Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is among six people elected to the Academy’s board of governors for the first time. DuVernay, acclaimed for films including civil rights drama Selma and documentary 13th, was nominated from the directors branch.
Responding to the news, she said: “Thank you to the members of the Directors Branch of @TheAcademy. “Life is a funny, fascinating thing.
You never know what’s around the corner.” Also elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors are casting director Debra Zane, editor Stephen Rivkin and Linda Flowers, from the makeup artists and hairstylists branch.
Lynette Howell Taylor, known for her work on A Star Is Born, was elected from the producers branch while Rob Bredow was nominated
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