Oscars: Academy Unveils New Members List for 2. As part of its effort to increase diversity among its ranks, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday issued a record 6. Star Wars' John Boyega and Harry Potters Emma Watson to musicians like Mary J. Blige and Will. i.

Great Britain's Ken Loach and Iran's Abbas Kiarostami. The new invitees are heavily weighted to favor women (4. If all elect to join, it will begin to shift the demographic makeup of the Academy, which has been criticized in the past for being too old, too male and too white. According to the Academy, its membership was 7. Similarly, the Academy was 9.

The class of 2. 01. Oscar winners and 9. Of the new invitees, 2. Recent Oscar winners who were tapped include Brie Larson, best actress winner for Room; Alicia Vikander, best supporting actress winner for The Danish Girl; Mark Rylance, best supporting actor winner for Bridge of Spies; producer Michael Sugar, best picture winner for Spotlight; Laszlo Nemes, director of best foreign- language film Son of Saul; and Adam Mc. Kay and Charles Randolph, winners for best adapted screenplay for The Big Short. Several names who were overlooked in the last round of Oscar nominations made the cut — like Beasts of No Nation's Idris Elba (actors) and Cari Fukunaga (directors) and Creed star Michael B. Jordan. And Nate Parker, who directed and stars in The Birth of a Nation, which caused a sensation at Sundance and is expected to figure in the upcoming awards conversation, was also invited to join the actors branch.

The list ranges from indie stars like Greta Gerwig (Francis Ha) to talent more associated with commercial movies such as Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey). Among the invitees to the executive branch, the most prominent names are those of James Murdoch, CEO of 2. Century Fox, and his brother Lachlan Murdoch, executive chairman of 2. Century Fox. Some invitees got double invitations: Ryan Coogler, writer and director of Creed, was invited to join both the directors and writers branch — as was the case for The Diary of a Teenage Girl's Marielle Heller. In such cases, the new member selects one branch to join.)The newest list follows a trend that has developed over the last few years as Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs and CEO Dawn Hudson have urged the organization to broaden its reach to include more women, minorities and international filmmakers. Last year, that resulted in 3.

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Before those years, the annual invitation list usually resulted in less than 2. For example, there were 1.

The Academy’s diversity push began even before the nominations were announced in 2. Oscars and a lack of minorities among the acting nominees led to the protest hashtag #Oscars. So. White. But the resulting outcry, which only grew louder when the situation repeated itself in 2.

As of the beginning of this year, the Academy’s 6,2. Boone Isaacs, backed by the board of governors, has vowed that the organziation should increase its number of women and diverse members by 2. But in order to meet those numbers, the Academy is having to significantly increase the number of new members it invites each year. Each of the Academy's 1. The basic requirement is that a candidate must have "demonstrated exceptional achievement in the field of theatrical motion pictures," although each branch then has its own requirements.

Actors, for example, must have a minimum of three theatrical features, while directors must have a minimum of two directorial credits. Academy Award nominees are automatically considered for membership, although an invite is not guaranteed. This year's list is so massive, it's sure to provoke plenty of debate over whether all those names on it deserve to be included. Among the new actors, for example, there are those like Anthony Anderson and America Ferrera, who are known more for their TV work than their appearances on film, while there are others such as Cherry Jones and Patti Lu. Pone, who are more associated with the stage than TV. On the other hand, there are other new invitees who, many would argue, should have been invited years ago — like director Melvin Van Peebles, whose 1. Watch Vantage Point Mediafire. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song helped create the blaxploitation movie, and Julie Dash, whose 1.

