The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Officers 2021 - 2022

President - David Rubin

Mr. Rubin'south career every bit a casting director includes more than 90 motion pictures, including "The English Patient," "Men in Black," "The Talented Mr. Ripley," and "Lars and the Real Girl." In 2002, he received the Casting Society of America's Hoyt Bowers Award for outstanding contribution to the casting profession. Mr. Rubin is a governor of the Casting Directors Branch.

Vice President / Secretary - Donna Gigliotti

Ms. Gigliotti is one of simply nine women to win an Academy Laurels for Best Picture. She received the 1998 Oscar for producing "Shakespeare In Beloved." She received three additional Academy Award nominations for Best Picture: "Hidden Figures" (2016), "Silver Linings Playbook" (2013), and "The Reader"(2008). She is President of Tempesta Films, a movie production visitor based in New York. Ms. Gigliotti is a governor of the Executives Branch.

Vice President / Treasurer - David Linde

Mr. Linde is Chief Executive Officeholder at Participant. He has held executive, founder, and producer roles at Lava Bear Films, Universal Pictures, Focus Features, and Practiced Machine. He also received an Oscar nomination for All-time Picture for "Arrival" in 2017. Mr. Linde is a governor of the Executives Branch.

Vice President - DEVON FRANKLIN

Mr. Franklin, a fellow member of the Executives Branch, is the former SVP of Product for Columbia Pictures Entertainment and now runs his own product visitor, Franklin Amusement. He has produced the hit films "Breakthrough," "The Star," and "Miracles from Heaven." He is as well a New York Times bestselling writer and minister. Mr. Franklin is a Governor-at-Big.

Vice President - Larry Karaszewski

Mr. Karaszewski is all-time known for unusual truthful stories written in tandem with Scott Alexander. Their characteristic moving picture credits include the Oscar-winning "Ed Woods," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," "Human on the Moon," "Big Eyes," and "Dolemite is My Name." Mr. Karaszewski served equally co-chair of the International Feature Pic category from 2018-2021. He won the Emmy, Gilt Earth, PGA and WGA Award for "The People v O.J. Simpson: American Criminal offense Story." Mr. Karaszewski is a governor of the Writers Co-operative.

Vice President - Isis Mussenden

Ms. Mussenden'due south credits include "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe" (and two additional sequels), "American Psycho," and "The Wolverine." In addition, she was the get-go costume designer to receive costume-blueprint credit for animation: "Shrek," "Shrek ii," and "Puss in Boots." Ms. Mussenden is a governor of the Costume Designers Branch.

Vice President - Wynn P. Thomas

Mr. Thomas' credits include "Hidden Figures," "A Cute Mind," "Cinderella Man," "Mars Attacks!," "Malcolm X," and "Do the Right Thing." Mr. Thomas is a governor of the Production Design Co-operative.

Vice President - Jennifer Todd

Ms. Todd produced the double Oscar-winning film "Alice in Wonderland" and the Oscar-nominated films "Memento" and "Beyond the Universe." She recently produced the Emmy-nominated 89th and 90th Annual Academy Awards. Ms. Todd is a governor of the Producers Branch.

Vice President - Janet Yang

Ms. Yang, a member of the Producers Co-operative, began her career in China in distribution. Her extensive film and Television producing credits include "The Joy Luck Gild," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," "Shanghai Calling," "High Crimes," "Night Matter," "Zero Effect," and the Oscar-nominated animated movie, "Over the Moon." She won an Emmy for the HBO moving picture, "Indictment: The McMartin Trial." Ms. Yang is a Governor-at-Large.

CEO - Dawn Hudson

Prior to condign the Academy's CEO in 2011, Ms. Hudson was the Executive Director of Film Contained, which grew from a small non-profit into a nationally recognized arts establishment under her leadership.  She has worked in the arts for more than 25 years.

Governors 2021 - 2022

Actors Branch

Laura Dern

Ms. Dern won the Oscar for her supporting role in "Matrimony Story" and earned Oscar nominations for her leading role in "Rambling Rose" and for her supporting role in "Wild."  Her other credits include "Mask," "Blue Velvet," "Wild At Eye," "Jurassic Park," "Denizen Ruth," "99 Homes," and "Star Wars: The Terminal Jedi."

