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ACADEMY’S TECH COUNCIL ADDS 2 NEW MEMBERS

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Cary Phillips and Dr. Doug Roble have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, bringing the Council’s 2015–2016 membership roster to 25.Phillips is currently the co-head of research and development at Industrial Light & Magic.  In the more than 20 years since he joined the company, he has won three Academy Technical Achievement Awards: for the design and development of the Caricature Animation System in 1998, and for his contributions to the ILM Creature Dynamics System and the ILM Shape Sculpting System in…
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Fellini Through the Years

Federico Fellini
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In honor of our upcoming of screening of Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning Amarcord, which will be shown as part of “Passing Beauty: A Conversation with Hou Hsiao-hsien” on October 13th, we thought we’d share some little-seen images of the Italian auteur throughout his career.  All the photos are courtesy the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library.  Image Image Image Image Image…
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ACADEMY REVEALS WINNING NICHOLL SCREENWRITERS

Nicholl scripts
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Meet this year's winners.

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GUILLERMO DEL TORO AND DUPLASS BROTHERS LEAD ACADEMY’S FALL PROGRAMMING SLATE

In the Labyrinth
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its fall programming slate on September 24, 2015.

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Margaret Herrick, Film History Trailblazer

Academy library founder
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We heard a rumor the other day that made us laugh. Someone said that Margaret Herrick was just a secretary who happened to stumble into a cushy job at the Academy in 1943. Nothing could be further from the truth. As so often happens with women who have established successful careers, Mrs. Herrick is rarely given full credit for how she built her career or for her many accomplishments.Margaret Herrick remains among the lesser-known of cinema’s earliest champions, despite her recognizing the need for a film study collection in Los Angeles and single-handedly laying the foundation for the…
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MEDALISTS UNVEILED AT 2015 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Student Academy Awards 2015
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight honored 15 student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 42nd Student Academy Awards ceremony, held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

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Make Your Own Zoetrope at Home

Los Angeles Sunday Examiner
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With a choice of delightful images like “the jumping monkey” and “the ball tosser,” who wouldn’t want to make their own moving picture machine? At the turn of the last century, subscribers to the Los Angeles Sunday Examiner had the opportunity to make their own zoetrope, or moving picture machine, by cutting out and assembling the newspaper’s inserted supplement, seen below. Image Image   Image The supplement contains directions for making a zoetrope…
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THE ACADEMY CELEBRATES GAME-CHANGING “TOY STORY” 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH JOHN LASSETER AND ED CATMULL

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John Lasseter, Ed Catmull, the studios’ President, will take the stage in a live panel discussion celebrating “Toy Story,” the world’s first entirely computer-animated feature film, on Thursday, October 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.  

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MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, JASON MITCHELL, OSCAR® WINNER JOHN LASSETER, AND THE OSCAR-WINNING FILMMAKERS OF “BIG HERO 6” TO PRESENT AT 2015 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Student Academy Awards 2015
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Actress Michelle Rodriguez, Actor Jason Mitchell and Oscar-winning director John Lasseter, along with Roy Conli, Don Hall and Chris Williams, the producing and directing team behind the Animated Feature Film Oscar winner “Big Hero 6,” will be presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 42nd Student Academy Awards® on Thursday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.  

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Questions: What Did You Learn From Your First Job In Film?

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What's Inspiring You Right Now?

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