Three-time Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro has been elected for the primary time to the Academy of Movement Image Arts & Sciences Board of Governors within the Administrators department. One other director, David Leitch, who was instrumental in pushing for the brand new Stunts class coming in 2028, additionally can be becoming a member of the Board for the primary time, however within the newly expanded Manufacturing and Know-how department.
These had been simply two of the brand new members introduced as we speak because the Academy revealed their total newly elected and re-elected, returning after a hiatus, and persevering with Board Of Governors for the 2026-2027 time period. The governors will take workplace on the first scheduled board assembly of the brand new time period.
There are some vital modifications going into impact with this session.
In February 2026, the Board authorized a bylaws modification that ensures fairness in board illustration amongst branches. As of the 2026-2027 Board yr, all 19 Academy branches will every have three branch-elected governors, including further governors to the Animation, Manufacturing and Know-how and Quick Movies Branches. To determine staggered phrases, governors in these three branches had been elected to one-year, two-year or three-year phrases this yr. Elections in 2027 will then comply with the usual protocol of 1 governor election per department, with three-year phrases.
Incumbent governors reelected to the Board (alphabetically by department):
Lou Diamond Phillips, Actors Department
Jinko Gotoh, Animation Department
Daniel Orlandi, Costume Designers Department
Hannah Minghella, Executives Department
David Dinerstein, Advertising and Public Relations Department
Wendy Aylsworth, Manufacturing and Know-how Department
Kalina Ivanov, Manufacturing Design Department
Mark P. Stoeckinger, Sound Department
Dana Stevens, Writers Department
Elected to the Board for the primary time (alphabetically by department):
Michael Goi, Cinematographers Department
Guillermo del Toro, Administrators Department
Anne Goursaud, Movie Editors Department
Patricia Dehaney, Make-up Artists and Hairstylists Department
Kris Bowers, Music Department
Fred Berger, Producers Department
Vic Armstrong, Manufacturing and Know-how Department
David Leitch, Manufacturing and Know-how Department
Kim Magnusson, Quick Movies Department
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Returning to the Board after a hiatus (alphabetically by department):
Bonnie Arnold, Animation Department
Bernard Telsey, Casting Administrators Department
Roger Ross Williams, Documentary Department
Bob Rogers, Quick Movies Department
Paul Debevec, Visible Results Department
Within the Animation Department, Arnold was elected to serve a three-year time period, and Gotoh was elected to serve a one-year time period.
Within the Manufacturing and Know-how Department, Aylsworth was elected to serve a three-year time period, Armstrong was elected to serve a two-year time period, and the aforementioned Leitch was elected to serve a one-year time period.
Within the Quick Movies Department, Magnusson was elected to serve a three-year time period, and Rogers was elected to serve a two-year time period.
They’ll be part of returning governors Pam Abdy, Haifaa al-Mansour, Lesley Barber, Ok.Ok. Barrett, Dion Beebe, Jason Blum, Brooke Breton, Effie T. Brown, Carter Burwell, Paul Cameron, Patricia Cardoso, Eduardo Castro, Annie Chang, Peter Devlin, Jennifer Fox, Chris Hegedus, Richard Hicks, Larry Karaszewski, Laura C. Kim, Christina Kounelias, Peter Kujawski, Marlee Matlin, Isis Mussenden, Andy Nelson, Missy Parker, Gerald Quist, Jason Reitman, Nancy Richardson, Andrew Roberts, Howard A. Rodman, Terilyn A. Shropshire, Chris Tashima, Kim Taylor-Coleman, Jean Tsien, Marlon West, Gigi Williams and Rita Wilson.
The Academy has 19 branches, every represented by three governors. Governors, together with the board-elected governors-at-large, might serve as much as two three-year phrases (consecutive or non-consecutive), adopted by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility renews for as much as two further three-year phrases for a lifetime most of 12 years. If a governor elected in a 2026 department election serves a time period of fewer than three years, that time period won’t apply towards governor time period limits.
Because of this election, the Board contains 47% girls and 32% from underrepresented communities, primarily based on self-reporting.
In accordance with a bylaws modification authorized earlier in 2026, a sitting Academy president might run for reelection till they’ve served as much as 4 consecutive one-year phrases within the position, even when they might usually be required to take a two-year hiatus after serving two governor phrases. On this case, such president serves as an ex officio governor till the completion of their time period. This rule straight impacts present President Lynette Howell Taylor who in any other case would haven’t been allowed to run for reelection after her first time period ends this yr, however now can be allowed for as much as the subsequent three one-year phrases.
