18 • 3RD QUARTER 2006 • WWW.OSCARS.ORG FROM THE PRESIDENT Mli.i"llI Planners Encouraging Excellence _lei for Proposed THE ACADEMY AWARDS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AS A MEANS "lmyMuseum of encouraging excellence in filmmaking by seeking out and rewarding each year's .nc:IIAV HAS RETAINED significant achi evements in 24 areas of this most collaborative art. It is certainly the Associates, a national Academy's best-known effort. The Awards, of course, go to the industry'S most talented and planning consul­ and creative artists and craftspersons, those at the pinnacle of creative success. with exhibition planning Less well known, though, are the Academy's annual efforts to seek out and reward development for its pro­ talent and achievement at the other end of the scale, among those much less known or of the moving picture. newly learning their craft. move too far along on the The thought that we're doing a pretty good job of that, too, came to me over the of our museum, we first summer and fall as I officiated at the presentation of Student Academy Awards and firm grip on our concept of Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. and the kind of exhibitions Both programs have done their jobs well, recogruzing the talent of such Student Academy we need to ensure that vis­ Award winners as Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, John Lasseter and Trey Parker, and Nicholl want to visit not just once, but Fellows like Susannah Grant, Doug Atchison, Mike Rich, Ehren Kruger and Andrew " Academy President Sid Marlowe, all of whom now fmd themselves high atop the lists of the most acknowledged and "Gallagher & Associates is successful members of their crafts. board to help us do just that. The Academy recognizes scholarship in cinema studies as well and now has a roster want to build a beautiful of 14 writers, researchers and teachers who have been named Academy Film Scholars decide what to put in it," he since 2000. Among them are Princeton's Emily Thompson, Notre Dame's Donald providing a place where Crafton, Yale's Charles Musser and UCLA's Jan-Christopher Horak. be exposed to a variety of For more than a dozen years, the Academy has conducted a "Media Literacy Program," informative experiences. which brings some 500 Los Angeles high school students to the Academy twice yearly to give Gallagher and his wizards them a little taste of what the industry is all about. And there are now seven guides in the just what those "Teacher's Guide Series" which focus on the art of the many craft areas involved in creating a be, then we'll select an motion picture and which are sent annually to nearly 18,000 high schools in the United States. the structures In addition, the Academy sends its members as Visiting Artists to colleges and film festivals to talk to students in film classes or attendees at festival programs as well as hosting seminar series in the Linwood Dunn Theater, where interested film lovers can learn about movie subjects directly from the members' mouths. And if that's not enough, we give students the Academy member's rate for many of the myriad lectures, retrospectives, tributes, salutes and screenings held throughout the year. Ruth Gordon said upon winning the Academy Award far along in her career, "I can't tell you how encouragin' a thing like this is." And there's no telling precisely how encouragin' we've been to new filmmakers over the years, but to hear some of them tell it, the answer is "a lot." -SmGANlS ACADEMY REPORT Published by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California 90211-1972 (310) 247-3000 www.oscars.org fulfilling and enriching. the museum will arrive with PRESIDENT ... ......... ... .... .. ..... .. ... Sid Ganis and anticipation. It will be FIRST VICE PRESIDENT .......... ....... .. Robert Rehme them to leave with a new VICE PRESIDENT . ... .. .................. Donald C. Rogers ON THE COVER: VICE PRESIDENT .. ... .. ................. Arthur Hamilton David Bowie played the evil goblin king in TREASURER .. ........... .. ... ..... ..... Tom Hanks "Labyrinth," one of SECRETARY .... ... ............ ......... Kathy Bates nearly two dozen films screened for EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR . .. ... .. .. .. .. Bruce Davis members and the public during the Photos: unless otherwise identified, by Image Group LA; Design: third quarter. See Lisa Carlsson, Carlsson & Company, Inc. stories throughout the Report. Oscar' ,Oscars' , Academy Awards, Academy Award', AM.PAS.· and Oscar Night" are the trademarks, and the Oscar statuette is the registered design mark and copy­ Photo: Margaret Herrick library righted property, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Director Bruce Davis hopes to break ground in early 2009. 2 A C ADEM Y REPORT ' VOLUME 18 S=k:;.sc~ Litrti0'. 