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Ac:acre"nv 01 Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Officers

1980-1981 President Fay Kamn First Vice President Marvin E. Mirisch Vice President Charles M. Powell Vice President Arthur Hamilton Treasurer Gene Allen Secretary Donald C. Rogers Executive Director James M. Roberts

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, 90211 (213) 278-8990 On cover A singing telegram by the dance troupe outlined the rules by which are given

The Academy's headquarters in Beverly Hills was the site of its many screenings, salutes and tribute programs.

Eighth Annual Student Film Award winners ,posed with special guests and Academy officials prior to the presentation ceremony.

Oscar's domain continued to expand as the Academy increased its special programming in 1980-81 to include new seminars, lectures and an extraordinarily wide variety of film presentations.

Background-a print of "Wings;' first picture to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, was presented to the Academy this year by Paramount Pictures. The cover theme is carried through this report, using photos from the Margaret Herrick Library's collection of four-million stills, to chronicle the growth of the film industry. Report from the President

am pleased to present to you the traditionally send us foreign language film fourth annual report of the Academy entries. This year I was able to extend the of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy's greetings to filmmakers and and the Academy Foundation . The film-lovers abroad as the guest of events of the past year documented and Greece and to represent the U.S., Ihere reflect the Academy's continuing as well as the Academy, in heading a efforts to fulfill one of the promises of its delegation accompanying the first five charter - to foster educational activities American films sent in a generation to the between the professional community People's Republic of China. and the public at large. The Academy warmly welcomed a young Over the past year we have substantially Belgian student whose delightful film increased our outreach program, earned him a visit to Hollywood as our sponsoring very successful seminars on guest to participate in the weekend of music scoring and editing, and on events that surround our annual Student production design, establishing the Film Awards. And as a happy result of our George Pal annual lecture on fantasy in international friendships, we hosted film and laying the groundwork for visitors from the People's Republic of additional lectures and seminars. China, Japan, France, Canada, Spain, Switzerland and five Scandinavian Our programs of tributes, salutes and countries. retrospectives grow and prosper, as do our archives. More and more people use All of these and many other of the and appreciate daily the resources of the Academy's activities are detailed in this Margaret Herrick Library and more report, along with our financial Academy members travel throughout our statements. country to make their expertise available I am happy to have had the opportunity to college students through the popular to serve as your president during these Vi siting Artists Prog ram . exciting times for the Academy and The Academy Players Directory serves I am confident that the image of Oscar, the entertainment industry as the most always bright, has been enhanced by successful casting directory in our activities at home and abroad. Hollywood, along with more than 140 other publications available through the Academy. And the Theater remains the finest film theater in Hollywood. We have continued to touch hands with Fay Kanin colleagues overseas, a venture I was President proud to inaugurate last year during my 1980-81 first term as president when Bob Vogel and I visited seven countries which

