Even those who’ve never visited Malta in real life will recognize it in dozens of films — Assassin’s Creed, Troy, Captain Phillips, Last Voyage of the Demeter, Gladiator and pretty soon Gladiator 2, to name a few. There are reasons filmmakers flock there. Not only is it a versatile location that provides a contemporary or period backdrop but also the facilities and crew are unrivaled, tax incentives are generous and accommodations are among the best in Europe with the island nation boasting a whopping six Michelin-starred restaurants.
Renowned for its special effects water facility, Malta offers one indoor tank and two large exterior water tanks situated along the coast, affording filmmakers an authentic horizon line for scenes set on the water. The studio offers a range of water SFX equipment including wave machines, wind machines, rain towers, tip tanks, water shooters and smoke machines.
Malta’s first sound-stage is currently...
Renowned for its special effects water facility, Malta offers one indoor tank and two large exterior water tanks situated along the coast, affording filmmakers an authentic horizon line for scenes set on the water. The studio offers a range of water SFX equipment including wave machines, wind machines, rain towers, tip tanks, water shooters and smoke machines.
Malta’s first sound-stage is currently...
- 1/13/2024
- by Jordan Riefe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It wasn’t the Oscars, but close. On Sept. 25, 2021, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences christened its $484 million Renzo Piano-designed movie museum with a starry gala. That night, Annette Bening, Tom Hanks and Bob Iger received Pillar Awards, recognizing their efforts leading the capital campaign to complete the long-gestating project. The scene represented a moment of true unity for Hollywood and the city of Los Angeles that, at long last, had a new landmark to brag about.
Less than two years later, that communal pride has given way to deep fractures across an industry at a standstill amid the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. As the battle rages, Bening is back in the lights with a new mission.
Annette Bening Photographed By Austin Hargrave
In June, the actress, 65, assumed the post of chair of the board of the Entertainment Community Fund (Ecf), formerly known as the Actors Fund,...
Less than two years later, that communal pride has given way to deep fractures across an industry at a standstill amid the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. As the battle rages, Bening is back in the lights with a new mission.
Annette Bening Photographed By Austin Hargrave
In June, the actress, 65, assumed the post of chair of the board of the Entertainment Community Fund (Ecf), formerly known as the Actors Fund,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nanni Moretti returns to the film-within-a-film format with a fitfully funny new comedy that, this time, offers two films-within-a-film (plus a surreal dream sequence). It is, frankly, a relief after 2021’s terrible, soapy melodrama Three Floors, and, at a crisp 96 minutes, so much easier to swallow. In some ways a companion piece to 2015’s Mia Madre, it finds the director putting all his neuroses back on show, pontificating on everything from movie violence to streaming platforms and why wearing slippers onscreen is a fashion no-no that can only be pulled off by Aretha Franklin in The Blues Brothers.
As is usual in Moretti’s self-reflexive pieces, the main film being made within the film is the kind of film that no director would ever make and that no modern audience would ever pay to see. Set in 1956, it sees Hungary’s Budavari Circus arriving in Rome’s Quarticciolo area, escaping the Soviet invasion of Budapest.
As is usual in Moretti’s self-reflexive pieces, the main film being made within the film is the kind of film that no director would ever make and that no modern audience would ever pay to see. Set in 1956, it sees Hungary’s Budavari Circus arriving in Rome’s Quarticciolo area, escaping the Soviet invasion of Budapest.
- 5/25/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The captivating opening sequence of Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow (Il Sol dell’Avvenire) watches as a dusty old Fiat passes Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome and pulls up next to the Tiber. A man with a can of red paint and a rope steps out and scoots halfway down the stone wall that hugs the riverbank, neatly painting the words of the title. The whimsical music instantly alludes to Fellini, an homage confirmed soon after by the arrival in town of a Hungarian circus, and for all intents and purposes, the film is Moretti’s Otto e mezzo. Or at least it wants to be.
More than 20 years after winning the Palme d’Or with his shattering grief drama The Son’s Room, Moretti is back with his 14th feature for his regular appointment with Cannes. But after decades of wildly varying success attempting to stretch beyond his signature auto-fictions,...
