Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Academy Foundation Annual Report 83/84 From the President ' m delighted to present to you We' re all aware of course that the Annual Report of the Oscar long ago attained an extraor­ Academy of Motion Picture dinary stature. One of the most pleas­ I Arts and Sciences and the urable aspects of this first year as Academy Foundation. As you will see your president has been the chance in the pages that follow, 1983-84 was I've had to see firsthand just how a year of continuing achievement. broad and how deep is the worldwide Note particularly the accomplish­ respect for our symbol and the insti­ ments of our Players Directory, our tution he represents. This summer I Visiting Artists program, our Semi­ accepted an invitation from the U.S. nars, Exhibitions, Lectures and Information Agency to represent Salutes. Statistics continue to show the Academy in a visit to five East that students, scholars, researchers, European nations. writers, critics, and filmmakers are Everywhere I went-in Belgrade, making use of our magnificent Budapest, East Berlin, Prague, Sofia, Margaret Herrick Library in ever­ Zagreb, and at Czechoslovakia's dis­ increasing numbers. As a matter of tinguished Karlovy Vary Festival- fact, finding space in which our con­ I met filmmakers who spoke warmly stantly-expanding archives can be and with obvious sincerity about what made both safe and accessible has the Academy meant to artists in their been a continuing and pressing countries. I was made aware in a concern. variety of ways by a great many peo­ We've found short-term solutions ple that our nominations history, to that problem this year; in next particularly in the Foreign Language year's report I'll detail our plans for and Animation categories, has won the establishment of the "Academy us a reputation for integrity that is Cinema Center," a project of large unmatched in the world of film. proportions that will provide a fitting And that's as it should be. Our home for our expanding educational Awards and the additional activities and cultural activities and-far we conduct on a year-round schedule beyond that-a comprehensive and have placed the Academy foremost diverse range of hands-on exhibits among the custodians of our century's depicting the activities of our twelve most important art form. My first branches: an international overview term as leader of this remarkable of the arts and sciences of movie­ industry honor society has been making. a proud, exhilarating time for me, and I look forward to the year ahead with great enthusiasm. Gene Allen 1 t,cac.:;rr;)' cf qc~ i on P:ct~re !st~ u:1d S::.:'~nc :::s U;:.'rary. El::;:.~ , ;y I ;;:15, Calif. Student Film Awards he eleventh year of the Seven awards were given for the fourth in the series of foreign student Annual Stude nt Film year, to students from New York Uni­ filmmakers invited to the Academy Awards brought an versity (2), Stanford, the University as representatives of the film schools T extraordinary crop of win­ of Illinois, S.U.N. Y. Purchase, North­ of other nations, screened her thirty­ ning films in all categories. Nearly western and the California Institute minute narrative film, " Mother's 300 student-made movies were of the Arts. Wedding:' entered at the regional levels of the Joining the American students for Celebrity presenters at the June 10 competition, and the 30 regional win­ the presentation ceremony and other Awards Ceremony were Academy ners that were sent on to Los Angeles activities of Student Film Awards members Allen Daviau, Dom D e for judging by Academy members week was Jenny Wilkes of the Luise, Nina Foch, Lawrence Kasdan showed a sure, skilled grasp of the National Film and Television School, and Robert Zemeckis. medium. Beaconsfield, England. Ms. Wilkes, • Workshops with industry professionals like Jeremy Paul Kagan made SFA week a useful experience for th e student winners . • Writer-Director Robert Z emeckis, himselfa former Student Film Award winner, presented a prize to Cal Arts Animator William Kopp. • A lan Kingsberg's MINORS won top honors • President A llen and Cin ematographers il1 th e Dramatic Category. Branch Governor Leonard J. South collabora­ 2 ted on th e fi lmed record ofth e '84 Awards Ceremony. The Academy Players Directory Annual Index he past year saw significant new information) were published as he 1983-84 fiscal year saw growth for the Players usual, the format was altered to allow two editions of the Annual Directory, and a major ten entries on each page. This change, Index to Motion Picture T change in its format. More coupled with an updated layout, has