Academy of Motion Pict!.lre t,rt:o and Sc icnc:::s U!m:ry. 8ev::;'iy l-iiHs, Caiif. II ._--' he Academy's forward The Academy continued to fund the movement into the second American Film Institute's Academy half of its first decade Internship Program and three chairs in continued apace as the writing at AFI 's Center for Advanced Film T Academy expanded its Studies. Scholarships also were granted services and the Academy Foundation to the Peter Stark Motion Picture increased its educational and Producing Program at the University of cultural programs. Southern California, to University to fund an Academy Graduate Patronage of the Samuel Goldwyn Fellowship and to the Society of Motion Theater, the Margaret Herrick Library and Picture and Television Engineers for the Academy Players Directory continued students majoring in tc~hnical areas of a steady upward climb. Membership film production. increased, the Student Film Awards program expanded and more Visiting Exhibits in the Academy's lobbies Artists traveled throughout the nation and included a showing of the work of leading into Canada and Mexico. Hollywood production designers and the 's exhibition of Rules changes eliminated the preliminary glamour photographs from the golden screenings by certain branches to select age of Hollywood still photography. nominees for the Academy Awards and .that opened the Samuel Goldwyn Theater The Academy's film collection was gifted for an additional month of studio rentals with a new and complete print of "Wings:' and Foundation programs. winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture, presented to Fay Kanin by Twenty-three special programs were held Michael Eisner, president of Paramount, during the year by the Foundation in a ceremony attended by the film's including the first two of what is hoped star, Buddy Rogers. will be many educational programs in the future: an all-day seminar on music The Eighth Annual Student Film Awards scoring and editing, featuring Dan Carlin were presented by director Stanley and William Goldstein, and an eight-week Kramer, producer Tony Bill , animator THee and actors Lee Remick, Stephen Ray Bradbury was the inaugural lecturer at the series of classes on production design, George Pal Lecture on Fantasy in Film . hosted and moderated by Gene Allen Macht and Carl Weathers. A highlight and William Creber. of the presentation was the screening of Daniel B. Ross , assistant to the executive a foreign student film out of competition , director of the Academy, manages the operation of the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Ray Bradbury was the inaugural speaker "Maedeli-Ia-Breche:' by Jaco Van at the first George Pal Lecture on Fantasy busy virtually every night of the year with Dormael of Belgium. The screening of Academy, Foundation and studio screenings in Film , established in memory of the this film was an outgrowth of Academy and programs. famous science fiction director by friends President Fay Kanin's continuing outreach and associates. Film Historian Ronald to the international film community. Haver presented a marathon six-hour It was selected from a group of five lecture on the making of "Gone chosen at the CILECT Congress with the Wind :' in Edinburgh, Scotland, by a committee Two special Visiting Artist programs were of American film teachers headed established. The ASC /Academy Visiting by Robert W. Wagner of Ohio State Artist in Cinematography, funded by a University. grant from the American Society of Cinematographers, will send directors of photography, and the Jerry Fielding Visiting Artist in Film Music program, endowed by contributions from the late composer's friends and associates, will send Academy Music Branch members to the nation's campuses. Gifts of papers and other materials to Margaret Herrick Library continued to swell an already superb collection of cinema information. Among the many gifts received were a shooting script of "All Quiet on the Western Front;' received from one of the film's stars, William Bakewell; 30 valuable and rare posters from 1913-14 donated by Robert Scherl; and a gift of photographic material, sketches and wardrobe breakdowns documenting the work of the MGM wardrobe department over the past 50 II years, presented by Eugene H. Murray. Academy Statistical Summary Edinburgh was only one stop on Kanin's The 53rd Annual Academy Awards ongoing world tour which this year Presentation went on the air Tue sday, included Scotland, Great Britain, Greece, March 31 , 24 hours late to the second, West Germany, France, the People's but one of the smoothest and most Republic of China and the Soviet Union, flawless presentations in memory. Nine all as the guest of various governments minutes into the show the face and voice and organizations. The Academy's of the President of the , executive director, James M. Roberts, recorded several days earlier, was also traveled to Taipei as the guest of the broadcast to the world with the approval government of the Republic of China to and encouragement of the White House. present the Best Picture Award on the The President's short message, that films annual Golden Horse Awards are forever, was greeted by a standing ==---j----"'=:=='F.'-c:----I presentation, and then on to Hong Kong ovation from the audience in the Dorothy =-1r--+---j---j---7-'----;;:" for meetings with Run Run Shaw and Chandler Pavilion - a get-well message other Far Eastern filmmakers. from Hollywood broadcast to 300 million viewers throughout the world . The Academy also held a reception in the Grand Lobby, hosted by five Scandi­ Johnny Carson, m8.ster of ceremonies for navian film institutes, to open a two-week the third straight year, led a lineup of Scandinavian film fe stival in . presenters which included , The reception was followed by a , George Cukor, screening of 's "From Blythe Danner, Angie Dickinson, the Life of the Marionettes:' Lesley-Anne Down, Sally Field, Lillian Gish, , , The tragic attempted assassination of Nastassia Kinski , , Mary Tyler President Reagan brought Oscar telecast Moore, the Nicholas Brothers, Peter rehearsals to a halt on March 30 while O'Toole , Luciano Pavarotti , Bernadette cast and crew waited to learn the Peters, , , condition of the country's newly-elected Jane Seymour, Brooke Shields, Sissy leader. When the President's survival was Spacek, , Peter Ustinov, Jack assured , Academy and ABC network Valenti , King Vidor, Sigourney Weaver, officials began the monumental task of Ding Qiao unrolls a gift to Fay Kanin as Wang Billy Dee Williams and Franco Zeffirelli . Lanxi, then China's vice-minister of culture , left, moving the show to the following evening, and a U.S State Department interpreter look a herculean effort made possible only The show was produced by Norman on at a dinner for the visiting Chinese delegation held at the Beverly Hills Hotel . by the total cooperation of everyone Jewison, directed by Marty Pas etta and involved , from grip to superstar, all of written by Buz Kohan , whom lived up to the best traditions and Rod Warren . of show business. A record 26 countries submitted entries It was the third time in its 53-year hi story for Best Foreign Language Film and thi s that the Academy Awards presentation year's reception for the representatives of was postponed. It first happened in 1938 the five nominated films, the most when torrential rains flooded the city star-studded ever, was hosted by Francis making travel impossible, and again in Ford Coppola. Director 1968 following the assassination of moderated the second symposium Martin Luther King. featuring those representatives, which was well-attended by students, film buffs and press. And this year the quality of the entries in the Student Film Awards was brought sharply into focus when the winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject, " Karl Hess : Toward Liberty:' was the winner of last year's Student Film Award for Best Documentary, the ultimate testimonial to the Academy's encour­ agement of excellence in filmmaking among professional as well as student filmmakers.

