Cheryl Boone Isaacs Reelected as Academy President
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reelected its first black president.
Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been reelected to a second one-year term as president of the Academy by the board of governors Tuesday night. According to Academy rules, she may serve as many as four consecutive one-year terms, subject to reelection.
A marketing executive who spent time at Paramount and New Line, is only the third woman to serve as Academy president. Bette Davis was briefly president in 1941, serving a term of just two months. Later, screenwriter Fay Kanin served for four years, lasting in the job from 1979-83. In her role, she not only presides over the organization of the annual Academy Awards ceremony and its nominations announcement, but she also is the public face of the Academy itself. Thus, she's an enforcer of the Academy's rules, as evidenced by her decision to disqualify Bruce Broughton from the Best Original Song category for violating the nomination rules.
In other election results, Jeffrey Kurland, head of the newly formed costume designers branch, was elected first vice president, while Leonard Engelman (of the makeup and hairstylists branch) was reelected to one of two vice president posts. The other was filled by cinematographer John Bailey. Meanwhile, former Disney chief and executive branch member Dick Cook was reelected treasurer, while short films and feature animation branch member Bill Kroyer was elected secretary.
As for Boone Isaacs, the president is already well into planning the 2015 Oscar ceremony, which will features the return of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron as producers for the third year in a row. The Academy Awards are set for Feb. 22, 2015.
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