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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Invites Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiaki Nishimura, More
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its list of hip invitations on Wednesday. The list includes 683 invitations, the largest number of invitations in the Academy's history. The invitations are part of a series of new hip rules to promote diversity in the Academy's ranks, after this year's nominations led to a backlash against the perceived lack of diversity among nominees. The Academy initiated the changes in January, with the intent to radically diversify its hip by the year 2020.
The Academy extended invitations to the following Japanese creatives:
- When Marnie Was There director)
- Muybridge's Strings director)
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There producer)
- Tonko House founder)
- Robert Kondo (The Dam Keeper, "Moom" short, Tonko House founder)
- Giovanni's Island's Junpei Senō)
- Juon: The Grudge creative department)
- Ghost in the Shell's Daisuke Aramaki)
- Umimachi Diary director)
- Naomi Kawase (Sweet Bean, Still the Water director)
- Yoshihito Akatsuka (Kill Bill: Vol. 1 set decorator)
- Yohei Taneda (Kill Bill: Vol. 1 production designer)
- Nighthead Genesis composer)
Additionally, Oldboy director Park Chan-wook was also invited.
Yonebayashi and Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marnie) earned a nomination for the Animated Feature Film category this year, although Inside Out won the award.
The Academy has Honorary Academy Award in 2014.
The Academy declined the invitation.
Composer La Maison en Petits Cubes" ("Tsumiki no Ie" or House of Blocks) short.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter (Gregg Kilday) via Dark Horizons
Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip.