More than 20 years after winning the Palme d’Or with his shattering grief drama The Son’s Room, Moretti is back with his 14th feature for his regular appointment with Cannes. But after decades of wildly varying success attempting to stretch beyond his signature auto-fictions,...
- 5/24/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In competition at Cannes, the Italian director’s comedy-drama about a failing film-maker is full of non-comedy and anti-drama – a complete waste of time
Nanni Moretti is the Italian director who will always have a place in our hearts, not least for his masterly The Son’s Room (2001), in my view the greatest Cannes Palme d’Or winner of the century so far. And more recently his cinephile comedy Mia Madre (2015) was tremendous.
But his new film in competition is bafflingly awful: muddled, mediocre and metatextual – a complete waste of time, at once strident and listless. Everything about it is heavy-handed and dull: the non-comedy, the ersatz-pathos, the anti-drama.
It is effectively a film within a film, both as dull as each other. Moretti himself plays Giovanni, a high-minded film director with a failing marriage who is struggling to shoot his passion project about the Italian Communist party standing up to...
Nanni Moretti is the Italian director who will always have a place in our hearts, not least for his masterly The Son’s Room (2001), in my view the greatest Cannes Palme d’Or winner of the century so far. And more recently his cinephile comedy Mia Madre (2015) was tremendous.
But his new film in competition is bafflingly awful: muddled, mediocre and metatextual – a complete waste of time, at once strident and listless. Everything about it is heavy-handed and dull: the non-comedy, the ersatz-pathos, the anti-drama.
It is effectively a film within a film, both as dull as each other. Moretti himself plays Giovanni, a high-minded film director with a failing marriage who is struggling to shoot his passion project about the Italian Communist party standing up to...
- 5/24/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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After decades of false starts and years of delays for construction and the pandemic, the 484 million, Renzo Piano-designed Academy Museum finally opened to the public in September 2021. Since then, the museum has exceeded expectations by drawing 700,000 visitors (20 percent more than its goal), and it is easily covering its operating expenses via a mix of ticket sales, memberships (24,000 sold to date), a successful gift shop (which has done more than 6 million in sales), renting the space for events and its annual gala, which takes place Oct. 15 and honors Julia Roberts, Steve McQueen, Miky Lee and Tilda Swinton.
On the occasion of the museum’s one-year anniversary, THR spoke with Academy Museum director Jacqueline Stewart (who ascended to the position in July after serving as its head artistic and programming officer) and chief operating officer Brendan Connell Jr. about the institution’s surprising visitor demographics,...
After decades of false starts and years of delays for construction and the pandemic, the 484 million, Renzo Piano-designed Academy Museum finally opened to the public in September 2021. Since then, the museum has exceeded expectations by drawing 700,000 visitors (20 percent more than its goal), and it is easily covering its operating expenses via a mix of ticket sales, memberships (24,000 sold to date), a successful gift shop (which has done more than 6 million in sales), renting the space for events and its annual gala, which takes place Oct. 15 and honors Julia Roberts, Steve McQueen, Miky Lee and Tilda Swinton.
On the occasion of the museum’s one-year anniversary, THR spoke with Academy Museum director Jacqueline Stewart (who ascended to the position in July after serving as its head artistic and programming officer) and chief operating officer Brendan Connell Jr. about the institution’s surprising visitor demographics,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A column chronicling events and interviews on the awards circuit.
This week it is the final chance for Emmy voters to be heard as ballot deadlines loom, an honor at the Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures that not only recognized a veteran Asian filmmaking powerhouse but the Asian Pacific industry community as well, plus an interview with two-time Emmy winner Courtney B. Vance who has thoughts on the state of this country on a day many are worried about its future.
For all you straggling Emmy voters, get your act together. You have this final weekend to get those ballots in (due Monday night), and it seems like no one is letting up on their campaigns. The calls keep coming in: “Hi, it looks like some time opened up on Miles Teller’s schedule. I know it’s a long shot but….” or “Is it still possible to do an interview for Annie Live!
This week it is the final chance for Emmy voters to be heard as ballot deadlines loom, an honor at the Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures that not only recognized a veteran Asian filmmaking powerhouse but the Asian Pacific industry community as well, plus an interview with two-time Emmy winner Courtney B. Vance who has thoughts on the state of this country on a day many are worried about its future.
