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Oscar®-nominated producer and Academy Producers Branch governor Jennifer Fox will return to produce the 16th Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor announced today. It is her seventh time producing the event.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 52nd Student Academy Awards® ceremony. Gold, Silver and Bronze placements were announced and trophies presented during a ceremony held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, in partnership with Rolex. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received 3,127 entries from 988 colleges and universities worldwide. With remarks by Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor, the night’s category presenters included Academy Actors Branch Governor Lou Diamond Phillips and filmmakers Craig Brewer, Jon M. Chu and Alex Woo. The 2025 ceremony is available to view here.
Alina Simone and Marlén Viñayo have been selected as the recipients of the 2025 Academy Gold Fellowship for Women. Part of the Academy’s global talent development and education work, the Gold Fellowship for Women is a one-year program that combines support, personalized mentorship and access to once-in-a-lifetime networking opportunities for emerging women filmmakers to further their pursuits in the field of cinema. As part of the Academy’s global focus and outreach, the Academy awards two fellowships annually, one to a U.S.-based filmmaker and one to a non-U.S.-based filmmaker. The fellowship is presented in partnership with CHANEL.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 14 students as winners of the 52nd Student Academy Awards® competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received 3,127 entries from 988 colleges and universities worldwide. The 2025 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award® winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Spike Lee, Patricia Riggen and Robert Zemeckis.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that six distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for 2025 in the lead-up to the Scientific and Technical Awards on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the newly elected 2025-2026 Academy Foundation Board members and officers.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) today announced that the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES), the global standard for color management, is joining the ASWF, a home for open source software developers in the motion picture and broader industries.
Producer Lynette Howell Taylor was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors.
Read the full list of the 2025 Student Academy Awards finalists.
Read the full list of the 2025 Student Academy Awards semifinalists.