By Jeffrey Jolson
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 6/18/07 –Oscar is inviting a few folks to join the voting club including Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, Daniel Craig and Eddie Murphy.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 115 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 2007 to the Academy’s roster of voting members.
“These individuals are all exceptionally accomplished in their respective fields,” said Academy President Sid Ganis. “We’re looking forward to having them join the Academy’s ranks.”
The membership policies that the Academy adopted four years ago in order to slow the growth of the organization would have allowed a maximum of nearly 150 new members in 2007, but as in the previous three years, the various branch committees endorsed far fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members for four years.
“The numbers are stabilizing nicely,” said Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis, “but at the same time some interesting changes are occurring. Like the recent lists of Oscar nominees, our last few membership invitation lists have been increasingly international.”
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.
The 2007 invitees are:
| Actors Jennifer Aniston Adriana Barraza Steve Carell Daniel Craig Aaron Eckhart Chiwetel Ejiofor William Fichtner Ryan Gosling Jackie Earle Haley Jennifer Hudson Danny Huston Eddie Murphy Christopher Plummer James Rebhorn Michael Sheen Maribel Verdu Animators Art Directors At-Large Casting Directors Cinematographers Music Producers Production Designers Public Relations |
Costume Designers Consolata Boyle Nancy Steiner Directors Documentary Executives Film Editors Live Action Short Films Makeup Sound Visual Effects Writers |