Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures.
The Academy is composed of over 6,000 motion picture professionals. While the great majority of its members are based in the United States, membership is open to qualified filmmakers around the world. As of 2004, the Academy roster included theatrical filmmakers from 36 countries.[link]
The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, informally known as the Oscars. In addition, the Academy gives Student Academy Awards annually to filmmakers at the undergraduate and graduate level; awards up to five Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting annually; and operates the Margaret Herrick Library in Beverly Hills, California and the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, California.
The current president of the Academy is Sid Ganis.
Original 36 founders of the Academy
Actors Directors Writers- Joseph Farnham
- Benjamin F. Glazer
- Jeanie MacPherson
- Bess Meredyth
- Carey Wilson
- Frank Woods
- J, Arthur Ball
- Cedric Gibbons
- Roy J. Pomeroy
- Fred Beetson
- Charles H. Christie
- Sid Grauman
- Milton E. Hoffman
- Jesse L. Lasky
- M. C. Levee
- Louis B. Mayer
- Joseph M. Schenck
- Irving Thalberg
- Harry Warner
- Jack Warner
- Mary Pickford
- Harry Rapf
- Edwin Loeb
- George W. Cohen
Presidents of the Academy
Presidents are elected for one year terms and may not be elected for more than four consecutive terms.
- Douglas Fairbanks 1927-1929
- William de Mille 1929-1931
- M. C. Levee 1931-1932
- Conrad Nagel 1932-1933
- J. Theodore Reed 1933-1934
- Frank Lloyd 1934-1935
- Frank Capra 1935-1939
- Walter Wanger 1939-1941, 1941-1945
- Bette Davis 1941 (resigned after two months)
- Jean Hersholt 1945-1949
- Charles Brackett 1949-1955
- George Seaton 1955-1958
- George Stevens 1958-1959
- B. B. Kahane 1959-1960 (died)
- Valentine Davies 1960-1961 (died)
- Wendell Corey 1961-1963
- Arthur Freed 1963-1967
- Gregory Peck 1967-1970
- Daniel Taradash 1970-1973
- Walter Mirisch 1973-1977
- Howard Koch 1977-1979
- Fay Kanin 1979-1983
- Gene Allen 1983-1985
- Robert Wise 1985-1988
- Richard Kahn 1988-1989
- Karl Malden 1989-1992
- Robert Rehme 1992-1993, 1997-2001
- Arthur Hiller 1993-1997
- Frank R. Pierson 2001-2005
- Sid Ganis 2005-
Current administration of the Academy
- President - Sid Ganis
- First Vice President - Robert Rehme
- Vice President - Tom Hanks
- Vice President - Arthur Hamilton
- Treasurer - Donald C. Rogers
- Secretary - Kathy Bates
- Executive Director - Bruce Davis
- Board of Governors:
- *Dede Allen
- *Michael Apted
- *Craig Barron
- *Kathy Bates
- *Ed Begley Jr.
- *Carl A. Bell
- *Charles Bernstein
- *Jon Bloom
- *Rosemary Brandenburg
- *Bruce Broughton
- *Donn Cambern
- *Roger Deakins
- *Caleb Deschanel
- *Arthur Dong
- *Richard Edlund
- *Jonathan Erland
- *Sid Ganis
- *James N. Gianopulos
- *Larry Gordon
- *Arthur Hamilton
- *Tom Hanks
- *Curtis Hanson
- *J. Paul Huntsman
- *Cheryl Boone Isaacs
- *Fay Kanin
- *Kathleen Kennedy
- *Howard "Hawk" Koch
- *Jeffrey Kurland
- *John Lasseter
- *Marvin Levy
- *Michael Mann
- *Freida Lee Mock
- *Kevin O'Connell
- *Jeannine Oppewal
- *Alexander Payne
- *Frank R. Pierson
- *Robert Rehme
- *Phil Alden Robinson
- *Donald C. Rogers
- *Owen Roizman
- *Tom Rolf
- *Tom Sherak
External links
- [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
- [The Official Academy Awards Database of Winners and Nominees]
- [Margaret Herrick Library]
- [Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Academy Film Archive]
Not to be confused with...
See also
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