Academy Welcomes Tyler Perry, Apatow Mafia Among '09 Inductees
Just when you thought the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had made enough seismic changes for June, Sid Ganis and Co. today welcomed 134 new members into the Oscar-voting fold. Among them, find a few clues revealing some new-generation upstarts the Academy might have in mind for its broad new Best Picture class. And, regrettably, not nearly enough women.
I am greatly pleased to see Tyler Perry's name on the list; he's making more movies (and more profit) than almost any of his peers here. Except for maybe Judd Apatow's posse, including inductees Seth Rogen, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd and James Franco, the latter of whom may be the first gay-student-film-making NYU student ever invited to join the exclusive club. This seems to make Funny People an automatic lock for a Picture nod next February, does it not?
Apatow stock player Jane Lynch is in the group too, but she's one of only 27 women this year who would like to thank the Academy. Others include '08 acting nominees Anne Hathaway, Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson, Melissa Leo and screenwriting nominee Courtney Hunt (Frozen River); Michelle Williams, Amy Ryan and Movieline cover girl Emily Blunt round out the above-the-line ladies' Class of '09.
Congrats to all of this year's selectees and better luck to the rest next year; if America's favorite cross-dressing grandma can do it, then so can you. The full list is below.
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Actors
Casey Affleck
Emily Blunt
Michael Cera
Viola Davis
James Franco
Brendan Gleeson
Anne Hathaway
Taraji P. Henson
Emile Hirsch
Hugh Jackman
Melissa Leo
Jane Lynch
Eddie Marsan
James McAvoy
Seth Rogen
Paul Rudd
Amy Ryan
Michael Shannon
Michelle Williams
Jeffrey Wright
Animators
J.J. Blumenkranz
Konstantin Bronzit
Kendal Cronkhite
Rodolphe Guenoden
Byron Howard
Kunio Kato
Doug Sweetland
Chris Williams
Art Directors
Andrew Ackland-Snow
At-Large
Matthew D. Loeb
Redmond Morris
Casting Directors
John Papsidera
Bernie Telsey
Cinematographers
Russ T. Alsobrook
Anthony Dod Mantle
Henner Hofmann
Claudio Miranda
Rodney Taylor
Mandy Walker
Costume Designers
Deborah Hopper
Louise Mingenbach
Michael O'Connor
Michael Wilkinson
Directors
Rachid Bouchareb
Danny Boyle
David Frankel
Rod Lurie
Thomas McCarthy
Tyler Perry
Henry Selick
Documentary
William Gazecki
Rachel Grady
Rory Kennedy
Scott Hamilton Kennedy
James Marsh
Megan Mylan
Doug Pray
Executives
Daniel D.A. Battsek
Steve Beeks
Graham W. Burke
Joe Drake
Erik Feig
Paul Hanneman
Donald P. Harris
Claudia Lewis
Film Editors
Roger Barton
Hank Corwin
Chris Dickens
Elliot Graham
Kathryn Himoff
Leo Trombetta
Brent White
Pam Wise
Live Action Short Films
Reto Caffi
Jochen Alexander Freydank
F. Carter Pilcher
Makeup and Hairstylists
Howard Berger
Mike Elizalde
Louis Lazzara
Gerald Quist
Music
Jeff Danna
Andrew Dorfman
Peter Gabriel
Clint Mansell
A.R. Rahman
Producers
Mark Ciardi
Christian Colson
Gordon Gray
Broderick Johnson
Cathy Konrad
Andrew Kosove
James Lassiter
Russell Smith
Paula Wagner
Production Designers
Donald Graham Burt
Michael Carlin
Jane Ann Stewart
Kevin Thompson
Public Relations
Michael D. Camp
Marc Cohen
Megan Colligan
James C. Gallagher
David Kaminow
Sal Ladestro
Maria Pekurovskaya
Elizabeth Petit
Set Decorators
Rebecca Alleway
Peter Lando
Barbara Munch-Cameron
Scenic Artists
Robert Topol
Sound
Michael Barry
Derek Casari
Aaron Glascock
Ren Klyce
Peter F. Kurland
Karen Baker Landers
Hamilton Sterling
Deborah Wallach
Kim Waugh
Visual Effects
Christopher Bond
Matthew Butler
Chris Corbould
Rob Engle
Scott Gordon
Hal Hickel
Van Ling
Shane Mahan
Steve Preeg
Tim Webber
Edson Williams
Writers
John August
Dustin Lance Black
Courtney Hunt
Howard A. Rodman
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Comments
Congrats Eddie Murp...err, Tyler Perry!
So the "At Large" guys are escapees from the Kodak Theater Dungeon? Either that or they're Actor-Animator-Art Director-Casting Director-Cinematographer-Costume Director-Director-Documentarian-Screenwriter-Exec-Film Editor-Short Filmmaker-Makeup Artist-Hairstylist-Musician-Producer-Production Designer-Flack-Set Decorator-Scenic Artist-Sound Technician-VFX-Writers? When do they sleep?!?
How does it work? Does every member vote on every category? Or do only the actors vote on acting categories, only the costume designers vote on costume design, etc?
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