II 53rd Annual Academy Awards

Pressroom photographers surround Robert Redford applauds Honorary Oscar served as Honorary Best Actor and Best Actress winner . Chairman of the Foreign Language Film Sissy Spacek. Award reception. Dustin Hoffman busses best actress Robert Redford , Timothy Hutton and producer Sissy Spacek. Best Supporting Actress Mary Steenburgen. Ronald L. Schwary at the Governors Ball.

ANNUAL AWARDS Best achievement in cinematography: Best achievement in documentary (For Achievements During 1980) "TESS" (Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain films Cloquet, Directors of Cinematography) (Short Subjects): Best performance by an actor in a Best achievement in costume design: " KARL HESS: TOWARD LIBERTY" leading role: "TESS" (Anthony Powell , (Roland Halle and Peter W. Ladue, ROBE RT DE NIRO in "Raging Bull " Costume Designer) Producers) Best performance by an actor in a Best achievement in directing: Best achievement in film editing: supporting role: "ORDINARY PEO PLE" "RAGING BULL" (Thelma Schoonmaker, TIMOTHY HUTTON in "Ordinary People" (Robert Redford, Director) Editor) Best performance by an actress in a Best achievement in documentary Best foreign language film: leading role: films "MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN SISSY SPAC EK in "Coal Miner's (Features): TEARS" (A Mosfilm Studio Daughter" "FROM MAO TO MOZART ISAAC STERN Production/ U.S.S. R.) Best performance by an actress in a IN CHINA" (Murray Lerner, Producer) Best original score: supporting role: "FAME" (Michael Gore, Composer) MARY STEENBURGEN in Best original song: " Melvin and Howard" "FAME" from "Fame " (Michael Gore, Best achievement in art direction: Composer and Dean Pitchford, Lyricist) "TESS" (Art Direction Pi erre Guffroy and Jack Stephens) greets Dr. and Mrs. James Luciano Pavarotti sings "Torna a Surriento:' Willie Nelson and Family sang Soong at the Foreign Language Film Award "On the Road Again :' reception . Dr. Soong is the top government fi lm President Reagan 's filmed remarks brought official of the Republic of China. cheers from an audience relieved at the Lucie Arnaz opened the show with a modern positive prognosis for his recovery. version of "Hooray for Hollywood :' The ever-young Nicholas Brothers bring down the house.

