See Who’s Made The List As AMPAS Offers New Membership To 135

On Friday (June 25, 2010) the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended invitations to join the organization to 135 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2010 to the Academy’s roster of voting members.

“The work of these individuals has been appreciated by moviegoers all around the world,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “The Academy is proud to invite each and every one of them.”

The 2010 invitees are:

Actors

Tobin Bell – “Saw,” “The Firm”

Vera Farmiga – “Up in the Air,” “The Departed”

Miguel Ferrer – “Traffic,” “RoboCop”

James Gandolfini – “In the Loop,” “Get Shorty”

Anna Kendrick – “Up in the Air,” “Twilight”

Mo’Nique – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “Phat Girlz”

Carey Mulligan – “An Education,” “Public Enemies”

Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker,” “28 Weeks Later”

Ryan Reynolds – “The Proposal,” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

LaTanya Richardson Jackson – “Mother and Child,” “Losing Isaiah”

Peter Riegert – “Traffic,” “Crossing Delancey”

Sam Robards – “A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” “American Beauty”

Saoirse Ronan – “The Lovely Bones,” “Atonement”

Zoe Saldana – “Avatar,” “Star Trek”

Adam Sandler – “Funny People,” “Punch-Drunk Love”

Peter Sarsgaard – “An Education,” “Boys Don’t Cry”

Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Shaun Toub – “Iron Man,” “The Kite Runner”

Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

George Wyner – “A Serious Man,” “American Pie 2”

Directors

Jacques Audiard – “A Prophet,” “The Beat That My Heart Skipped”

Juan Jose Campanella – “The Secret in Their Eyes,” “Son of the Bride”

Lee Daniels – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “Shadowboxer”

Claudia Llosa – “The Milk of Sorrow,” “Madeinusa”

Lone Scherfig – “An Education,” “Italian for Beginners”

Adam Shankman – “Bedtime Stories,” “Hairspray”

Producers

Stephanie Allain – “Black Snake Moan,” “Hustle & Flow”

Gregory Jacobs – “The Informant!,” “The Good German”

Jon Landau – “Avatar,” “Titanic”

Marc Turtletaub – “Away We Go,” “Little Miss Sunshine”

Glenn Williamson – “Sunshine Cleaning,” “Hollywoodland”

Writers

Neill Blomkamp – “District 9”

Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker,” “In the Valley of Elah”

Geoffrey Fletcher – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Nick Hornby – “An Education,” “Fever Pitch”

Alex Kurtzman – “Star Trek,” “Mission: Impossible III”

Tom McCarthy – “Up,” “The Visitor”

Roberto Orci – “Star Trek,” “Mission: Impossible III”

Terri Tatchell – “District 9”

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The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 180 new members in 2010, but as in other recent years, the several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.

New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception at the Academy’s Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills in September.

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