Whoopi Goldberg

Oscar winner for "Ghost" and nominated for "The Color Purple," Ms. Goldberg hosted the Academy Awards iv times.  Characteristic credits include "Soapdish," "Corrina, Corrina," two "Sister Act" films, and "The Panthera leo King."  A Grammy, Emmy, and Tony winner, as well as Ambassador for the U.N., she is a recipient of the Marker Twain prize.

Rita Wilson

Rita Wilson has acted in over xxx films including "Sleepless in Seattle," "It'due south Complicated," "Runaway Bride," "Mixed Nuts," "Jingle All the Style," "That Thing You lot Do," and "Gloria Bell." She is besides the producer of "My Big Fat Greek Hymeneals," "My Large Fat Greek Wedding 2," and Executive Producer of "Mamma Mia!" and "Mamma Mia! Hither Nosotros Go Again." In 2003, she was the recipient of the Producers Guild Visionary Accolade for My Large Fat Greek Wedding ceremony.

Casting Directors Branch

Kim Taylor-Coleman

Mrs. Coleman has been a casting director for over twenty years. Feature credits include "Infinite Jam: A New Legacy,""Cheaper By the Dozen,""Da five Bloods,""Harriet,""Blackkklansman," and Tyler Perry's films and television shows. Goggle box credits include "Lovecraft Country,""The Proficient Lord Bird,""Genius: Aretha." She received an Emmy nomination for "American Crime."

David Rubin

Mr. Rubin's career equally a casting director includes more than 90 motion pictures, including "The English Patient," "Men in Black," "The Talented Mr. Ripley," and "Lars and the Real Girl." In 2002, he received the Casting Social club of America's Hoyt Bowers Award for outstanding contribution to the casting profession.

Debra Zane

Ms. Zane has been a casting director for well-nigh 3 decades.  Her characteristic credits include "Mulan," "The Hunger Games" trilogy, "The Planet of the Apes" trilogy, "Dreamgirls," "Seabiscuit," "Catch Me If You Can," "Traffic," "Milky way Quest," and "American Beauty."  Debra is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College.

Cinematographers Branch

Paul Cameron

Mr. Cameron is a BAFTA winner for "Collateral" and two-time EMMY nominee for the HBO series "Westworld." His credits include "Reminiscence," "Man on Burn," "Swordfish," "Gone in Threescore Seconds," and, equally director, "Westworld."

Ellen Kuras

Oscar nominated for her film "The Betrayal/Nerakhoon," Ms. Kuras is a 2-fourth dimension Primetime Emmy winner.  Her credits include "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Heed," "Accident," "Summer of Sam," "Wormwood," "Rolling Thunder Revue," and, as a manager, "Ozark" and "Grab 22."

Mandy Walker

Ms. Walker's credits include "Mulan," "Hidden Figures," "Australia," "Shattered Glass," and "Lantana." She was inducted into the Hall of Fame of The Australian Cinematographers Gild in 2017, and was an creative person in residence at UCLA in 2015.

Costume Designers Co-operative

Ruth Eastward. Carter

Oscar Winner for Best Costume Blueprint for "Black Panther," and the first African American to win in her category. Oscar nominations for "Malcolm Ten" and "Amistad," making her the starting time African American to exist nominated in her category. Over 50 film credits including "Exercise the Correct Thing," "Selma," "Dolemite is My Proper name," and "Coming 2 America," the Costume Designers Social club awarded her their Career Accomplishment Award in 2018. Ms. Carter holds an honorary doctorate from Boston's Suffolk University.

Eduardo Castro

Mr. Castro'due south motion-picture show credits include "Bird on a Wire," "Saccharide Hill," "The Perez Family," "Kama Sutra, A Tale of Love," "Bride & Prejudice" and recipient of 5 Costume Designers Guild Awards, including the Career Accomplishment Honour in 2013.

Isis Mussenden

Ms. Mussenden'southward credits include "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe" (and ii additional sequels), "American Psycho," and "The Wolverine." In improver, she was the kickoff costume designer to receive costume-design credit for animation: "Shrek," "Shrek two," and "Puss in Boots."

