LOS ANGELES, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 271 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2014.
This year's class of invitees represents some of the most talented, creative and passionate filmmakers working in our industry today, said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Their contributions to film have entertained audiences around the world, and we are proud to welcome them to the Academy.
The 2014 invitees are:
Actors
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
Clancy Brown - The Hurricane, The Shawshank Redeption
Paul Dano - 12 Years a Slave, Prisoners
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave, Shame
Ben Foster - Lone Survivor, Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Beth Grant - The Artist, No Country for Old Men
Clark Gregg - Much Ado about Nothing, Marvel's The Avengers
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine, Happy-Go-Lucky
Josh Hutcherson - The Hunger Games, The Kids Are All Right
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Enough Said, Planes
Kelly Macdonald - Brave, No Country for Old Men
Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt, Casino Royale
Joel McKinnon Miller - Super 8, The Truman Show
Cillian Murphy - The Dark Knight Rises, Inception
Lupita Nyongo - Non-Stop, 12 Years a Slave
Rob Riggle - 21 Jump Street, The Hangover
Chris Rock - Grown Ups 2, Madagascar
June Squibb - Nebraska, About Schmidt
Jason Statham - Parker, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
David Strathairn - Lincoln, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Casting Directors
Douglas Aibel - The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Immigrant
Simone B r - The Monuments Men, The Book Thief
Kerry Barden - August: Osage County, Dallas Buyers Club
Nikki Barrett - The Railway Man, The Great Gatsby
Mark Bennett - Drinking Buddies, Zero Dark Thirty
Risa Bramon Garcia - Speed, Wall Street
Michelle Guish - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Nanny McPhee
Billy Hopkins - Lee Daniels' The Butler, Disconnect
Ros Hubbard - Romeo & Juliet, The Mummy
Allison Jones - The Way, Way Back, The Heat
Christine King - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Star
Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Beatrice Kruger - To Rome with Love, The American
Marci Liroff - Mean Girls, Pretty in Pink
Debbie McWilliams - Skyfall, Quantum of Solace
Joseph Middleton - TheTwilight Saga: New Moon, Legally Blonde
Robi Reed - For Colored Girls, Do the Right Thing
Kevin Reher - Monsters University, Finding Nemo
Paul Schnee - August: Osage County, Dallas Buyers Club
Gail Stevens - Zero Dark Thirty, Slumdog Millionaire
Lucinda Syson - Gravity, Fast and & Furious 6
Fiona Weir - J. Edgar, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Ronnie Yeskel - The Sessions, Atlas Shrugged Part 1
Cinematographers
Sean Bobbitt - 12 Years a Slave, The Place beyond the Pines
Philippe Le Sourd - The Grandmaster, Seven Pounds
James Neihouse - Hubble 3D, Nascar: The IMAX Experience
Masanobu Takayanagi - Out of the Furnace, Silver Linings Playbook
Bradford Young - Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Pariah
Costume Designers
William Chang Suk Ping - The Grandmaster, In the Mood for Love
Pascaline Chavanne - Renoir, Augustine
Daniela Ciancio - The Great Beauty, Il Divo
Frank L. Fleming - Draft Day, Monster's Ball
Maurizio Millenotti - Hamlet, Otello
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor - Great Expectations, Good Will Hunting
Karyn Wagner - Lovelace, The Green Mile
Designers
William Arnold - Lovelace, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
K.K. Barrett - Her, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Susan Benjamin - Saving Mr. Banks, The Blind Side
Bill Boes - The Smurfs 2, Fantastic Four
Tony Fanning - Contraband, War of the Worlds
Robert Greenfield - Priest, Almost Famous
Marcia Hinds - I Spy, The Public Eye
Sonja Brisbane Klaus - Prometheus, Robin Hood
David S. Lazan - Flight, American Beauty
Diane Lederman - Lee Daniels' The Butler, Tower Heist
Heather Loeffler - American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook
Christa Munro - Jack Reacher, Erin Brockovich
Andy Nicholson - Gravity, The Host
Adam Stockhausen - 12 Years a Slave, Moonrise Kingdom
Directors
Hany Abu-Assad - Omar, Paradise Now
Jay Duplass - Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Cyrus
Mark Duplass - Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Cyrus
David Gordon Green - Joe, Pineapple Express
Gavin O'Connor - Warrior, Miracle
Gina Prince-Bythewood - The Secret Life of Bees, Love and Basketball
Paolo Sorrentino - The Great Beauty, This Must Be the Place
Jean-Marc Vall e - Dallas Buyers Club, Young Victoria
Felix van Groeningen - The Broken Circle Breakdown, The Misfortunates
Denis Villeneuve - Prisoners, Incendies
Thomas Vinterberg - The Hunt, The Celebration
Documentary
Malcolm Clarke - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Prisoner of Paradise
Dan Cogan - How to Survive a Plague, The Queen of Versailles
Kief Davidson - Open Heart, Kassim the Dream
Dan Geller - The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, Ballets Russes
Dayna Goldfine - The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, Ballets Russes
Julie Goldman - God Loves Uganda, Gideon's Army
Sam Green - Utopia in Four Movements, The Weather Underground
Gary Hustwit - Urbanized, Helvetica
Eugene Jarecki - The House I Live In, Why We Fight
Brian Johnson - Anita, Buena Vista Social Club
Ross Kauffman - E-Team, Born into Brothels
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LOS ANGELES, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 271 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2014. 
