By Lindsey Bahr
Actor Marlee Matlin, director Jason Reitman and producer Jason Blum are joining the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The organization that puts on the Oscars said Wednesday that they are among the 12 Hollywood professionals who have been elected to the board for the first time. Others joining are cinematographer Dion Beebe, casting director Richard Hicks, marketing and public relations executive Megan Colligan, documentarian Chris Hegedus, film editor Nancy Richardson, production designer Missy Parker, sound artisan Peter Devlin, VFX maestro Paul Debevec, and Marlon West from the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch of the Academy.
Each of the academy’s 17 branches are represented by three governors who help set and guide the strategy for the academy and manage its financial health. Other governors currently serving include Whoopi Goldberg, Ava DuVernay and Rita Wilson. With this election, a majority of the board is female and 28 percent of members belong to an underrepresented racial or ethnic group.
The academy, and the board, have been under more scrutiny than usual following the incident in which Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars ceremony earlier this year. Several days later, the board banned Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years.
Lindsey Bahr is an AP film writer
Creativity unleashed: D&AD releases free annual showcase and trend analysis
D&AD has released its highly sought after Annual available for free as part of its ongoing commitment to nurturing creativity across different communities.
The organization is sharing full access to the D&AD Annual--a summary of the insights, strategies and campaigns that powered the best creative work at the D&AD Awards 2024--and the D&AD Trend Report which explores the themes from the Annual and how they might shape the future.
The D&AD Annual goes “behind the work” of this year’s award-winning creative campaigns across 32 categories and provides exclusive insider insights from the people who brought them to life. Judged by over 300 world-leading designers, advertising executives and skilled creatives, the D&AD Awards represent one of the annual high points of the creative calendar with all winners presented with a D&AD Pencil.
From how conspiracy theory tactics were co-opted to make skincare brand CeraVe go viral, to how Channel 4 worked with multiple directors to portray vignettes of British life, and Apple found inspiration in the transparency of glass to inform the design of their Vision OS, the D&AD Annual shines a light on all the 2024 shortlisted and winning work.
As part of the Annual, D&AD Voices also invites perspectives on major themes represented in the winning work; from the lucrative rise of women’s football penned by journalist and broadcaster Zing Tsjeng and an exploration of how to brand a cultural institution by Art Review’s Louise Benson, to unpacking the new generation of magazines with MagCulture, and climate advertising with Creatives for Climate. The D&AD Annual is available here.
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