“Mulanâ€
Jonas Rivera – “Up,†“Carsâ€
Michelle Steffes – “The Interview,†“Day Laborâ€
David Verrall – “Dimanche/Sunday,†“Madame Tutli-Putliâ€
Jennifer Yuh Nelson – “Kung Fu Panda 2,†“Madagascarâ€
Sound
Erik Aadahl – “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,†“Monsters vs Aliensâ€
Deb Adair – “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,†“Moneyballâ€
Stephen M. Bartkowicz – “Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds,†“Red Stateâ€
John T. Cucci – “Snow White & the Huntsman,†“Prometheusâ€
Chuck Garsha – “Misery,†“Die Hardâ€
Mildred Iatrou – “The Green Hornet,†“The Tree of Lifeâ€
Tim LeBlanc – “For Greater Glory,†“Something Borrowedâ€
Bo Persson – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,†“Fanny & Alexanderâ€
Gary L.G. Simpson – “Captain America: The First Avenger,†“The Bourne Ultimatumâ€
Philip Stockton – “Hugo,†“Brokeback Mountainâ€
Visual Effects
Scott Benza – “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,†“Iron Manâ€
Greg Butler – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,†“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kingâ€
Sheena Duggal – “The Hunger Games,†“Spider-Man 3â€
Christopher Evans – “Hugo,†“The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonâ€
Ben Grossmann – “Hugo,†“The Italian Jobâ€
Dan Lemmon – “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,†“King Kongâ€
John Rosengrant – “Real Steel,†“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machinesâ€
Eric Saindon – “Avatar,†“X-Men The Last Standâ€
R. Christopher White – “The Lovely Bones,†“Jurassic Park IIIâ€
Guy Williams – “Marvel’s The Avengers,†“Avatarâ€
Joss Williams – “Hugo,†“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Streetâ€
Writers
J.C. Chandor – “Margin Callâ€
Asghar Farhadi* – “A Separation (Jodaieye Nadar az Simin),†“Beautiful City (Shahr-e ziba)â€
(also invited to the Directors Branch)
Michel Hazanavicius* – “The Artist,†“OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies†(also invited to the Directors Branch)
Grant Heslov* – “The Ides of March,†“Good Night, and Good Luck.†(also invited to the Producers Branch)
Stephen King – “Pet Sematary,†“Creepshowâ€
Oren Moverman – “The Messenger,†“I’m Not Thereâ€
Annie Mumolo – “Bridesmaidsâ€
Nicholas Stoller – “The Muppets,†“Get Him to the Greekâ€
Peter Straughan – “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,†“The Men Who Stare at Goatsâ€
Kristen Wiig – “Bridesmaidsâ€
Additionally, the Academy invited Fritz Gabriel Bauer, Lee S. Berger, Ronald Bernstein, Ariel Emanuel, Jean-Marie Lavalou, Bryan Lourd, Dale Oliver, Jeremy Plager, John B. Quinn and Steve Weinstein to Associate membership. Associate members are not represented on the Board and do not have Academy Awards® voting privileges.
Three individuals (noted above by an asterisk) have been invited to join the Academy by multiple branches. These individuals must select one branch upon accepting membership.
New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception in September.
The Academy’s Board of Governors also approved a recommendation from the Art Directors Branch; moving forward, the branch will be known as the Designers Branch. The branch includes production designers, art directors, set decorators and costume designers.
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