Rodriguez/Getty Images for CinemaCon)Īccording to a survey conducted by the LA Times in 2014, the Academy voter was on average 63 years old, with 76% of the members being male, and 94% of the members being white. LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 29: Honoree Cheryl Boone Isaacs speaks onstage at 2017 Will Rogers Pioneer of the Year Dinner Honoring Cheryl Boone Isaacs at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on Main Las Vegas, Nevada. Still, a comprehensive list of members is unavailable, and the specific identity of all seven thousand members is what the LA Times has called a “closely guarded secret,” but in the wake of A2020, an initiative set in motion by former Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy has begun to increase its transparency, all the while making conscious steps to make the Academy voting body far more diverse. Meryl Streep, Director Steven Spielberg, and Tom Hanks on the set of THE POST. Made up of 7,258 members – all of whom are labeled as “motion picture professionals” – the Academy is broken into 17 branches (Cinematographers, Sound, Actors, Directors, Designers, Makeup Artists and Hairstylists, Short Films and Feature Animation, Music, Executives, Visual Effects, Producers, Film Editors, Costume Designers, Writers, Casting Directors and Public Relations) and is overseen by a Board of Governors, including recognizable representatives from the field like Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy, Laura Dern and cinematographer John Bailey, who serves as President. “The Academy” is officially the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – a professional organization whose function is to “advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures”. We’re all familiar with the “I’d like to thank the Academy” cliche – but what is the Academy exactly, and who are the individuals who shape the awards race? Naturally, the nominations and winners of each year’s Oscars are fraught with expectations and predictions, but for all the obsession with the minutiae of the prestigious awards show, the creatives who make up the titular Academy (and thus decide each year’s winners) have, at least in the past, resided decidedly out of the spotlight. No matter the year, awards season is always a rewarding frenzy of prognosticating and movie-cramming, as a handful of the year’s best titles make their way from year-end lists and critics circles to the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs before finally qualifying to grace the stage of the biggest ceremony of the year: the Academy Awards.
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