For all you straggling Emmy voters, get your act together. You have this final weekend to get those ballots in (due Monday night), and it seems like no one is letting up on their campaigns. The calls keep coming in: “Hi, it looks like some time opened up on Miles Teller’s schedule. I know it’s a long shot but….” or “Is it still possible to do an interview for Annie Live!
- 6/24/2022
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
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Janet Yang, the veteran Hollywood producer who has been described as “the godmother of Asian-Americans in the industry” — and who is rumored to be a candidate to succeed David Rubin as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ board of governors, on which she has served as a governor-at-large for the last three years and a vice president for the past year, in August — was feted on Tuesday evening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, where a pillar was dedicated and a dinner was held in her honor.
If Yang — the daughter of Chinese immigrants who made her name connecting the Chinese and Hollywood film industries before serving as a producer on films like The Joy Luck Club and The People vs. Larry Flynt — wasn’t planning on seeking the presidency of the Academy’s board prior to Tuesday’s gathering,...
Janet Yang, the veteran Hollywood producer who has been described as “the godmother of Asian-Americans in the industry” — and who is rumored to be a candidate to succeed David Rubin as the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ board of governors, on which she has served as a governor-at-large for the last three years and a vice president for the past year, in August — was feted on Tuesday evening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, where a pillar was dedicated and a dinner was held in her honor.
If Yang — the daughter of Chinese immigrants who made her name connecting the Chinese and Hollywood film industries before serving as a producer on films like The Joy Luck Club and The People vs. Larry Flynt — wasn’t planning on seeking the presidency of the Academy’s board prior to Tuesday’s gathering,...
- 6/22/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nestled in a former theater whose facade was sculpted by Auguste Renoir, the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and promotion of film heritage belonging to historical French production company and exhibitor Pathé.
Named after the company’s co-chairman, Jérôme Seydoux, the institution is a nonprofit organization founded in 2006. Designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, the shell-shaped building opened to the public in 2014 and is home to the only cinema theater in France dedicated to silent movies. Two films are screened there every day to live music.
“When we received Pathé’s silent movie catalog in 2015, my husband and I decided to show these movies from around the world because we believe very strongly in the transmission of film heritage,” says the foundation’s president, Sophie Seydoux, the wife of Jérôme.
The foundation also houses 125 years of historical archives, including thousands of posters, catalogs and movie scripts,...
Named after the company’s co-chairman, Jérôme Seydoux, the institution is a nonprofit organization founded in 2006. Designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, the shell-shaped building opened to the public in 2014 and is home to the only cinema theater in France dedicated to silent movies. Two films are screened there every day to live music.
“When we received Pathé’s silent movie catalog in 2015, my husband and I decided to show these movies from around the world because we believe very strongly in the transmission of film heritage,” says the foundation’s president, Sophie Seydoux, the wife of Jérôme.
The foundation also houses 125 years of historical archives, including thousands of posters, catalogs and movie scripts,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
As Italy marks the centennial of Pier Paolo Pasolini‘s birth with a series of special events, the Academy Museum is honoring the influential film director, poet, writer and intellectual, whose 1975 murder remains a mystery, with a complete retrospective.
Titled “Carnal Knowledge: The Films of Pier Paolo Pasolini,” the Los Angeles tribute in the Academy’s Renzo Piano designed temple of cinema opened Feb. 17 with Oscar-winning production designer Dante Ferretti on hand.
Ferretti, in a moving tribute, said he owed his career to Pasolini, having worked on nine of his films, starting with Pasolini’s first work “The Gospel According to Matthew” and ending with his incendiary condemnation of the Italian upper classes “Salò – or the 120 Days of Sodom,” released in Italy just a few weeks after Pasolini’s murder on Nov. 2, 1975, at age 53, in the seaside town of Ostia outside Rome.
The Academy’s complete retro of Pasolini’s...
Titled “Carnal Knowledge: The Films of Pier Paolo Pasolini,” the Los Angeles tribute in the Academy’s Renzo Piano designed temple of cinema opened Feb. 17 with Oscar-winning production designer Dante Ferretti on hand.
