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ROBERTS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

AS AMPAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Jim Roberts, who has served the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as its Executive Director since 1971, informed

the Board of Governors at its April 18 meeting of his intention

to retire on July 31st of this year. The Board has selected

current Executive Administrator Bruce Davis as his successor.

A native of Toronto, Roberts began his career with the

Academy in 1954 as the organization's Controller. He became

Executive Director in 1971 and has guided the organization

through a period that has seen it move into its seven-floor

specially designed headquarters in Beverly Hills, its staff and

activities more than triple and its library become the most

important film research center in the world.

Roberts will continue to serve the Academy on a consulting basis .

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Commenting on his retirement, Roberts said, "It's very difficult for me to adequately express the pleasure and

satisfaction I've experienced during the past 35 years. I

consider myself an extremely lucky fellow to be able to continue my association with the Academy and at the same time enjoy the

travel, golf and other activities that my wife, Thelma, and I are

looking forward to."

Responding to Roberts' announcement, Academy President

Richard Kahn said, "As its Executive Director Jim Roberts'

dedication and devotion to the Academy have been the keystone of

the organization's growth and maturity over the past 18 years.

"We are delighted that our new Executive Director Bruce

Davis will be able to continue to draw on Jim's experience and

expertise, not only during the immediate transition period, but

for many years to come."

Davis came to the Academy in 1981 following twelve years of

teaching at Pennsylvania's Juniata College, where he chaired the

theater department. As Executive Administrator he has had

primary responsibility for the work of the Academy Foundation,

and has served as the organization's principal liaison with its

legal and public relations counsel.

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FORAY, CASSEL TO NEBRASKA AS ACADEMY VISITING ARTISTS

Two distinguished members of the Actors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are traveling this weekend to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln as part of the Academy's Visiting Artists Program. They will be taking part in a city-wide celebration called the Lincoln Flatwater Festival. Renowned voice-over artist June Foray is making the trip to participate in a tribute to Jay Ward. Foray collaborated with Wa~d on several of the late animator's most memorable characters, including Rocky -the Flying Squirrel and Natasha, the Ru ssian spy. In addition to attending the tribute, Foray, who is a member of the Academy's Board of Governors, will conduct a workshop with students. Actor Seymour Cassel, on the other hand, will be appearing at the Festival's tribute to . In addition to appearing in several of Cassavetes' films, Cassel enjoyed a long friendship with the late filmmaker. He will speak and answer questions at a screening of (1971). Cassel was nominated for an Academy Award in the Supporting Actor category for his work in Cassavetes' FACES (1968). The actor's other credits include THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976), OPENING NIGHT (1977) and LOVE STREAMS (1984) all for Cassavetes -- as well as (1976) :and TIN MEN (1987). The Visiting Artists Program regularly assists colleges, festivals and other media organizations around the country by helping them bring in motion picture professionals for brief residencies.

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KARL MALDEN ELECTED ACADEMY PRESIDENT

Board of Governors Selects Officers for 1989-90 Term

BEVERLY HILLS, California, August 2, 1989 -- Oscar-winning

actor Karl Malden has been elected by the Board of Governors as

the 27th president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

Sciences. Malden has served for the past five years as a member

of the Board of Governors.

Malden's work in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) earned

him his Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. His nearly fifty

other screen credits include his Oscar-nominated performance in

"On the Waterfront" (1954), "Baby Doll" (1956), "One-Eyed Jacks"

(1961), "Patton" (1970), and most recently "Nuts" (1987).

In addition to his film work, Malden is an award-winning

television actor, winning an Emmy for "Fatal Vision" and

receiving five Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Lt. Mike

Stone in "Streets of San Francisco." Malden also served on the

Board of the for six years.

The Board also elected Public Relations branch governor

Charles M. Powell as first vice president for 1989-90. Powell is

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in his sixth consecutive year of service on the board, having most recently served as a vice president. Film editor Donn

Cambern, a five-year board member, was elected to one of the remaining vice president spots as was Executive branch governor

Robert Rehme, who is beginning his sixth year on the board.

Cinematographers branch governor Joseph Westheimer was re-elected to his third consecutive term as treasurer, and writer and former Academy president Fay Kanin, who rejoined the board this year after a one-year absence, will serve as secretary.

All officers will serve one-year terms.

