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ACADEMY LAUNCHES NEW CONVERSATION SERIES ON RACE AND GENDER EQUITY IN FILMMAKING “ACADEMY DIALOGUES: IT STARTS WITH US”

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Panelists include Victoria Alonso, Lisa Cortés, Debra Martin Chase, Carmen Cuba, Lee Daniels,
DeVon Franklin, Whoopi Goldberg, Nadia Hallgren, Franklin Leonard,
Delroy Lindo, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Bao Nguyen, Dawn Porter, Gina Prince-Bythewood,
Ivette Rodriguez, Bird Runningwater, Misan Sagay, Bryan Stevenson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Ligiah Villalobos, Lulu Wang, Emil Wilbekin and Roger Ross Williams

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DAVID RUBIN RE-ELECTED ACADEMY PRESIDENT

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ACADEMY BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2020-2021 OFFICERS ELECTED


Casting director David Rubin was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today by the organization’s Board of Governors.

Also elected to officer positions by the Board:

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ACADEMY RECLASSIFIES AGENTS FROM ASSOCIATES TO MEMBERS-AT-LARGE CATEGORY WITH VOTING PRIVILEGES

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors voted to reclassify the membership status of Artists’ Representatives (agents) from Associates to Members-at-Large.  As Members-at-Large, agents will now have voting privileges.

The Academy is comprised of 17 branches, for the crafts ranging from Actors to Writers, and two membership status categories, Members-at-Large and Associates, to accommodate individuals whose work in the motion picture industry is not specific to one of the branches.

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