Additional credits include Whiplash (2014), The Normal Heart (2014), and The Jinx (2015). Specializing in low-budget films, Blumhouse has produced the highly-profitable The Purge, Sinister, Paranormal Activity, and Insidious franchises, along with the 2017 blockbusters Split (2016) and Get Out (2017). Jason Blum (Treasurer), founder of Blumhouse Productions, is an Oscar®-nominated and two-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning producer. In 2014 he received the American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award. He earned his first credit as director of photography for Boulevard Nights (1979), which was followed by Ordinary People (1980), American Gigolo (1980), The Big Chill (1983), Groundhog Day (1993), As Good as It Gets (1997), The Anniversary Party (2001), The Way Way Back (2013), A Walk in the Woods (2015), and many more. John Bailey is an American cinematographer and film director, elected in August 2017 as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Previously, he served as the President and CEO of Universal Studios (formerly MCA), a position he held from 1995 through 2013. He is also a co-founder and former President of Creative Artists Agency. He provides strategic guidance and counsel on all aspects of the company, including its valuable portfolio of film and television assets, as well as the global theme park businesses. Ron Meyer (Chair) is Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal and with 23 years as the head of the studio, he is the longest serving studio chief. All of us who have been working to build this institution are immensely grateful to them for stepping forward to assume Board responsibility as we move toward our grand opening in 2019.” Their caliber speaks volumes about the level of achievement this museum aspires to attain. Kerry Brougher says, “The leaders who have joined together as the Academy Museum’s Trustees are among the most respected and influential figures in the world of motion pictures and philanthropy. I couldn’t be more pleased by the talent we’ve gathered to oversee this great new institution.” Now, with the formation of this Board of Trustees, we have real momentum. Ron Meyer says, “The Academy Museum has already made great strides in raising funds, constructing the site, and developing the exhibition plans that will make this museum an essential destination for visitors and locals who love film. With the inaugural meeting of the Trustees on December 4, the new Board-which will continue to grow-assumed responsibility as the governing body of the Academy Museum and will be responsible for overseeing the Museum’s strategic vision, preserving the organization’s financial health, and assuring the fulfillment of its mission.Įstablished to be the world’s premier institution dedicated to the art and science of movies and moviemaking, the Academy Museum is scheduled to open in 2019 on Wilshire and Fairfax in the Museum Mile area of Los Angeles, housed in a 300,000-square-foot facility designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano. Plans for the new museum were originally spearheaded by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Kerry Brougher, Director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, announced that the institution has completed the formation of its Board of Trustees, under the leadership of Ron Meyer as Chair. A Dozen Leaders from Film and Philanthropy Assume Governance of the New Museum, Scheduled to Open in 2019
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