The election of the officers of this board, including the president, will be announced in August and they will begin discussing various matters including this year’s Honorary Oscar recipients. Tom Sherak is likely to be re-elected President of the Academy as this past year was his first term and not since Karl Malden was replaced by Robert Rehme in 1992 after only three terms has an Academy president not served at least four terms (a tradition dating back to Frank Capra).

Only four individuals have sought and won more than four terms as President of the Academy. Walter Wanger served six from 1939 to 1945. Charles Brackett also won six terms from 1949 to 1955. The latest was Robert Rehme who served five non-consecutive terms from 1992 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2001.

Oscar winners elected to AMPAS board

Bigelow, Moore, Coates are first-time members of the board

by Gregg Kilday

(Hollywood Reporter) — Oscar winners Kathryn Bigelow, Michael Moore and Anne Coates have been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ board of governors.

All three are first-time members of the board. Bigelow became the first woman to win the directing Oscar earlier this year when she picked up her trophy for “The Hurt Locker.” Moore won in the documentary feature category for 2002’s “Bowling for Columbine.” Film editor Coates took home the award for her work on 1962’s “Lawrence of Arabia.”

Additionally, nine incumbents have been reelected and three other filmmakers will return to the board.

The reelected governors are Curt Behlmer, sound branch; Rosemary Brandenburg, art directors; Richard Edlund, visual effects; Leonard Engelman, makeup artists and hairstylists; Charles Fox, music; Jim Gianopulos, executives; Hawk Koch, producers; Marvin Levy, public relations; and Frank Pierson, writers.

Returning to the board after a hiatus are John Bailey, cinematographers; Ed Begley, Jr., actors; and Jon Bloom, short films and feature animation. Bailey previously served on the board from 1996 to 2002; Begley and Bloom both were governors from 2000 to 2009.

Fourteen of the Academy’s 15 branches are represented by three governors, who may serve up to three consecutive three-year terms. Terms are staggered so that each branch elects or reelects one governor each year. The makeup artists and hairstylists branch is represented by a single governor.

Governors who were not up for reelection and who continue on the board are Annette Bening and Tom Hanks, actors; Jim Bissell and Jeffrey Kurland, art directors; Caleb Deschanel and Owen Roizman, cinematographers; Martha Coolidge and Edward Zwick, directors; Rob Epstein and Lynne Littman, documentary; Robert Rehme and Tom Sherak, executives; Donn Cambern and Mark Goldblatt, film editors; Bruce Broughton and Arthur Hamilton, music; Mark Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy, producers; Robert G. Friedman and Sid Ganis, public relations; Bill Kroyer and John Lasseter, short films and feature animation; Don Hall and Kevin O’Connell, sound; Craig Barron and Bill Taylor, visual effects; and James L. Brooks and Phil Robinson, writers.

Board Members

Actors

• Annette Bening
• Tom Hanks
• Ed Begley, Jr.

Art Directors

• Jim Bissell
• Jeffrey Kurland
• Rosemary Brandenburg

Cinematographers

• Caleb Deschanel
• Owen Roizman
• John Bailey

Directors

• Martha Coolidge
• Edward Zwick
• Kathryn Bigelow

Documentary

• Rob Epstein
• Lynne Littman
• Michael Moore

Executives

• Robert Rehme
• Tom Sherak
• Jim Gianopulos

Film Editors

• Donn Cambern
• Mark Goldblatt
• Anne Coates

Makeup and Hairstylists

• Leonard Engelman

Music

• Bruce Broughton
• Arthur Hamilton
• Charles Fox

Producers

• Mark Johnson
• Kathleen Kennedy
• Hawk Koch

Public Relations

• Robert G. Friedman
• Sid Ganis
• Marvin Levy

Short Films and Feature Animation

• Bill Kroyer
• John Lasseter
• Jon Bloom

Sound

• Don Hall
• Kevin O’Connell
• Curt Behlmer

Visual Effects

• Craig Barron
• Bill Taylor
• Richard Edlund

Writers

• James L. Brooks
• Phil Robinson
• Frank Pierson