Best picture_­ OTHER AWARDS Scientific and Engineering Award "ORDINARY PEO PLE" (Academy Plaque) (Ronald L. Schwary, Producer) Honorary Award: ~ To Jean-Marie Lavalou , Alain Masseron Best animated short film: Henry Fonda and David Samuelson of Samuelson Alga "TH E FLY" (Ferenc Rofusz, Producer) (the consummate actor, in recognition of Cinema S.A. and Samuelson Film Best dramatic live action short film: his brilliant accomplishments and Service, Limited, for the engineering and "TH E DOLLAR BOTTOM " enduring contribution to the art of motion development of the Louma Camera (Lloyd Phillips, Producer) pictures) Crane and remote control system for Best achievement in sound: Special Achievement Award: motion picture production. "TH E EM PI RE STR IKES BACK" Brian Johnson, , Dennis ~ To Edward B. Krause of Filmline (Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Muren and Bruce Nicholson (for visual Corporation for the engineering and Landaker and Peter Sutton, Mixers) effects in "") manufacture of the micro-demand drive Best screenplay written directly for Scientific or Technical Awards: for continuous motion picture film the screen: (Academy Statuette) processors. "MELVIN AND HOWARD" To Linwood G. Dunn, Cecil D. Love and ~ To Ross Taylor for the concept and (Screenplay: Bo Goldman) Acme Tool and Manufacturing Company development of a system of air guns for Best screenplay based on material for the concept, engineering and propelling objects used in special effects from another medium: development of the Acme-Dunn Optical motion picture production. "ORDI NARY PEO PLE " Printer for motion picture special effects. (Screenplay: Alvin Sargent) 53rd Annual Academy Awards

Fay Kanin greeted Lillian Gish and Robert Edward Furer, Cecil D. Love and Linwood G. Show producer with Eichholz at the Governors Ball. Dunn accepting an Oscar for their invention of Lily Tomlin at rehearsal. the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer. Dolly Parton sings one of the five nominated Academy President Fay Kanin welcomes the songs, "Nine to Five :' Master of Ceremonies and wife, audience and the viewing public. Nancy, with chairman Donald C. Rogers and Assistant to the Executive Director Daniel B. Ross at the Scientific or Technical Awards Presentation.

~ To Dr. Bernhard Kuhl and Dr. Werner ~ To Hollywood Film Company ~ To Worth Baird of LaVezzi Machine Block of OSRAM GmbH, for the (development of a continuous contact, Works, Incorporated (advanced design progressive engin eering and total immersion, additive color motion and manufacture of a film sprocket for manufacture of the OSRAM HMI light picture printer) motion picture projectors) source for motion picture color ~ To Andre DeBrie SA (development of ~ To Peter A. Regia and Dan Slater of photography. a continuous contact, total immersion, Elicon (development of a follow focus ~ To David A. Grafton for the optical additive color motion picture printer) system for motion picture optical effects design and engineering of a telecentric ~ To Charles Vaughn and Eugene printers and animation stands) anamorphic lens for motion picture Nottingham of Cinetron Computer Medal of Commendation: optical effects printers. Systems, Incorporated (development of a Fred Hynes (in appreciation for Technical Achievement Award versatile general purpose computer outstanding service and dedication in (Academy Certificate) system for animation and optical effects upholding the high standards of the ~ To Carter Equipment Company motion picture photography) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and (development of a continuous contact, ~ To John W. Lang, Walter Hrastnik and Sciences) total immersion, additive color motion Charles J. Watson of Bell and Howell picture printer) Company (development and ma of a modular continuous contact picture film printer) 1981 Student Film Awards

Lee Remick presented a Student Film Award Actor Carl Weathers presented a Dramatic A first in Student Film Awards history: trophy to Caroline Emmons of New York Merit Award to "Willie:' At the seventh annual presentation, top, University, who won the Dramatic Achievement Roland Halle, center, and Peter W. Ladue, right, Award for her film , "A Man Around the House:' The Spirit of Communication, a replica of the received the Documentary Achievement famous statue that sits atop AT&T Award for their film "Karl Hess: Toward Liberty" Boston University student Kevin Burns chatted headquarters in New York, was presented to from presenter . This year their with presenter . Burns' film , the Academy by AT&T as a tribute to the film received the Academy Award as best "I Remember Barbra;' won the Documentary success of the Student Film Awards. documentary short subject. The Oscar was Achievement Award . presented by Richard Chamberlain and Lesley-Anne Down, bottom.