Directors Branch

Susanne Bier

Ms. Bier is the director of the Oscar-winning film, "In a Better World," and the Emmy-winning director for the serial, "The Night Manager." Her moving-picture show "After the Nuptials" received an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Language Film category. Additional credits include "Things We Lost in the Fire," the original "Brothers," "Open Hearts," and "Bird Box."  Ms. Bier is co-chair of the International Feature Moving picture category.

Ava DuVernay

Ms. DuVernay's directorial work includes Best Moving picture nominee "Selma," Best Documentary nominee "13th," "A Contraction In Time," "Middle Of Nowhere," "I Will Follow," "Queen Sugar" and her Emmy Award winning series "When They See U.s.a.." She amplifies the work of Black artists, people of colour and women of all kinds through her multi-platform arts collective, Assortment.

Steven Spielberg

Mr. Spielberg is a 17-fourth dimension Oscar nominee and has won Academy Awards for directing and producing "Schindler's List" and for directing "Saving Private Ryan." Additional credits include "Span of Spies," "The Mail service," and "Ready Player One."

Documentary Co-operative

Kate Meliorate

Ms. Better is the editor of the Oscar-winning documentaries "Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport" and "The Long Way Abode." Other credits include "Dave Grusin: Non Enough Time," "The Example Against eight," "Beah: A Black Adult female Speaks," "Foster," and "Feminists: What Were They Thinking?"

Jean Tsien

Ms. Tsien has been working in documentaries for four decades. Her editing credits include the Oscar-nominated documentary feature "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy," and the Primetime Emmy Laurels winner "The Apollo." She recently won two Peabodys for "76 Days," which she produced, and "Asian Americans," which she executive produced. In 2020, she received the DOC NYC Lifetime Achievement Accolade.

Roger Ross Williams

Mr. Williams won an Oscar for his brusk documentary, "Music past Prudence," and a 2nd nomination for his feature documentary, "Life, Animated." His other credits include "The Apollo," "God Loves Uganda," and "Blackface."

Executives Co-operative

Pam Abdy

Mrs. Abdy is the President of MGM's Motility Moving-picture show Grouping where she oversees evolution, product and post-production for all MGM and Orion films.

Donna Gigliotti

Ms. Gigliotti is one of only 9 women to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. She received the 1998 Oscar for producing "Shakespeare In Honey." She received three additional University Honor nominations for Best Picture: "Hidden Figures" (2016), "Silver Linings Playbook" (2013), and "The Reader"(2008). She is President of Tempesta Films, a pic production company based in New York.

David Linde

Mr. Linde is Chief Executive Officer at Participant. He has held executive, founder, and producer roles at Lava Bear Films, Universal Pictures, Focus Features, and Practiced Machine. He also received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture for "Inflow" in 2017.

Film Editors Branch

Dody J. Dorn

Ms. Dorn earned an Oscar nomination for her piece of work on "Memento." She has also edited such features as "Kingdom of Heaven," "Australia," "Terminate of Scout," and "Fury."

Stephen Rivkin

Mr. Rivkin earned an Oscar nomination for his piece of work on "Avatar." Other film editing credits include "Alita: Battle Angel," the first three films of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, "Ali," "The Hurricane," and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights."

Terilyn A. Shropshire

Ms. Shropshire is an award-winning editor whose feature credits include: "The Old Baby-sit," "Beyond the Lights," "The Hole-and-corner Life of Bees," "Talk to Me," "Love and Basketball," and "Eve's Bayou." She is a Sundance Found/Adobe Mentorship Laurels recipient for her delivery to supporting our future rising stars in the craft.

Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch

Howard Berger

Mr. Berger won an Oscar for his makeup piece of work on "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and was nominated for "Hitchcock." His other characteristic credits include "Dances With Wolves," "Lone Survivor," "Impale Bill 1 & two," "The Green Mile," and "Oz the Slap-up and Powerful."

Bill Corso

Mr. Corso is an Academy Accolade Winning Makeup Artist for "Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events" and nominated twice for "Click" and "Foxcatcher." Characteristic credits include "Deadpool 1&2," "Bill and Ted Face the Music," "Kong:Skull Island" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Clients include Harrison Ford and Jim Carrey.

Linda Flowers

Ms. Flowers'southward credits include Midway, There Volition Be Claret, The Social Network, Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Iron Man 2, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Angels and Demons, and Fast and Furious 3,iv,seven & eight.

