New term for Boone Isaacs
Film academy’s 51- member panel reelects the president to a third year of duty.
Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been reelected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Boone Isaacs, a veteran Hollywood marketer and longtime academy insider, was reelected Tuesday evening by the group’s 51- member board of governors.
Boone Isaacs, the first African American president of the movie industry’s most prominent organization, will enter her third one- year term. She is eligible to stay in the role for a total of four years.
“It is an honor to be reelected by my peers who have entrusted me to lead for another term,” Boone Isaacs said in a statement. “I’m proud of what we have already accomplished together, and look forward to continuing the momentum we have with the Academy’s global film community.”
In addition, Jeffrey Kurland was elected first vice president by the board of governors; John Bailey, Kathleen Kennedy and Bill Kroyer were elected to vice president posts; Jim Gianopulos was elected treasurer; and Phil Robinson was elected secretary.
Boone Isaacs and the academy’s board will have the task of selecting producers for the 2016 Oscar telecast and making decisions about the ambitious new Academy Museum, scheduled to open in 2017. The academy is trying to diversify its membership, which has been largely white, male and older.
As head of CBI Enterprises Inc., Boone Isaacs has consulted on marketing efforts for such films as “The Artist,” “The King’s Speech” and “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘ Push’ by Sapphire.” Starting in September, she will serve as an adjunct professor at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University in Orange.