List of new members invited to join the Academy includes 28 previous Oscar recipients and 98 nominees, as well as 283 new international members from 60 countries.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced today that it has extended membership invitations to 683 new members, including 28 previous Oscar recipients and 98 nominees, as well as 283 new international members from 60 countries around the world.
In terms of diversity, women make up 46 percent of the incoming class, bringing the group’s overall representation to 27 percent. Previously, 25 percent of Academy members were women. Here’s the translation: nearly half of the incoming group are women, which amounts to a mere 2 percent increase in overall representation. You’ve come a long way, Baby.
People of color made up 41 percent of the incoming class, bringing that group’s representation up from 8 percent to 11 percent. Again, a little under half of the incoming Academy members are people of color, amounting to just a 3 percent increase overall.
And, in its continuing efforts to underscore that its membership is not just a bunch of “old, white guys,” the Academy is pointing out that its members range in age from 24 to 91.
See below for a list of the new membership invitees in the Short Films and Feature Animation and Visual Effects categories; the full list can be viewed here.
SHORT FILMS AND FEATURE ANIMATION
Alê Abreu
BOY AND THE WORLD
COSMIC BOY
Line K. Andersen
THE CROODS
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
Bruce Anderson
RIO 2
RIO
Graham Annable
THE BOXTROLLS
PARANORMAN
Guillaume Aretos
PUSS IN BOOTS
SHREK THE THIRD
Serena Armitage
STUTTERER
SCORNED
Sanjay Bakshi
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
Maxwell Boas
KUNG FU PANDA 3
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
Lydia Bottegoni
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA
SURF'S UP
Rebecca Wilson Bresee
ZOOTOPIA
FROZEN
Mark Burton
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE
GNOMEO & JULIET
Chris Butler
PARANORMAN
CORALINE
Clément Calvet
CAFARD
SONG OF THE SEA
Tom Cardone
RIO 2
DR. SEUSS' HORTON HEARS A WHO!
Marci Carlin
THE SOUL OF NASHVILLE
HUMAN DESTINY
Galen Tan Chu
EPIC
ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS
Benjamin Cleary
LOVE IS A STING
STUTTERER
Pam Coats
GNOMEO & JULIET
MULAN
Melissa Beth Cobb
KUNG FU PANDA 3
KUNG FU PANDA 2
Deborah Cook
THE BOXTROLLS
PARANORMAN
Jamie Oliver Donoughue
SHOK
LIFE ON THE LINE
Renato Dos Anjos
WRECK-IT RALPH
BOLT
Jeff Draheim
FROZEN
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Karen Dufilho
DUET
FOR THE BIRDS
Pato Escala
BEAR STORY
Katie Fico
ZOOTOPIA
FEAST
Michael Fong
INSIDE OUT
TOY STORY 3
Lori Forte
EPIC
ICE AGE CONTINENTAL DRIFT
Oorlagh George
THE SHORE
Jonathan Gibbs
TURBO
THE CROODS
Steven Goldberg
FROZEN
TANGLED
Judith Gruber-Stitzer
WILD LIFE
WHEN THE DAY BREAKS
Jorge R. Gutierrez
THE BOOK OF LIFE
CARMELO
Jane Hartwell
THE CROODS
MADAGASCAR
Georgina Hayns
THE BOXTROLLS
PARANORMAN
Janet Healy
MINIONS
DESPICABLE ME 2
Tang K. Heng
KUNG FU PANDA 2
KUNG FU PANDA
Jon W. S. Huertas
THE BOX
LONE
Raman Hui
MONSTER HUNT
SHREK THE THIRD
Claire Jennings
CORALINE
FATHER AND DAUGHTER
Yong Duk Jhun
THE CROODS
SHREK FOREVER AFTER
Sahim Omar Kalifa
BAD HUNTER
BAGHDAD MESSI
Scott Kersavage
ZOOTOPIA
WRECK-IT RALPH
Basil Khalil
AVE MARIA
SHOOTER
Michael Knapp
EPIC
ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS
Robert Kondo
THE DAM KEEPER
LA LUNA
Shawn Krause
INSIDE OUT
CARS 2
Max Lang
ROOM ON THE BROOM
THE GRUFFALO
Nicolas Marlet
KUNG FU PANDA 3
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
Steve Martino
THE PEANUTS MOVIE
ICE AGE CONTINENTAL DRIFT
Dale Mayeda
PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE
FROZEN
Brian McLean
THE BOXTROLLS
PARANORMAN
Mike Mitchell
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED
SHREK FOREVER AFTER
Joe Moshier
PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
James Ford Murphy
LAVA
CARS
Kiel Murray
UP
CARS
Yoshiaki Nishimura
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA
Kyle Odermatt
BIG HERO 6
PAPERMAN
Linda Campos Olszewski
CAR-MA'
A BAD HAIR DAY
Gabriel Osorio
BEAR STORY
RESIDUOS
Sanjay Patel
SANJAY'S SUPER TEAM
TOKYO MATER
Martin Pope
ROOM ON THE BROOM
CHICO & RITA
Christian Potalivo
THE NEW TENANTS
THE PIG
Tina Price
DINOSAUR
FANTASIA/2000
Peter Ramsey *
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
Denise Ream
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
CARS 2
Julie Roy
CARFACE
KALI THE LITTLE VAMPIRE
Damon Russell
CURFEW
BRINK
William Salazar
KUNG FU PANDA 3
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
Scott Santoro
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2
FLUSHED AWAY
Katherine Sarafian
BRAVE
LIFTED
Kent Seki
ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE
MEGAMIND
Osnat Shurer
ONE MAN BAND
BOUNDIN'
Mireille Soria
HOME
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED
Richard Starzak
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE
A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH
Michael D. Surrey
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
THE LION KING
Galyn Susman
RATATOUILLE
TOY STORY 2
Imogen Sutton
PROLOGUE
THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER
Dice Tsutsumi
THE DAM KEEPER
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
Nora Twomey
SONG OF THE SEA
THE SECRET OF KELLS
Pablo Valle
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
TURBO
Michael Venturini
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
TOY STORY 3
Pierre-Olivier Vincent
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
Patrick Vollrath
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY (ALLES WIRD GUD)
THE JACKET (DIE JACKE)
Dan Wagner
KUNG FU PANDA 3
KUNG FU PANDA 2
Koji Yamamura
MUYBRIDGE'S STRINGS
MT. HEAD
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE
THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY
Raymond Zibach
KUNG FU PANDA 3
“SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS
VISUAL EFFECTS
Kevin Baillie
THE WALK
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
Sara Bennett
EX MACHINA
HERCULES
Theo Bialek
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
THE SMURFS 2
Richard Bluff
THE BIG SHORT
UNBROKEN
Steve Cremin
HAIL, CAESAR!
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY (PARTS 1 AND 2)
Lindy Wilson De Quattro
PACIFIC RIM
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL
Adrian de Wet
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY (PARTS 1 AND 2)
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
Matt Dessero
JUPITER ASCENDING
DIVERGENT
Deak Ferrand
BY THE SEA
LUCY
Ronald Frankel
GODS OF EGYPT
RIDDICK
John Gibson
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
Martin Hill
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2
FURIOUS SEVEN
Bruce L. Holcomb
ANT-MAN
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
Andrew Jackson
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
Matthew Jacobs
GODS OF EGYPT
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
Anders Langlands
THE MARTIAN
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
Seth Maury
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB
MALEFICENT
Rich McBride
THE REVENANT
GRAVITY
Kelvin McIlwain
FURIOUS SEVEN
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
Paul Norris
EX MACHINA
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION
Dan Oliver
GODS OF EGYPT
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Edward M. Pasquarello
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION
TOMORROWLAND
Betsy Paterson
THE HUNGER GAMES
THE INCREDIBLE HULK
Matthew Shumway
THE REVENANT
LIFE OF PI
Jason Smith
THE REVENANT
SUPER 8
Kevin Andrew Smith
HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE
KRAMPUS
Simone Kraus Townsend
ANT-MAN
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
Stefano Trivelli
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
PAN
Adam Valdez
MALEFICENT
WORLD WAR Z
David Vickery
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION
FAST & FURIOUS 6
Steven Warner
THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY
THE MARTIAN
Andrew Whitehurst
EX MACHINA
PADDINGTON
Andy Williams
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
FURY
Tom Wood
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s membership in 2016; new members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception in the fall.
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