Marketing and Public Relations Branch

Laura C. Kim

Ms. Kim is EVP, Marketing at Participant where she oversees marketing on specialty films including narrative, documentary, international and series on the company'due south behalf. Prior to Participant, she founded Within Job, a marketing and distribution consultancy, served every bit EVP, Marketing at Warner Independent Pictures and SVP, Moving picture at MPRM.

Christina Kounelias

Ms. Kounelias is the President, Worldwide Marketing and Communications, at Participant, where she oversees global strategy for all marketing, branding, and communications initiatives. Prior to Participant, she served as Primary Marketing Officeholder at the Academy and previously held senior marketing posts at New Line Cinema, Flim-flam, and Miramax Films.

Nancy Utley

Ms. Utley is the onetime Chairman of Searchlight Pictures, where she jointly managed all aspects of the company, including product, acquisitions, marketing, and distribution.

Music Co-operative

Lesley Barber

Lesley Barber is all-time known for her score for Kenny Lonergan's Oscar-winning "Manchester by the Sea." Her other credits include "Late Dark," "Mansfield Park," "Irreplaceable Yous," "How To Modify The Globe," and "You Tin can Count on Me" amidst others.

Charles Bernstein

Mr. Bernstein is best known for scoring genre classics, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (the original), Stephen King'south "Cujo," and "The Entity," among over 130 feature films and Telly movies. His credits also include "Inglorious Basterds" and Oscar-winning documentaries, "Czechoslovakia 1968" and "Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision."

Laura Karpman

Laura Karpman is an accolade-winning composer and a tireless champion for women in music.  With a doctorate from Juilliard, her work spans film, television, concert halls, theater, and video games.  She is a four-fourth dimension Emmy winner whose feature credits include "Paris Tin can Wait," "The Beguiled," and "Step."

Producers Branch

Mark Johnson

Mr. Johnson received a Best Picture Oscar for "Rain Homo" and a nomination for "Bugsy." He has too produced such films every bit "Donnie Brasco," "The Notebook," "Galaxy Quest," Steven Soderbergh'due south "Logan Lucky," and Alexander Payne'south "Downsizing."

Lynette Howell Taylor

Ms. Howell Taylor has produced over 25 films in the final 15 years, including Bradley Cooper's directorial debut "A Star is Born," which received 8 Academy Laurels nominations. Most recently, she served equally Executive Producer on Derek Cianfrance'south HBO express series "I Know This Much is True" as well as produced the 92nd Academy Awards. Her flick credits include "Captain Fantastic," "The Accountant," and "Bluish Valentine."

Jennifer Todd

Ms. Todd produced the double Oscar-winning film "Alice in Wonderland" and the Oscar-nominated films "Memento" and "Across the Universe." She recently produced the Emmy-nominated 89th and 90th Annual Academy Awards.

Product Design Branch

Tom Duffield

Mr. Duffield's credits include "Patriots Day," "Hell or High H2o," "Lone Survivor," "Broken City," "The Kingdom," " The Rundown," "The Ring," and "Ed Wood."

Jan Pascale

Ms. Pascale was nominated for an Academy Honor for her work as set decorator on "Good Night, and Practiced Luck." Her other credits include "Argo," "The Spiderwick Chronicles," "Syriana," and "Training Day."

Wynn P. Thomas

Mr. Thomas' credits include "Subconscious Figures," "A Beautiful Mind," "Cinderella Man," "Mars Attacks!," "Malcolm X," and "Do the Right Thing."

Short Films and Feature Animation Branch

Bonnie Arnold

Animation veteran Bonnie Arnold produced the University Award-nominated films "How to Train Your Dragon" and "How to Train Your Dragon 2." Additional producing credits include "Toy Story," "Tarzan," as well as the live-activeness films, "Dances with Wolves" and "The Terminal Station." She served as Co-President/President of Characteristic Blitheness at DreamWorks Blitheness (2015-17).

Jon Bloom

Mr. Bloom is an honor-winning filmmaker, including his Oscar-nominated live-action short film, "Overnight Sensation," which he produced and directed. He has created special montages for the University Awards Anniversary, The Governors' Awards, and other events, as well every bit the first e'er In Memoriam segment on the Oscars telecast. He has served 19 years on the Board of Governors.