1981 STUDENT FILM AWARDS Deborah Jo Short, "A Bird 's Eye View:' Coleen Higgins and Ghasem Caroline Emmons, "A Man Around the San Francisco State University, Animation Ebrahimian, "Willie:' State University of House:' New York University, Dramatic Achievement Award New York College at Purchase, Dramatic Achievement Award Albert Magno/i, "Jazz:' University of Merit Award Michael M . Patterson, "Commuter:' Southern California, Dramatic California Institute of the Arts , Merit Award Experimental Achievement Award Kevin J. Burns, "I Remember Barbra:' Boston University, Documentary Achievement Award Cultural & Educational Programs

Bronislaw Kaper, center, moderated a Carl Foreman was the lecturer at the fifth Hans Conreid spoke at an Academy sa lute to seminar on music scoring and editing, featur­ annual Marvin Borowsky Memorial Lecture on the animation of Jay Ward . ing William Goldstein, left, and Dan Carlin. Writing for the Screen. Japanese cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa Darren McGavin was an Academy Visiting Paramount President Michael Eisner was was saluted by the Academy with clips from Artist at Concordia University in Montreal. joined by Buddy Rogers in presenting a print his famous films and a screening of "Odd of "Win gs:' the first Academy Award-winning Obsession:' best picture, to Fay Kanin for the Academy's film collection .

Gene Allen William Creber John DeCuir

Eight of Hollywood's most hosted and moderated by renowned production Gene Allen , assisted by designers presented an William Creber. eight-week series of lectures on motion picture production design. The se ri es was Chuck Jones was guest of honor at an George Cukor was presented with a cake Director Delbert Mann was an Academy Academy tribute to his work in animation . celebrating his 50 years in film on the occa­ Visiting Artist at the University of Saskatchewan. sion of the presentation of his personal Fay Kanin with during her trip to papers to the Margaret Herrick Library. Academy Vice President Arthur Hamilton Scotland, France and Greece. was master of ceremonies at the tribute Lew Ayres and William Bakewell reminisced to Jesse Lasky. at a screening of the longest-known versi on of "All Quiet on the Western Front:'

Dale Hennesy Robert Boyle Cultural & Educational Programs

Myrna Loy was special guest at the tribute to Mel Blanc ate his most famous character's Academy Treasurer Gene Allen , right, was famous Hollywood portrait photographer favorite food at a reception preceding a tribute master of ceremonies when Ralph Edwards George Hurrell. in Blanc's honor. presented five episodes of his famous television series, "This Is Your Life ;' highlighting Kevin Thomas m.c:d the tribute to Mae West, was a special guest at the tribute the lives of five motion picture greats. with guest appearances by Edith Head, to Mel Blanc. Herbert Kenwith and George Cukor. Gale Storm was featured guest at the Academy tribute to Jesse Lasky.

VISITING ARTISTS -7980-87 Concordia University Syracuse University Montreal, Canada New York University Film Association Mort Abrahams, , Darren Edward Dmytryk, Samuel Fuller Austin, Texas McGavin, David Horowitz, Lamont Midwest Film Conference Dan Carli n, William Goldstein Johnson , E r n estLasz~ Evanston, Illinois Southwestern Film Consortium Ohio State University Edward Dmytryk, Douglas Trumbull Tucson, Arizona Columbus University of North Carolina John Hancock, Arthur Hi ller, George Scott Conrad Greensboro Peppard, Dorothy Tristan Hungarian director Istvan Szabo participated More than 12,000 persons did research on Allan Dwan, 96, relived some of his career in the annual seminar featu ring the directors of films and film history at the Academy's for the audience at the Academy tribute each of the five films nominated for Be st Margaret Herrick Library. in hi s honor. Foreign Language Film . Peter Bogdanovich served as m.c. for the Academy Controller Otto Spoerri and senior Film music editor Dan Carlin was a Vi siting Academy tribute to Allan Dwan. accountant Mabel Eby organized the Artist at the University Film Association arrangements for the Academy Awards and conference in Austin, Texas. the Governors Ball.

