Latest Academy News: Producer Named, and More
other elections, five brand new governors were elected to the Academy Board, while nine returned. The terms of all 14 Academy Board governors began on August 1. Three governors represent each of the Academy's branches and are elected for staggered terms, so that each branch elects or re-elects one governor each year. The newcomers to the board include Caleb Deschanel, cinematographers branch; Larry Gordon, producers branch; Kevin O'Connell, sound branch; and Tom Sherak, executives branch. Returning is Bruce Broughton, music branch, who had represented the branch before between 1990 and 1999.
Incumbent governors returning to the board are Ed Begley Jr., actors branch; Jeannine Oppewall, art directors; Michael Mann, directors; Arthur Dong, documentary; Dede Allen, film editors; Cheryl Boone Isaacs, public relations; Jon Bloom, short films and feature animation; Richard Edlund, visual effects and Frank Pierson, writers. Governors whose positions were not up for re-election and who continue on the board are: actors branch, Kathy Bates and Tom Hanks; art directors, Jeffrey Kurland and Marvin March; cinematographers, Owen Roizman and Haskell Wexler; directors, Gilbert Cates and Curtis Hanson; documentary, Michael Apted and Freida Lee Mock; executives, William M. Mechanic and Robert Rehme; film editors, Donn Cambern and Tom Rolf; music, Charles Bernstein and Arthur Hamilton; producers, Kathleen Kennedy and Mark Johnson; public relations, Sid Ganis and Richard Kahn; short films and feature animation, Carl Bell and June Foray; sound, J. Paul Huntsman and Donald C. Rogers; writers, Fay Kanin and Hal Kanter; and visual effects, Jonathan Erland and Bill Taylor.
And in the final bit of news from the Academy, back in July the Academy issued some new marketing rules for the upcoming Oscar season which reflect their tougher stance on studios and how they promote their films for Oscar consideration. As we have known in past years, some of these studio promotions have gotten so far out of hand. The Academy is clearly taking charge on this issue, and what used to be "guidelines" are now clear "regulations."
"Any Academy member," paragraph two says, "who has authorized, approved or executed a campaign activity that is determined by the Board of Governors to have undermined the letter or spirit of these regulations will be subject to suspension of membership or expulsion from the Academy."
Paragraph three makes it clear that "more serious violations could result in a film losing its eligibility for Awards consideration."
"There will now be personal consequences to improper campaigning," Academy President Frank
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