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ACADEMY REVEALS WINNING NICHOLL SCREENWRITERS

Posted Monday, September 28, 2015 - 15:30

Meet this year's winners.

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

Posted Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 10:15

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

Margaret Herrick, Film History Trailblazer

Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 12:30

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…

MEDALISTS UNVEILED AT 2015 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS

Posted Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 21:45

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.

Make Your Own Zoetrope at Home

Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 16:30

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…

THE ACADEMY CELEBRATES GAME-CHANGING “TOY STORY” 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH JOHN LASSETER AND ED CATMULL

Posted Monday, September 14, 2015 - 12:30

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.

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

Posted Monday, September 14, 2015 - 10:00

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.

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

Posted Friday, September 11, 2015 - 17:45

What's Inspiring You Right Now?

Telluride Film Festival Flashback: Werner Herzog

Posted Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 09:45

In conjunction with this year’s much-discussed Telluride Film Festival, we take a look back at the sixth annual festival, which was held in 1979.In this excerpt, noted filmmaker Werner Herzog, already a Telluride favorite, lingers with a small crowd after a mountaintop panel discussion. Herzog shares his thoughts about the fearlessness of war reporters who step into harm’s way because they feel sheltered behind their cameras. To help demonstrate his point, Herzog, who often filmed under challenging circumstances, trades places with the cameraman.Can anyone help identify the gentleman Herzog…

2015 Nicholl Fellowship Finalists

Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 17:45

Congratulations to our new Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting finalists!