Wayne State University Asilomar Conference EXHIBITS Detroit, Michigan Monterey, California 9 180-11180: Jesse Lasky Giovanna Nigro-Chacon, Marcia Nasatir, 11/80- 7187: The Making of GONE WITH University of Saskatchewan Julie Thompson THE WIND Saskatoon, Canada , Universidad Regiomontana 2 187-5187: Five Hollywood Art Directors Delbert Mann Monterrey, Mexico 5187-6187: Hollywood Portrait Young Filmmakers Symposium Linwood Dunn, Lamont Johnson, Photographers, 1921-1941 Los Angeles Tony Bill , June Foray, Caroline Mouris, University of California, Frank Mouris, Seth Pinsker Santa Barbara Abraham Polonsky

III cademy President Fay Kanin From left to right: headed a delegation Cyd Charisse, Fay Kanin and Arthur Knight announced their selection by the United States consistimg of actress Cyd International Communications Agency Chprisse and film historian as the delegation accompanying five American rthur Knight, which took to films to China at a press cOQference held the People's Republic of China the irst in the Academy's Grand Lobby. American films to be widely see in Ding Qiao, deputy director of the Film Bureau China in a generation. of the Ministry of Culture, and two young Chinese actresses with the delegation at the Five American films, "The Black Stallion ;' entrance t01he Gardens of Hangzhou. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner;' "Singin' in the Rain: "Shane,' and "Snow White Posters anhouncing the American film week and the Seven Dwarfs:' were shown for a dotted each of the five Chinese cities which hosted the films. week in Shanghai, Tianjin , Wuhan and ~ __-"" X""ia"'in following a ay 6 opening in Peking. With Xu Sl:lang-Chu, head of the Shanghai Film Studio, and his associates at one of the 'The delegation participated in the studio's sound stages. fest~val's openil]g night activities, visited major Chin~~e film studios and met with Visiting the Summer Palace with two of China's leading directors, actors and leading young actresses. screenwriters Wang Lanxi, right, now minister of cultural relations with foreign countries, reciprocated An estimated three million Chinese saw with a birthday dinner in Fay's honor at the the American films during their Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Ding Qiao five-week run. joined Fay in an informal toast. Many of the delegation's Chinese hosts had visited the Academy and had been feted at a dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel Ipte in Board of Governors, Committees & Administration

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Executive Director 1980-1981 James M. Roberts Actors: Directors: Music: Short Films: Edward Asner Paul Bogart John Addison Hal Elias Administrator, Office of William Devane Martin Ritt Arthur Hamilton June Foray the Executive Director Robert E. Wise Bronislaw Kaper THee Mary Lou Finnin Art Directors: Executives: Producers: Sound: Gene Allen Mike Medavoy Howard W. Koch James R. Cook Executive Administrator Robert F Boyle Marvin E. Mirisch Donald C. Rogers John M. Pavlik Walter M. Scott Frank E. Rosenfelt Richard D. Zanuck Tex Rudloff Assistant to the Cinematographers: Film Editors: Public Relations: Writers: Linwood G. Dunn John F Burnett Sidney Ganis Norman Corwin Executive Director George Fol sey Fredric Steinkamp Richard Kahn Fay Kanin Daniel B. Ross William A. Fraker Ralph E. Winters Charles M. Powell Tom Mankiewicz Controller Otto C. Spoerri Margaret Herrick Library COMMffTEE CHAIRS Margaret Herrick Visual Effects Award 1980-81 Library Committee: Committee: Administrator Actors Branch Executive Chairman Terry T. Roach Committee: Membership Screening Linwood G. Dunn Special Collections and Archives Edward Asner Committee: Co-Chairman Art Directors Branch Robert F Blumofe Joseph Westheimer Sam Gill Executive Committee: Music Branch Executive Writers Branch Executive Photographic Services Gene Allen Committee: Committee: Robert Cushman Awards Policy Committee Arthur Hamilton Norman Corwin on Rules: Producers Branch National Film Information Service Arthur Hamilton Executive Committee: ACADEMY FOUNDAnON Exhibits and Retrospectives Cinematographers Branch Richard D. Zanuck 1980-81 Officers Douglas Edwards Executive Committee: Public Relations Branch President Linwood G. Dunn Executive Committee: Marvin E. Mirisch Annual Index of Costume Design Award Sidney Ganis Vice President Motion Picture Credits Rules Committee: Scholarship and Grants Frank E. Rosenfelt Sally Roll Sheila O'Brien Committee: Vice President Directors Branch Executive Chairman Richard D. Zanuck Academy Players Directory Committee: Robert E. Wise Marjorie Blye Robert E. Wise Co-Chairman Treasurer Documentary Awards Fay Kanin Editor Committee: Scientific or Technical Secretary Student Film Awards True Boardman Awards Committee: Hal Elias Visiting Artists Executives Branch Donald C. Rogers Executive Secretary Executive Committee: Short Films Branch James M. Roberts Scholarships and Grants Marvin E. Mirisch Executive Committee: Legal Counsel Elaine Richard Film Editors Branch THee Gyte Van Zyl Program Coordinator Executive Committee: Sound Branch Executive ACADEMY FOUNDAnON Legal Counsel John F Burnett Committee: 1980-81 Board of Trustees Finance Committee: Donald C. Rogers Doggett, Van Zyl & Morin Gene Allen Sound Editing Award Gene Allen 136 EI Camino Drive Edward Asner Foreign Language Film Committee: Beverly Hills, California 90212 Award Executive Committee: Donald C. Rogers Linwood G. Dunn Honorary Chairman Student Film Awards Hal Elias Public Relations Counsel George Cukor Executive Committee: Arthur Hamilton Fay Kanin Harshe-Rotman & Druck Inc. Chairman Chairman 3345 Wilshire Boulevard Robert M. W. Vogel THee Tom Mankiewicz Co-Chairman Co-Chairman Mike Medavoy Los Angeles, California 90010 Rudi A. Fehr Frank Mouris Marvin E. Mirisch Certified Public Accountants Walter Mirisch General Membership Theatre Sound Inspection Price Waterhouse Committee: Committee: Charles M. Powell Chairman Donald C. Rogers Frank E. Rosenfelt 606 South Olive Street Marvin E. Mirisch Robert E. Wise Los Angeles, California 90014 Co-Chairman Richard D. Zanuck Tom Mankiewicz Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Foundation Combined Balance Sheet

