Academy invites 120 new members
Jul 05, 2006 by Ian Evans
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended membership invitations to 120 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves in the field of theatrical motion pictures. The group will be the only new voting members invited to join the organization in 2006.
“Two years ago the Academy decided to slow membership growth, and to become even more selective in choosing members,” said Academy President Sid Ganis. “Instead of inviting every proposed person who has achieved the minimum qualifications for his or her branch, the membership committees are selecting the most exceptionally qualified names from those lists.”
Procedures instituted two years ago allow the organization to fill vacancies resulting from death and transitions to retired (non-voting) status and grow by a maximum of 30 new members annually.
The 120 invitees are:
| ACTORS | AT-LARGE |
| Amy Adams | Grover Crisp |
| Eric Bana | Louis D’Esposito |
| Maria Bello | Daniel Glickman |
| Dakota Fanning | Steve Papazian |
| Jake Gyllenhaal | David Young |
| Terrence Howard | |
| Felicity Huffman | |
| Keira Knightley | CASTING DIRECTORS |
| Heath Ledger | Sarah Halley Finn |
| Hayley Mills | Randi Hiller |
| Barry Pepper | |
| Joaquin Phoenix | |
| Jon Polito | CINEMATOGRAPHERS |
| Ving Rhames | Lance Acord |
| Liev Schreiber | Paul Cameron |
| David Strathairn | Cesar Charlone |
| Rachel Weisz | Denis Lenoir |
| Wally Pfister | |
| ANIMATORS | Roberto Schaefer |
| Wayne Allwine | Sandi Sissel |
| Mark Andrews | Tom Stern |
| Steve Box | Salvatore Totino |
| John Canemaker | |
| Will Finn | |
| Rex Grignon | COSTUME DESIGNERS |
| Andrew Jimenez | Jacqueline Durran |
| Tim Johnson | Janty Yates |
| Hayao Miyazaki | |
| DIRECTORS | LIVE ACTION SHORT FILMS |
| Werner Herzog | Pia Clemente |
| Nicole Holofcener | Martin McDonagh |
| Gavin Hood | Rob Pearlstein |
| Bennett Miller | |
| Mark Waters | |
| MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLISTS | |
| Lance Anderson | |
| Nick Dudman | |
| DOCUMENTARY | |
| Paola di Florio | |
| Alex Gibney | MUSIC |
| Hubert Sauper | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Alberto Iglesias | |
| Dario Marianelli | |
| Dolly Parton | |
| EXECUTIVES | |
| Gail Berman | |
| Jeff Bewkes | PRODUCERS |
| Colin Callender | Albert Berger |
| Andrew E. Cripps | Bill Kong |
| Hal Gaba | Tom Luddy |
| Elizabeth Gabler | Gail Mutrux |
| Douglas Mankoff | Diane Nabatoff |
| Michael Paseornek | Cathy Schulman |
| Paul Schaeffer | Jennifer Todd |
| Jonathan Sehring | Robert K. Weiss |
| Michael J. Werner | Ron Yerxa |
| PRODUCTION DESIGNERS/ | |
| FILM EDITORS | ART DIRECTORS |
| Tom Finan | Mark Friedberg |
| Wayne Wahrman | Sarah Greenwood |
| Hughes Winborne | Tom Reta |
| Melissa Stewart | |
| Tom Wilkins | |
| PUBLIC RELATIONS | VISUAL EFFECTS |
| Andre Caraco | Jim Berney |
| Mary Murphy Conlin | Pablo Helman |
| Steve Elzer | Jeffrey M. Kleiser |
| Barbara Glazer | Michael Meinardus |
| Rick Lynch | William F. “Bill” Shourt |
| Steven T. Miller | Dan Taylor |
| Bill Tondreau | |
| Bill Westenhofer | |
| SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL | |
| James Beshears | WRITERS |
| Lanny Raimondo | Noah Baumbach |
| Kenneth S. Williams | Jeffrey Caine |
| Jean-Claude Carrière | |
| Dan Futterman | |
| Tony Kushner | |
| SET DECORATORS | Bobby Moresco |
| Trisha Edwards | Josh Olson |
| Victor Zolfo | |
| SOUND | |
| Ulrika Akander | |
| Anthony (Chic) Ciccolini III | |
| Eugene Gearty | |
| Michael Semanick | |
| Renée Tondelli |
New members will be welcomed into the organization at an invitation-only reception on Wednesday, September 20, at the Academy’s Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills.