Tag: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Academy’s Tech Council Adds 5 New Members

  Wendy Aylsworth, Rob Bredow, Douglas Greenfield, Rob Hummel and Bev Pasterczyk have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, bringing the...

Robert Osborne’s Official History of the Academy Awards® Available October 29

The official history of the Academy Awards, 85 Years of the Oscar captures the thrill of the film industry’s most significant and popular event with more than 750 photographs and an informative...

8 Doc Shorts On Oscar’s 2013 Shortlist

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 86th Academy Awards® has been narrowed to eight films, of which three...

Academy Film Scholar Donald Crafton Examines Animation’s Power To Create Imaginary Worlds

  In the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ latest celebration of works by Academy film scholars, Donald Crafton, professor of film, television and theater at the University of Notre Dame, will...

Academy, Mary Pickford Foundation Celebrate Silent Film With Two Restored Classics

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Mary Pickford Foundation will continue their annual celebration of silent film with screenings of two silent film classics from 1928 – “The...

New Casting Directors Branch Elects Three To Academy Board Of Governors

Three members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ newly created Casting Directors Branch have been elected to the Academy Board of Governors.  The first-time governors are David Rubin, who is...

76 Countries In Competition For 2013 Foreign Language Film Oscar®

A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®.  Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the...

The Academy Unspools Hollywood Home Movies

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will kick off a day-long celebration of home movies on Saturday, October 12, at noon, with “Home Movie Day Los Angeles,” a free event...

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