June 30, Assets 1981 1980 Current assets: Cash, including savings accounts and short-term investments of $552,063 and $149,286 $ 921 ,903 $ 688,034 Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $7,233 and $6,610 382 ,632 215,433 Prepaid expenses 39,235 27,900 1,343,770 931 ,367 Property and equipment, at cost less accumulated depreciation 3,870,652 4,008,614 Margaret Herrick Library collections, carried at no value $5,214,422 $4 ,939,981

Liabilities and Equity . Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 138,438 $ 130,317 Deferred income 590,603 458,232 729,041 588,549 Equity, per accompanying statement 4,485,381 4,351,432 $5,214,422 $4,939,981

See accompanying notes to combined financial statements. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Foundation Combined Statement of Revenue and Expenses and Changes in Equity

Year ended June 30, 1981 1980 Awards program: Revenue $2 ,947,516 $2,695,659 Direct and indirect expenses 2,343,726 2,165,519 603,790 530,140 Operations other than the awards program: Revenue ­ Membership dues 492,223 425,494 Players directory and other publications 654,460 588,568 Theater rentals 233,796 178,649 Interest income 101,212 85 ,238 Educational and cultural activities 77 ,929 35,902 Grant income and cash contributions 49,193 95,019 1,608,813 1,408,870 Direct and indirect expenses- Research library and other educational and cultural programs 865,273 711,109 Theater, players directory, membership and other operations 1,213,381 1,074,194 2,078,654 1,785,303 (469,841) (376,433) Excess of revenue over expenses 133,949 153,707 Equity: At beginning of year 4,351,432 4,197,725 At end of year $4,485,381 $4,351,432

Combined Statement of Changes in Financial Position

Year ended June 30, 1981 1980 Cash was provided by: Excess of revenue over expenses $133,949 $153,707 Add items not affecting cash ­ Depreciation 207,939 209,593 (Increase) decrease in accounts receivable (167,199) 9,660 (Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses (11 ,335) 4,446 Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses 8,121 (232,143) Increase (decrease) in deferrea income 132,371 (132,113) Cash provided by operations 303,846 13,150 Cash was used for: Additions to property and equipment 69,977 75,328 Decrease to note payable 25,000 69,977 100,328 Increase (decrease) in cash balance 233,869 (87,178) Cash balance: At beginning of year 688,034 775,212 At end of year $921 ,903 $688,034

See accompanying notes to combined financial statements. Notes to Combined Financial Statements

