June 23, 2008–The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is expanding its members by inviting 105 film artists to join Hollywood's most exclusive club, the group that votes for the Oscar Awards.
Along with Sacha Baron Cohen, Ruby Dee, Jet Li, and Marion Cotillard, who won Best Actress Oscar for “La Vie En Rose,” actors invited into the academy were Josh Brolin, Allison Janney, and Ray Winstone.
Ruby Dee was a supporting-actress nominee for last year's “American Gangster,” while Cohen had a screenplay nomination the previous year with “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.”
Also on the list of invitees were Jason Reitman, a best-director nominee for last year's “Juno,” and that film's writer, Diablo Cody, who won the original-screenplay Oscar.
Others include directors Doug Liman (“The Bourne Identity”), Kimberly Peirce (“Boys Don't Cry”) and Gore Verbinski (“The Pirates of the Caribbean” movies); writers Judd Apatow (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin”), Jeff Nathanson (“Catch Me If You Can”) and Tamara Jenkins (“The Savages”); and animators Ash Brannon (“Surf's Up”) and David Silverman (“The Simpsons Movie”).
These individuals are all incredibly talented and a credit to the world of filmmaking,” said Sid Ganis, academy president. The academy has just under 6,000 voting members.
New Members by Branch
Actors
Sacha Baron Cohen
Josh Brolin
Marion Cotillard
Ruby Dee
Allison Janney
Jet Li
Ray Winstone
Animators
David Bowers
Ash Brannon
Doug Cooper
Jeremy Lasky
Caroline Leaf
David Schaub
David Silverman
Suzie Templeton
Members At-Large
Jim Houston
Neil Machlis
Sheila Nevins
Casting Directors
Ronna Kress
Cinematographers
Jonathan W. Brown
Clark Mathis
Kramer Morgenthau
J. Michael Muro
Tim Orr
Tom Richmond
Costume Designers
Isis Mussenden
Directors
Sergei Bodrov
James Gray
Michael Haneke
Doug Liman
Kimberly Peirce
Peyton Reed
Jason Reitman
Walter Salles
Gore Verbinski
Documentary
Nanette Burstein
Heidi Ewing
Liz Garbus
Michele Ohayon
Deborah Shaffer
Executives
Alan Bergman
Dana Goldberg
Sidney Kimmel
Chris S. LeRoy
Andrew Rona
Jeff Skoll
Film Editors
Barry Alexander Brown
John Carnochan
John Gilroy
Mark Livolsi
Dylan Tichenor
Juliette Welfling
Live Action Short Films
Philippe Pollet-Villard
Makeup-Hairstylists
Jan Archibald
Kate Biscoe
Didier Lavergne
Christien Tinsley
Music
Glen Ballard
J. J. George
Michael Giacchino
Producers
Armyan Bernstein
Jennifer Fox
Lianne Halfon
Hal Lieberman
Andrew Macdonald
Karen Murphy
Peter R. Newman
JoAnne Sellar
Production Designers
Jack Fisk
Clayton R. Hartley
Public Relations
Stephanie Allen
Suzanne Fritz
Kevin Goetz
Stephanie Kluft
Tim Palen
Marc Weinstock
Set Decorators
Larry Dias
Katie Spencer
Sandy Reynolds Wasco
Sound
Craig Berkey
Fernando Camara
David Giammarco
Mike Hopkins
Robert J. Kizer
Alyson Dee Moore
Mark Onks
Jon Taylor
Stunt Coordinators
Melissa R. Stubbs
Visual Effects
Nick Davis
Brian Gernand
Dan Glass
Bryan Grill
Edward T. Hirsh
Helena Packer
Kelly Port
Ted Rae
Doug Roble
Carey Villegas
Writers
Judd Apatow
David Benioff
Jean-Claude Carriere
Diablo Cody
Tamara Jenkins
Jeff Nathanson
Nancy Oliver