Daughters of the Dust became the first feature film directed by an African- American woman to be distributed theatrically in the U. SThe full list is below (and also more info is here). Actors. Mahershala Ali –““The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 and 2),” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”Anthony Anderson – “The Departed,” “Hustle & Flow”Adam Beach – “The Departed,” “Hustle & Flow”Kate Beckinsale - – “Love & Friendship,” “The Aviator”Chadwick Boseman - – “Captain America: Civil War,” “Get on Up”John Boyega – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Attack the Block”Betty Buckley ­– “Wyatt Earp,” “Carrie”Rose Byrne – “X- Men: First Class,” “Bridesmaids”Julie Carmen – “The Milagro Beanfield War,” “Gloria”Enrique Castillo­ – “Déjà Vu,” “Bound by Honor”Morris Chestnut – “G. I. Jane,” “Boyz N the Hood”Cliff Curtis – “Live Free or Die Hard,” “Training Day”Idris Elba – “Beasts of No Nation,” “Pacific Rim. America Ferrera – “Cesar Chavez,” “End of Watch”Vivica A. Fox – “Kill Bill,” “Independence Day”Andrew Garfield – “9.

Homes,” “The Amazing Spider- Man”Greta Gerwig – “Frances Ha,” “To Rome with Love”Jesse D. Goins – “The Ugly Truth,” “Patriot Games”Bruce Greenwood – “Flight,” “Star Trek”Carla Gugino – “Watchmen,” “Night at the Museum”Luis Guzmán – “Punch- Drunk Love,” “Carlito’s Way”Dennis Haysbert – “Dear White People,” “Wreck- It Ralph”Tom Hiddleston – “Crimson Peak,” “Marvel’s The Avengers”James Hong – “Safe,” “Mulan”Oscar Isaac – “Ex Machina,” “A Most Violent Year”O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson* – “Ride Along,” “Friday”Dakota Johnson – “Black Mass,” “Fifty Shades of Grey”Cherry Jones – “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” “Signs”Michael B. Jordan – “Creed,” “Fruitvale Station”Daniel Dae Kim – “The Divergent Series: Insurgent,” “Crash”Regina King – “Ray,” “Jerry Maguire. Brie Larson – “Room,” “Trainwreck”Byung- Hun Lee – “Terminator Genisys,” “G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”Nia Long – “Keanu,” “Boyz N the Hood”Sal Lopez – “The Astronaut Farmer,” “Full Metal Jacket”Ignacio López Tarso – “Under the Volcano,” “Nazarin”Patti Lu. Pone – “Parker,” “Driving Miss Daisy”Peter Mackenzie – “Trumbo,” “4.

Rachel Mc. Adams – “Spotlight,” “Midnight in Paris”Eva Mendes – “The Place beyond the Pines,” “Hitch”Tatsuya Nakadai – “Ran,” “Kagemusha”Adepero Oduye – “The Big Short,” “1. Years a Slave”Marisa Paredes – “The Skin I Live In,” “All about My Mother”Nate Parker – “Beyond the Lights,” “Red Tails”Harold Perrineau – “Zero Dark Thirty,” “2.

Weeks Later”Jorge Perugorría – “Che,” “Strawberry and Chocolate”Silvia Pinal – “Vintage Model,” “The Exterminating Angel”Freida Pinto – “Immortals,” “Slumdog Millionaire”Michelle Rodriguez – “Avatar,” “Girlfight”Anika Noni Rose – “For Colored Girls,” “Dreamgirls”Cecilia Roth – “Lucia Lucia,” “All About My Mother”Mark Rylance – “Bridge of Spies,” “The Other Boleyn Girl”Pepe Serna – “The Black Dahlia,” “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez”Martin Starr – “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” “Adventureland”Elizabeth Sung – “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “The Joy Luck Club”Sharmila Tagore – “Dhadkan,” “The World of Apu”Tessa Thompson – “Creed,” “Dear White People”Lorraine Toussaint – “Selma,” “Middle of Nowhere”Glynn Turman – “Super 8,” “Men of Honor”Gabrielle Union – “Top Five,” “Bad Boys II”Jacob Vargas – “The 3. Jarhead”Alicia Vikander – “The Danish Girl,” “Ex Machina”Emma Watson – “The Bling Ring,” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”Damon Wayans, Jr. – “Big Hero 6,” “Let’s Be Cops”Marlon Wayans – “The Heat,” “Requiem for a Dream”Rita Wilson – “It’s Complicated,” “Runaway Bride”Daphne Zuniga – “Staying Together,” “Spaceballs”Casting Directors. Shaheen Baig – “Youth,” “The Impossible”Sharon Bialy – “Secret in Their Eyes,” “Mr.