July 16, 2004
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Six New Governors Elected to Academy Board; Eight Incumbents Returned

Beverly Hills, CA — Six new governors, five of them first-timers, have been elected by their branches to represent them on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In addition, eight incumbent members have been reelected. The terms of all 14 governors will commence August 1.

Newcomers to the board are Rosemary Brandenburg, art directors branch; Roger Deakins, cinematographers; James N. Gianopulos, executives; Howard "Hawk" Koch, producers; and Phil Alden Robinson, writers. Returning to the board is Marvin Levy, public relations branch, who represented the branch from 1991 through 2002.

Incumbent governors re-elected to another term on the board are Kathy Bates, actors branch; Curtis Hanson, directors; Freida Lee Mock, documentary; Tom Rolf, film editors; Arthur Hamilton, music; Carl A. Bell, short films and feature animation; Donald C. Rogers, sound; and Jonathan Erland, visual effects.

Three governors represent each of the Academy's branches and are elected for staggered terms, so that each branch elects or re-elects one governor each year.

Governors whose positions were not up for re-election and who continue on the board are: actors branch, Ed Begley Jr. and Tom Hanks; art directors, Jeffrey Kurland and Jeannine Oppewall; cinematographers, Caleb Deschanel and Owen Roizman; directors, Gilbert Cates and Michael Mann; documentary, Michael Apted and Arthur Dong; executives, William M. Mechanic and Tom Sherak; film editors, Dede Allen and Donn Cambern; music, Charles Bernstein and Bruce Broughton; producers, Larry Gordon and Kathleen Kennedy; public relations, Sid Ganis and Cheryl Boone Isaacs; short films and feature animation, Jon Bloom and June Foray; sound, J. Paul Huntsman and Kevin O'Connell; visual effects, Richard Edlund and Bill Taylor; and writers, Fay Kanin and Frank R. Pierson.

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