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Annette Bening elected to Academy Board of Governors

July 9th, 2008 by Scott Marks

The nice folks at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences want you to know that eight incumbents have been reelected to their prestigious board of governors, along with six other filmmakers who will return to the board after a time away. The sole first-time governor elected is Annette Bening, representing the actors branch. All will serve three-year terms.

The 50 members represent 15 general areas – actors, animators and short film makers, art directors and costume designers, cinematographers, composers and songwriters, documentary filmmakers, directors, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, producers, public relations specialists, sound technicians, visual effects experts and writers. Each Governor may serve up to three consecutive three-year terms.

Returning to the board after a hiatus are Jeffrey Kurland, art directors; Martha Coolidge, directors; Arthur Hamilton, music; Don Hall, sound; and Phil Robinson, writers. The biggest slugs are the composers who combined never so much as struck a responsive chord.

I thought it would be fun (and take up far too much of my time) figuring out who each member is and just exactly what their contributions to cinema art and/or science are. The most professional group is the cinematographers who all represent the top of their field. As for the composers, suddenly John Williams sounds good.

Actors:

  • Ed Begley, Jr. - The journeyman character actor son of grumpy character actor Ed Begley. Jr. has worked steadily since he first hit the small screen in a bit role on My Three Sons. ECO conscious long before it became fashionable and purported to be a legendary Hollywood cocksman as evidenced by his role as “Soldier in Porn Film” in Paul Schrader’s Hardcore.
  • Annette Bening - Tony Award-nominated actress didn’t get her start in pictures until she was 30, something unheard of in youth-conscious Hollywood. I’ll quibble over her taste in roles, but her preeminence as an actress is unquestionable. Married to Warren Beatty, the two comprise one of the most powerful couples in Hollywood history.
  • Tom Hanks - Current, self-appointed corporate spokesman for the motion picture industry.
  • Henry Winkler - Aaaaaaaaayyy! How’d he make the cut?

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