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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the newly elected 2026-2027 Academy Foundation Board members and officers.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 16 students as winners of the 53rd Student Academy Awards® competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received 2,972 entries from 894 colleges and universities worldwide. The 2026 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award® winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Spike Lee, Patricia Riggen and Robert Zemeckis.
Oscar®-nominated producer Lynette Howell Taylor was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors.
Read the full list of the 2026 Student Academy Awards finalists.
Producer and former Academy Producers Branch governor Jennifer Todd will produce the 17th Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor announced today. It is her first time producing the event.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 529 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures. This year, there are 95 Oscar® nominees, including 21 winners, and three Scientific and Technical Award recipients among the invitees.
Read the full list of the 2026 Student Academy Awards semifinalists.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2026-2027 Board of Governors. The governors will take office at the first scheduled board meeting of the new term.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that submissions for the 2027 Scientific and Technical Awards are open. The deadline to submit is Thursday, July 23, at 5 p.m. PT.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to actor Glenn Close, animator Floyd Norman and director Ridley Scott, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler. The Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 17th Governors Awards event on Sunday, November 15, 2026, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood, in partnership with Rolex.