Wood Harris, Teyana Taylor, Shunika Terry, Cheo Hodari Coker Among 529 New Academy Members
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 529 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures. This year, there are 95 Oscar® nominees, including 21 winners, and three Scientific and Technical Award recipients among the invitees.
“We are delighted to invite this remarkable group of film artists and professionals from around the world to join the Academy,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor. “Through their commitment to filmmaking, this year’s exceptionally talented class has made significant contributions to our global movie industry.”
Featured invites like Wood Harris, Teyana Taylor, Alisa Payne, and Daysha M. Broadway bring the total voting body closer to 10,338.
Among the Black talent invited to join were the following:
Actors
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù – “My Father’s Shadow,” “His House”
Wood Harris – “One Battle after Another,” “Remember the Titans”
Teyana Taylor – “One Battle after Another,” “A Thousand and One”
Cinematographers
Malik Hassan Sayeed – “After the Hunt,” “He Got Game”
Costume Designers
PC Williams – “The Roses,” “Polite Society”
Directors
Eugene Ashe – “Sylvie’s Love,” “Homecoming”
Raven Jackson – “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”
Documentary
Christalyn Hampton – “The Devil Is Busy,” “Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story”
Alisa Payne – “The Perfect Neighbor,” “Stamped from the Beginning”
Executives
Liz Jenkins
Janine Jones-Clark
Rayne Roberts
Film Editors
Daysha M. Broadway – “Ricky,” “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
Makeup Artists and Hairstylists
Shunika Terry – “Sinners,” “The Matrix Resurrections”
Marketing and Public Relations
Sharon Black
Music
James Fauntleroy – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Dolemite Is My Name”
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – “Seeds,” “Candyman”
DeVaughn Watts – “The Wild Robot,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Production and Technology
Jamal Sims
Short Films
Akinola Davies – “Lizard,” “Contactless”
Kryzz Gautier – “Chimera,” “Keep Delete”
Tamika Lamison – “Superman Doesn’t Steal,” “The Magic Bracelet”
Writers
Cheo Hodari Coker – “Creed II,” “Notorious”