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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), often pronounced /ˈæmpæs/ AM-pass; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches.

Abbreviation

AMPAS

May 11, 1927 (1927-05-11)

Trade association

95-0473280[1]

501(c)(6)[2]

To recognize and uphold excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, inspire imagination, and connect the world through the medium of motion pictures.[2]

Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

34°04′02″N 118°23′15″W / 34.06722°N 118.38750°W / 34.06722; -118.38750

10,500 (2023)

Janet Yang (since 2022)[3]

Academy Museum Foundation 501(c)(3),
Academy Foundation 501(c)(3),
Archival Foundation 501(c)(3),
Vine Street Archive Foundation 501(c)(3)[2]

$147,889,867[2]

$103,813,370[2]

255[2]

632[2]

www.oscars.org

As of April 2020, the organization was estimated to consist of around 9,921 motion picture professionals. The Academy is an international organization and membership is open to qualified filmmakers around the world.


The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, both officially and popularly known as "The Oscars".[4]


In addition, the Academy holds the Governors Awards annually for lifetime achievement in film; presents Scientific and Technical Awards annually; gives Student Academy Awards annually to filmmakers at the undergraduate and graduate level; awards up to five Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting annually; and operates the Margaret Herrick Library (at the Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study) in Beverly Hills, California, and the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The Academy opened the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles in 2021.[5][6]

February 3, 2004 – Actor was expelled for copyright infringement. He was accused of leaking screeners that had been sent to him.[56][57]

Carmine Caridi

October 13, 2017 – Producer was expelled for "sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment" after an emergency meeting held on October 13, 2017.[58][59]

Harvey Weinstein

May 1, 2018 – Actor and director Roman Polanski were expelled "in accordance with the organization's Standards of Conduct".[60] Cosby had been convicted of sexual assault one week earlier, while Polanski had been convicted in 1977 of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

Bill Cosby

March 17, 2021 – Cinematographer Adam Kimmel was expelled in 2021 after a story exposed the fact that he is a registered sex offender.[61]

Variety

Board of governors[edit]

As of April 2020, the board of governors consists of 57 governors: three governors from each of the 18 Academy branches and three governors-at-large. The Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch, created in 2006, had only one governor until July 2013.[68] The Casting Directors Branch, created in 2013, elected its first three governors in Fall 2013.[67] The board of governors is responsible for corporate management, control, and general policies. The board of governors also appoints a CEO and a COO to supervise the administrative activities of the Academy.

President – Janet Yang

Vice President –

Bonnie Arnold

Vice President –

Howard Berger

Vice President – Brooke Breton

Vice President / Treasurer – Tom Duffield

Vice President –

DeVon Franklin

Vice President –

Lynette Howell Taylor

Vice President / Secretary –

Howard A. Rodman

Vice President – Kim Taylor-Coleman

Chief Executive Officer –

Bill Kramer

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Film Institute

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma

Motion Picture Association of America

National Film Registry

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The Nation (April 2, 1938) History of the Academy and Screen Actors Guild

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