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I ACADEMY FOUNDATION ELECTS I OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

BEVERLY HILLS' i California, August 3, 1989 -- Robert Rehme

has been elected tor his second term as pre~ident of the Academy Foundation, the cUlhural and preservational arm of the Academy of Motion Picture Artsl and Sciences. ! Also re-electe~ to 1989-90 terms of office by the trustees of the Foundation wbre vice presidents Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. and Karl Malden. New t~stees Fay Kanin and Alan Bergman were elected l to the posts of tre surer and secretary, respectively. In addition to Kanin and Bergman, Arthur Hiller and Kay Rose were elected to fil the trustee positions left open by the departure of outgoi 9 Academy hoard members. Established in. 1942, the Academy Foundation is a sister­ orqanization of thel Aoadem¥ and is quided by sixteen trustees drawn from the Acadrmy's 36-member board of governors. Funded by the Academy itself knd by corporate and private donations and government grants, ~ t oversees the educational activities of the Academy. I (more) AUG 02 '90 14:35 - ACADEMY FOUNDATION ELECTS OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES -- add one

The organizati n's Film Archives and Margaret Herrick Library both exist under the auspices of the Academy Foundation, and raising an endo~ent · for the ongoing operation of both facilities -- SChedjled to move into the refurbished Beverly Hills Waterworks in lSeptember 1990 -- will be the main job facing the new Foundation oard. Academy president Karl Malden has indicated that the rganization hopes to raise $15 million to help reconstruct th waterworks facility and to guarantee the futures of both its and film archives, and that the Foundation is the 1 body to coordinate the endowment campaign. ACADE M Y OF M OTION P ICT U R E ARTS AND SCIENCES 8 949 W ILSHIRE BOULEV ARD· BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 9021 1 . (213) 278 -8990 - NEWS -

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ACADEMY ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS AWARDS

At the October 25 meeting of the Academy Foundation's Scholarships and

Grants Committee, 14 grants totaling $75,000 were approved, announced committee chairman Daniel Taradash.

Focusing in the 1989-90 funding period on documentary film, grants were given to seven institutions to support their documentary production programs. These included the Art Center College of Design, College of

Marin, Loyola Marymount University, Northwestern University, University of

New Mexico, University of Utah and Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Partial funding for a documentary screening program was given to The Film

Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, as was funding for several programs at the International Documentary Association.

Also receiving grants were the American Film Institute for its directing internship and chair programs, the AFI Alumni Writers Workshop and the

University of the Philippines. Receiving grants to be distributed among student filmmakers were New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and the University of Southern Mississippi.

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ACADEMY ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF 1989 NICHOLL SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIPS

Five Aspiring writers Awarded $20,000 Each to Pursue Their Dreams

BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 16, 1989 -- The Academy of

Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today named the recipients of

the fourth Don and Gee Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships,

announced Academy President Karl Malden . The five aspiring

screenwriters, each of whom will be awarded $20,000 over the

course of the fellowship year to complete their scripts, are

Radha Bharadwaj of Los Angeles; Mark Lowenthal of Santa Monica;

James McGlynn of Pawtuxet, Rhode Island; Deborah Pryor of Virgina

Beach, Virginia; and Laverne G. stringer of Natchez, Mississippi .

The competition, open for the first time since its inception

in 1986 to all united states residents who have not worked

professionally on a screenplay or teleplay, attracted a record

1,394 entries from across the country. The fellowship program

was previously open only to college students, and, in 1987, to

residents of Texas .

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Producer Julian Blaustein, chairman of the Academy's Nicholl

Committee, stated that the winners were chosen based on the submission of a full-length feature screenplay and a synopsis of a screenplay to be written during the fellowship year. The

Committee included Academy members Ben Benjamin, John Gay,

Richard Kahn, Fay Kanin, Hal Kanter, Jack Lemmon, Eva Marie saint, Daniel Taradash and Robert Wise.

Radha Bharadwaj, a native of Madras, India, wrote, directed and acted for stage, radio and television before coming to the united states in 1982. She has completed five screenplays since her arrival in the U.S., including "Closet Land," her Nicholl entry. "The Absolution" is the script she plans to write during the fellowship year.

Mark Lowenthal, originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, worked in the coal and steel industries and as a public school- teacher before beginning to pursue acting and writing. He has received L.A. Weekly and Odyssey Theatre awards for outstanding acting performances. His winning entry was "Where The Elephants sits." His proposed script is titled "A Pound of Prevention."

James McGlynn worked as a copywriter, cab driver and television producer in Boston while writing his first four screenplays. "Traveler," his Nicholl entry script, was completed with the aid of a writer's Guild of America Fellowship in 1988.

His proposed script is titled "Buster's Last Stand."

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Deborah Pryor has produced plays professionally in

Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta and Louisville, Kentucky. She was recently named a commissioned playwright of the Arena Stage

Theatre in Washington, D.C. "Brian Patch," her Nicholl entry, was adapted from her play of the same title. Her proposed script is "Rebels."

Laverne (Cindy) G. Stringer, raised during the Depression in the backwoods of Mississippi, works currently as an engineering technical writer. Her Nicholl entry was "The Cottin Gin Athletic

Club." Her proposed script is "Sometimes A Rainbow."

The Nicholl Fellowship program, which was founded four years ago by the Academy with funding from a grant given by Mrs. Gee

Nicholl to identify talented new screenwriters and allow them to concentrate exclusively on their craft for one year without the need to support themselves with other work. Up to five fellowships are awarded each year.

A reception to present the fellowships will be held at the

Academy headquarters in Beverly Hills on December 7.

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