8:.',-::;'::; Hi;!::, C:.A. Sid Ganis Reelected President of Academy THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS RETURNED SID GANIS by acclamation to a second term as president of the Academy at the August elections. Also reelected were Robert Rehme, an Executives Branch governor and past Academy president, as first vice president; Music Branch governor Arthur Hamilton as vice president and Actors Branch governor Kathy Bates as secretary. Sound Branch governor Donald C. Rogers was elected vice president and Actors Branch governor Tom Hanks was named treasurer. Academy Board members serve three-year terms, while officers serve one-year terms, with a maximum of four consecutive terms in anyone office. Six New Governors Elected; Eight Incumbents Returned SIX NEW GOVERNORS, THREE OF Branch; Jeannine Oppewall, Art Alexander Payne, Directors; Michael them serving for the first time, were Directors; Caleb Deschanel, Apted and Freida Lee Mock, elected in the third quarter to represent Cinematographers; Tom Sherak, Documentary; Jim Gianopulos and their branches on the Board of Executives; Bruce Broughton, Music; Robert Rehme, Executives; Donn Governors. Eight incumbent governors Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Public Relations; Cambern and Tom Rolf, Fil m Editors; were ree lected. Jon Bloom, Short Films and Feature Charles Bernstein and Arthur Hamilton, Newcomers to the Board are Rob Animation; and Kevin O'Connell, Music; Kathleen Kennedy and Hawk Epstein, Documentary Branch; Mark Sound . Koch, Producers; Sid Ganis and Marvin Go ldblatt, Fi lm Editors; and James L. Governors who were not up for Levy, Public Relations; Carl Bell and Brooks, Writers. Returning to the reelection and who continue on the John Lasseter, Short Films and Feature Board after a hiatus are Paul Mazursky, Board are: Kathy Bates and Tom Hanks, Animation; J. Paul Huntsman and Director.s; Mark Johnson, Producers; Actors Branch; Rosemary Brandenburg Donald C. Rogers, Sound; Craig Barron and Bill Taylor, Visua l Effects. and Albert Wolsky, Art Directors; and Jonathan Erland, Visual Effects; and Incumbent governors reelected to Roger Deakins and Owen Roizman, Fay Kanin and Phil Robinson, Writers. another term are Ed Begley Jr., Actors Cinematographers; Curtis Ha!1son and ACADEMY REPORT · THIRD QUARTER 2006 3 4 ACADEMY REPORT · VOLUME 18 •'!The Exorcist" Participants: Director William Friedkll\ actress Unda Blair, cinematographer Owen RoiZman and editor Bud Smith, all of whom received Oscar nominations for their work on the film. ACADEMY REPORT ' THIRD QUARTER 2006 5 Academy Declares Oscar on Block a Counterfeit AN OSCAR STATUETTE SCHEDULED that all three of the statuettes that her identifying the statuette as the 1944 to be sold in an Internet auction in August father had won during his ca reer were Directing award. The statuette proper, was declared a "high-quality counterfeit" sitting safely on her mantel. Robertson said, was a close copy of an by the Academy, and the auction was That information was relayed to the Oscar but we ighed a full pound more cance ll ed. Mastro Auctions, who brought auction house, which then asked the than an authentic one and differed from the statuette to the Academy so that its Academy to examine the Oscar. a genuine Oscar in three additional key authenticity could be confirmed or Academy Executive Administrator Ric respects. disproved, ca ncel led the sale. Robertson reported that a group of Robertson said that there were in di­ The proposed sa le of the statuette, Academy experts had closely studied the cations that the individual who consigned which was purported to be the Directing award and had found it to be made up of the statuette to the aucti on house may award presented to Leo McCarey in 1944 two mismatched parts, neither of which have himself been misled at the time he for "Going My Way," had been w id ely was ever a part of McCarey's award. acquired it. He said the Academy would cove red in the press. The reports came The lower section is an au thentic attempt to identify those who had unlaw­ as a cons id erable surprise to McCarey's Academy Award base with its original fully reproduced its copyrighted award, daughter, Mary McCarey Washburn, id entifying plate pried off and replaced and that it would pursue its legal options who ca lled the Academy to point out with a far more recent plate inaccurately if those efforts were successful. 6 ACADEMY REPORT · VOLUME 18 e· Diary of Anne Frank" Participants: Cast members Millie Perkins, Diane Baker and Richard Beymer. Robert Osborne moderated. ACADEMY REPORT ' THIRD QUARTER 2006 7 "Chicago" THE 1928 ORIGINAL FILM VERSION of "Chicago," predecessor to the 2002 Best Picture Oscar winner, screened with live Jazz Age musica l accompani­ ment at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in August. A new print of the silent short "Movie Night" (1929), starring Charley Chase, screened before the feature, accompanied by M ichael Mortilla on the piano. Participants: Production designer John Myhre and rerecording mixer Michael Minkler, both of whom won Oscars for their work on the 2002 version of "Chicago," and fi lm preservationist Jere Guld in.