Why Do Some People Get Invited to Join the Academy and Others Don’t? An Explainer
variety.comClayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The casual Oscar observer might wonder how some of the 398 new members invited to join the Academy’s ranks qualify for the honor that includes Oscar voting rights.
From Taylor Swift to Warner Bros-Discovery CEO David Zaslav, it’s not always obvious how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decides who to invite as next year’s class of new members.
Oscar winners are automatically invited to join the ranks after their big moment, so Billie Eilish was therefore eligable after she won the Oscar for the James Bond song “No Time to Die” (2021) with her brother Finneas.
Some craftspeople are eligible for membership because their work was in categories that release Oscar shortlists before nominations, such as Swift, who was shortlisted for the song “Carolina” from the film “Where the Crawdads Sing” this past year.
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