Note 1- Summary of significant Indirect expenses Note 4 - Available line of credit: accounting policies: For financial reporting purposes, indirect, or general The Academy has a $500,000 unsecured short-term Reporting entity and administrative expenses are allocated to the bank line of credit available at the bank's prime lending rate . Borrowings on the line during The accompanying combined financial statements awards program and to operations other than the Septel'1ber and October of fiscal years 1981 and 1980 include the accounts of the Academy of Motion awards program based on their proportionate share averaged $100,000 and $150,000 at interest rates of Picture Arts and Sciences (the Academy) and the of total direct costs. Indirect expenses approximated approximately 13%. Academy Foundation (the Foundation). All significant $1 ,307,000 and $1 ,110,000 for the years ended June intercompany transactions have been eliminated . The 30, 1981 and 1980, respectively. Note 5 - 0eferred income: Foundation, formed for the purpose of promoting and Income taxes Deferred income comprises the following: supporting educational and cultural activities related June 30, The Academy and the Foundation are nonprofit to the motion picture industry, is related to the 1981 1980 organizations determined by the Internal Revenue Academy in that the officers and trustees of the Service and the California Franchise Tax Board to be Membership dues $268,422 $208,365 Foundation are also members of the Academy's exempt from federal and state income taxes. Players directory 272,862 222,543 Board of Governors. Restricted grants 19,619 11 ,214 Recognition of revenue and expenses Note 2-Awards program: Theater operations 29,700 16,110 Revenue from the awards program consists Revenue and expenses are recognized on the $590,603 $458,232 principally of fees paid by the American ---- accrual basis. Grants received subject to restricted Broadcasting Company (ABC) for the exclusive ----- use are recognized as revenue to the extent that Of the grant income recognized during the years worldwide television broadcast rights. The Academy ended June 30,1981 and 1980, approximately expenses have been incurred for the purpose has granted the awards program broadcast rights to specified by the grantor; the portion of such grants $10,100 and $49,900, respectively, represented ABC through 1987. Included in accounts receivable unrestricted cash grants received. not recognized as revenue is included in deferred at June 30. 1981 and 1980, are amounts due from income. ABC related to the awards program of $207,227 and Note 6-Retirement plan: Property and equipment $92.254 , respectively. The Academy maintains an insured noncontributory The building, furniture and equipment are carried at retirement plan covering all full-time employees over Note 3 -Property and equipment: 24 years of age. The cost of this plan, wh ich is funded cost less accumulated depreciation. Maintenance Property and equipment comprise the following: and repairs are expensed as incurred. Depreciation currently. approximated $79,000 and $54 ,000 for June 30, the years ended June 30, 1981 and June 30, 1980, expense is computed using the straight-line method 1981 1980 over the useful lives of the assets, thirty years for the respectively. The benefits payable under this plan are the obligation of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance building and ten years for the equipment. Land $ 644,832 $ 644,832 Building 3,365,171 3,341 ,212 Company. The assumed rate of return used to deter­ Margaret Herrick Library collections Theater fixtures and mine the actuarial value of accumulated benefits In accordance with accounting practices followed by equipment 624,453 598,652 is 2.75%. similar nonprofit organizations, items donated to the Office and library Actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits: Margaret Herrick Library collections are carried at no furniture and equipment 440,963 418,166 July 1, value on the balance sheet. _C_o~n~s~tr~u~c~tio~n_-_in~-~p~ro~g~r~e~s~s ______-=6~ , 3~0~0 1980 1979 5,075,419 5,009,162 Vested $386,971 $358,103 Less accumulated Nonvested 64.211 38,672 __d~e~p~r~ec~i=at~io~n~ ______~1~,2~0~4~,7~6~7 ____1~ , 0~0=0~,5~4~8 ~~~~------$-4~5~1~, 1~8~2----$-3~9~6~, 7~7~5 $3,870,652 $4,008,614 ------

Report of Independent Accountants

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To the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Board of Trustees of the Academy Foundation

In our opinion, the accompanying combined balance sheet and the related combined statements of revenue and expenses and changes in equity and of changes in financial position present fairly the financial position of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Foundation at June 30, 1981 and 1980, and the results of their operations and the changes in their financial position for the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. Our examinations of these statements were made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.

II DOLBY STEREO