Credits appear, a situation Tthat resulted from adopting compu­ than 14,000 performers are now resulted in a book which agents, li sted in each edition of the indus­ casting directors, producers and terized procedures that allowed the try's most important casting refer­ personal managers will find much publication of the 1983 edition only ence; this growth has increased the easier to use. seven months after its predecessor. Directory editorial staff to fifteen The Players Directory was also Index editor Byerly Woodward and its complement of computer singled out for praise this year by the developed other improvements in the terminals to two. California Governor's Committee most recent edition. A change to The book itself was significantly for the Employment of the Handi­ local printing facilities and a 40% revised this year. Although three capped for its services to performers reduction in the size of the latest edi­ issues (each with an average 70% of with disabilities. tion reduced the price of that volume from $115 to $60, bringing it within the budgets of more libraries and other users. The Index's new slim line wasn't achieved by dropping credit information: the redesigned book actually contains 25 % more informa­ tion than previously, and it continues to be the industry's most complete reference on film credits . • Editor Woodward and the 1983 Index . • Directory editor Marjorie Blye heads up a staff that turns OUI three 4-volume editions each year. 3 Programs he time has long passed T he Visiting Artists Program con­ Delbe rt Mann, Mike Medavoy, Frank when the Acade my was an tinues to be the Acade my's most Mouris, A lex North, Edmund in stitution which concen­ important service to colleges and film Penney, A braham Polonsky, Robe rt T trated its efforts essentially confe rences in the U .S. and beyond. Radnitz, Martin Ritt, Henry Rogers, on one event pe r year. The Awards Thirty artists representing eleven of Mel Shaw, Walter Shenson, Robert Presentation remain s the most glit­ the Acade my's craft branches we re Stack, Malvin Wald and Robert te ring night in the Academy's calen­ sent out this year. The large audi ­ E.Wise. dar, but it is now complemented by a ences they spoke to and the glowing The Academy Seminars perform year-round schedule of events pro­ letters received from the host institu­ the same service as the Visiting Art­ duced by the capabl e staff of Pro­ tions make cl ear how much this ists Program, but on the in stitution's gram Administrator Bruce Davis, aspect of the Academy's work is home ground. T hi s past year saw two working closely with the Academy appreci ated . extraordinary five-week seminars President and Executive Directo r. The Vi siting Artists fo r the 1983- unfo ld, one on composin g fo r the A s in previous years, Academy 84 year were: Gene Allen, John screen which included E lm e r Bern­ Program Coordinators Douglas Badham, Robert Bloch, Robert F. stein , John Cacavas ,. Dan Carlin , Edwards, E la in e Richard and R ic Boyle, Michael Butle r, Edward Bi ll Conti, James Horner, Harry Robe rtson fill ed the in stitution's Dmytryk, Richard Dreyfu ss, Linwood Lojewsky, A rthur B. Rubenstein and 1983-84 cale ndar with events that Dunn, June Foray, Sy Gomberg, Acade my Vice President Arthur celebrated the art of motion pictures Je remy Kagan, R andal Kleiser, H amilton among its speakers, and a and expanded public unde rstanding Arthur Knight, Ring Lardne r, Jr. , second on costume design in which of that art. Carol Littleton, Daniel Mann , host William Ware Theiss expl ored • Composers James Horn er and Joe Harnell were primary conlribw ors 10 Ih e success oJlhe • Richard M(f[h eson deli vered 1983's George Music Seminar. Pal LeclLl re. • Director John Badham was an A cademy • Academy Vice Presidenl Fay Kanin hosled Visiting A rtist at u. c. Santa Barbara. • Oscar- winning Mary Sleenburgen provided Ih e Borowsky LeclLlre and speaker Lawrence Ih e pelformer's perspeclive 10 Ihe CoslUme Kasdan. Design Seminar hosled by William Ware Theiss. 4 • Short Films Govern or June Foray taughl • Luise Rainer, winner ofback-Io-back Besl " The A n oj Anim(lI ion" allhe Scollsdale A Clress Oscars in 193 6- 37, received a Salwe in (A rizona) CelMer for Ih e A n .\" . • The A cademy Touring Exhibilion " Th e OClO ber. Jewish Experience in A merican Film "' was Ihe yea r ~' m OS I popular oUI-of-house exhibil. various aspects of his craft with stills from fi lms spanning the years gramming included salutes to Luise guests Milo Anderson, Elois Jenssen, from a 1916 " Oliver Twist" to " Yentr' Rainer, Eleanor Powell and the UPA Patricia Norris, Howard Shoup, Joe 1.