The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is giving Oscar voting privileges to talent agents. The organization announced on Monday that the Board of Governors voted to reclassify the membersh…
The organization announced on Monday that the Board of Governors voted to reclassify the membership status of Artists’ Representatives from Associates to Members-at-Large. As Members-at-Large, agents will now have voting privileges.
This reclassification will apply to 111 current members and also those agents being invited to join the Academy in 2020. The list of new members being invited to join the Academy in 2020 has not been released yet. In 2019, Half of the 842 new members invited to join the Academy were women and 29% of the new invitees were people of color.
The Academy is under pressure to further diversity and inclusion within its ranks. Earlier this month, theresulted in an increase of female Academy governors from 25 to 26. People of color increased from 11 to 12, including the three governors-at-large. The Academy is comprised of 17 branches and and two membership status categories, Members-at-Large and Associates, to accommodate individuals whose work in the motion picture industry is not specific to one of the branches.
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