Jennifer YUH Nelson

Ms. Yuh Nelson received an Oscar nomination for the Animated Feature "Kung Fu Panda ii." Her other characteristic credits include "Kung Fu Panda three," "Kung Fu Panda," and "Madagascar."

Sound Branch

Gary C. Bourgeois

Mr. Bourgeois has been in the moving-picture show audio business for over 50 years encompassing product sound, scoring and music, rerecording and all elements within that classification. From Documentary to major Feature films, he has embraced mentorship.

Kevin Collier

Mr. Collier currently serves every bit the VP of Engineering and Applied science, Warner Bros. Studio Facilities, a position he's held for more than than twenty years. Prior to Warner Bros., Mr. Collier worked at NBC Universal and Quad 8 Electronics.

Teri E. Dorman

Ms. Dorman has worked on over 140 films. Her credits include "LaLaLand," "Foxcatcher," "Unstoppable," "Astonishing Spider-Man," "Moneyball," "Pirates of the Caribbean area" series, "Spy Game," "Man on Fire," Pearl Harbor," "Prince of Tides, "LethalWeapon2," "Bird," "Tiptop Gun," and "The Deer Hunter."

Visual Effects Branch

Craig Barron

Mr. Barron has contributed visual furnishings to more than than a hundred motion pictures. He received an Oscar nomination for his piece of work on "Batman Returns" and was awarded Best Visual Effects on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." He is co-chair of the Academy's Science and Technology Council.

Rob Bredow

Rob Bredow is an Academy Award Nominated VFX Supervisor ("SOLO: A Star Wars Story") with credits dating dorsum to "Independence 24-hour interval." He serves as Executive Artistic Director and Head of Industrial Light & Magic. He chairs the Academy Software Foundation, is a member of the Academy's Science and Engineering science Quango, and has previously served as CTO at Sony Pictures and Lucasfilm.

Brooke Breton

Ms. Breton has been involved in a wide variety of films which have received Academy recognition and awards. Cardinal projects include: Avatar, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Star Trek Four: The Voyage Dwelling, Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country, and Dick Tracy. A veteran in the field of visual effects, Ms. Breton was instrumental in the start up of Digital Domain equally well every bit DreamWorks Blitheness.

Writers Branch

Larry Karaszewski

Mr. Karaszewski is all-time known for unusual true stories written in tandem with Scott Alexander. Their characteristic flick credits include the Oscar-winning "Ed Woods," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," "Man on the Moon," "Big Optics," and "Dolemite is My Name." Mr. Karaszewski served as co-chair of the International Feature Pic category from 2018-2021. He won the Emmy, Golden Globe, PGA and WGA Accolade for "The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story."

Howard A. Rodman

Mr. Rodman wrote the films "Joe Gould's Secret," "August," and "Savage Grace." He is past president of the WGAW, professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, and an artistic director of the Sundance Screenwriting Labs

Eric Roth

Mr. Roth won an Oscar for Best Adjusted Screenplay for "Forrest Gump" and has been nominated for his screenplays of "The Insider," "Munich," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Push," and "A Star is Built-in."  He wrote Mr. Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August," "The Horse Whisperer," "Ali," and Best Picture Nominee, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close."  He received the WGA Laurel Award for Lifetime Accomplishment.

Governors-at-Large

(Nominated by the President and elected by the board)

DeVon Franklin

Mr. Franklin, a fellow member of the Executives Branch, is the former SVP of Production for Columbia Pictures Amusement and now runs his own production company, Franklin Entertainment. He has produced the hit films "Breakthrough," "The Star," and "Miracles from Heaven." He is also a New York Times bestselling writer and minister.

Rodrigo García

Mr. García is a one-time cinematographer, a author/director, and a member of the Directors Branch. Among his movies are "Things You Tin can Tell Just past Looking at Her," "Nine Lives," "Mother and Child," and "Albert Nobbs." His pilot directing credits include "Carnivale," "Big Love," and "In Treatment."

Janet Yang

Ms. Yang, a fellow member of the Producers Co-operative, began her career in China in distribution. Her extensive film and Television producing credits include "The Joy Luck Club," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," "Shanghai Calling," "High Crimes," "Dark Matter," "Null Effect," and the Oscar-nominated animated film, "Over the Moon." She won an Emmy for the HBO motion-picture show, "Indictment: The McMartin Trial."

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