The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited 487 artists and executives to join its membership, which is charged with determining the nominees and winners of the Academy Awards. This year, there are 71 Oscar nominees, including 19 winners, among the invitees.
“We are thrilled to welcome this year’s class of new members to the Academy,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang. “These remarkably talented artists and professionals from around the world have made a significant impact on our filmmaking community.”
Among the animation filmmakers invited this year are Masaaki Yuasa (Inu-Oh), Troy Quane (Nimona), Atsuko Ishizuka (Goodbye, Don Glees!), Justin K. Thompson (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) and Shuzo John Shiota, President of Polygon Pictures, among many other esteemed creators.
The animation and visual effects branch invitees are listed below. Find the full list on the Academy’s website here.
Short Films and Feature Animation
Dan Abraham – Once upon a Studio, Planes
Abigail Addison – The Debutante, I’m OK
Michael Andrews* – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Megamind
Brad Booker – WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, The Book of Life
Samuel Caron – Invincible, As Happy as Can Be
Nazrin Choudhury – Red, White and Blue
Sarah Helen Cox – Heavy Pockets, Plain Pleasures
Louie Del Carmen – Luck, The Star
Kayla Galang – When You Left Me on That Boulevard, Joan on the Phone
Amit R. Gicelter – Letter to a Pig, Black Slide
Alan Hawkins – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Atsuko Ishizuka – Goodbye, Don Glees!; No Game No Life: Zero
Tal Kantor – Letter to a Pig, In Other Words
Àlex Lora – The Fourth Kingdom, Us
James Mansfield – Zootopia, Hercules
Patrick Mate – Smurfs: The Lost Village, Puss in Boots
Boris Mendza – Bazigaga, Rise of a Star
Yegane Moghaddam – Our Uniform, On the Cover
Maral Mohammadian – Impossible Figures and Other Stories I, Shannon Amen
Mari Okada – Maboroshi, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Ryo Orikasa – Miserable Miracle, Datum Point
Frank Passingham – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Kubo and the Two Strings
Ülo Pikkov – ’Til We Meet Again, Empty Space
Rebecca Pruzan – Lovesick, Ivalu
Troy Quane – Nimona, Spies in Disguise
Vincent René-Lortie – Invincible, The Man Who Traveled Nowhere in Time
Carlos Segundo – Big Bang, Sideral
Pauline Seigland – One and Thousand Nights, Little Hands
Shuzo Shiota – Blame!, Muybridge’s String
Justin K. Thompson – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Christine Turner* – The Barber of Little Rock, Lynching Postcards: ‘Token of a Great Day’
Theodore Ty – Nimona, Lilo & Stitch
Chie Uratani – In This Corner of the World, Summer Wars
Viviane Vanfleteren – Titina, The Secret of Kells
Atsushi Wada – Bird in the Peninsula, The Great Rabbit
Virgil Widrich – Fast Film, Copy Shop
Masaaki Yuasa – Inu-Oh, Mind Game
Rayka Zehtabchi – Are You Still There?, Period. End of Sentence.
Visual Effects
Gerardo Aguilera – Avatar: The Way of Water, Avengers: Endgame
Stephen Hugh Richard Clee – Avatar: The Way of Water, Ant-Man and the Wasp
Simone Coco – Napoleon, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Ian Comley – The Creator, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Tim Dobbert – The Creator, Kong: Skull Island
Emile Ghorayeb – Nope, Alita: Battle Angel
Michael Grobe – Dune: Part Two, Fast X
Trevor Hazel – The Creator, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among Thieves
Tamara Kent – Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire, The Flash
Julius Lechner – The Batman, Spider-Man: Far from Home
Allan Magled – Bad Boys for Life, Geostorm
Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet – Napoleon, Cruella
Raymond McMillan – Little Children, Dracula 2000
Lori C. Miller – Nyad, Avatar: The Way of Water
Johnathan Nixon – Nyad, Avatar: The Way of Water
Tatsuji Nojima – Godzilla Minus One, Ghost Book Obake Zukan
Rick Walter O’Connor – Bumblebee, A Quiet Place
Stephane Paris – The Commuter, Guardians of the Galaxy
Laura Pedro – Society of the Snow, A Monster Calls
Pietro Ponti – The Marvels, Terminator Genisys
Kyle Robinson – The Flash, Black Panther
Kiyoko Shibuya – Godzilla Minus One, Ghost Book Obake Zukan
Kathy Siegel – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Ford v Ferrari
Orde Stevanoski – Smurfs: The Lost Village, Alice through the Looking Glass
Masaki Takahashi – Godzilla Minus One, Parasyte
Alexis Wajsbrot – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Alex Wuttke – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Takashi Yamazaki – Godzilla Minus One, Parasyte
Dennis Yoo – The Batman, War for the Planet of the Apes
(* Invited to join the Academy by multiple branches. These individuals must select one branch upon accepting membership.)