Ferretti, in a moving tribute, said he owed his career to Pasolini, having worked on nine of his films, starting with Pasolini’s first work “The Gospel According to Matthew” and ending with his incendiary condemnation of the Italian upper classes “Salò – or the 120 Days of Sodom,” released in Italy just a few weeks after Pasolini’s murder on Nov. 2, 1975, at age 53, in the seaside town of Ostia outside Rome.
The Academy’s complete retro of Pasolini’s...
- 2/24/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Haile Gerima (left) on the set of Harvest: 3,000 YearsWhen I first approached Haile Gerima to talk with me about his work two years ago, he declined. I had been eager to talk with him, the uncompromisingly independent artist behind narrative films like Harvest 3,000 Years (1975), Bush Mama (1979), and Sankofa (1993). But I told him I respected his decision, and we kept in touch over email. He appreciated that I persisted, and later mailed me copies of Wilmington 10 -- U.S.A. 10,000 (1979), After Winter: Sterling Brown (1985), and Imperfect Journey (1994), his virtually inaccessible documentaries. I’d sit with these films for years before the prospect of an interview with Gerima came up again. No stranger to the power of waiting or to the power of “no,” he had turned down numerous opportunities to restore or distribute his films with third parties, brooking no creative compromise. Finally, he yielded to an elaborate retrospective at the Academy Museum,...
- 11/5/2021
- MUBI
Photo by Josh White, JWPictures/©Academy Museum Foundation
On Tuesday, September 22, Wamg attended the official preview of the much-anticipated Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which opened to the public on September 30th.
The seven-story, 300,000 square foot museum, which draws on the unique resources of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is located in the heart of LA’s Miracle Mile, will open with some pretty amazing exhibits that movie fans and movie-making buffs alike will be excited to see. Everything from famous and well-known movie props and costumes to giant monitors and video walls showing not only the history of moviemaking, but also many behind-the-scenes clips with well-known filmmakers and actors. Entering the museum almost feels like a theme-park, where you know there is so much to see, but you don’t know what to do first!
The day began with a presentation in the museum’s gorgeous 1000-seat David Geffen Theater.
On Tuesday, September 22, Wamg attended the official preview of the much-anticipated Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which opened to the public on September 30th.
The seven-story, 300,000 square foot museum, which draws on the unique resources of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is located in the heart of LA’s Miracle Mile, will open with some pretty amazing exhibits that movie fans and movie-making buffs alike will be excited to see. Everything from famous and well-known movie props and costumes to giant monitors and video walls showing not only the history of moviemaking, but also many behind-the-scenes clips with well-known filmmakers and actors. Entering the museum almost feels like a theme-park, where you know there is so much to see, but you don’t know what to do first!
The day began with a presentation in the museum’s gorgeous 1000-seat David Geffen Theater.
- 10/3/2021
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s not the Oscars, but it certainly looks like it. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is holding its opening gala tonight, Sept. 25, with a guest list that includes Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Regina King, Kristen Stewart, Nicole Kidman, Cher, Queen Latifah, Angela Bassett, Kate Hudson, Spike Lee, Patty Jenkins, Tiffany Haddish and so many more.
The evening, co-chaired by Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum, is honoring Sophia Loren and filmmaker Haile Gerima. Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger are also being recognized for their fundraising efforts for the museum.
Designed by world renowned architect Renzo Piano, the museum is located on the Lacma campus on Wilshire and Fairfax and opens to the public on Sept. 30. At a press preview just days before the gala, museum director and president Bill Kramer said he was hopeful that the 300,000-square-foot complex would become “an instant landmark … a must-see...
The evening, co-chaired by Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum, is honoring Sophia Loren and filmmaker Haile Gerima. Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger are also being recognized for their fundraising efforts for the museum.
Designed by world renowned architect Renzo Piano, the museum is located on the Lacma campus on Wilshire and Fairfax and opens to the public on Sept. 30. At a press preview just days before the gala, museum director and president Bill Kramer said he was hopeful that the 300,000-square-foot complex would become “an instant landmark … a must-see...
- 9/26/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
“It is so shiny and new and enormous!” said actress Anna Kendrick at the September 22 Academy Museum of Motion Pictures press conference — the museum’s final pre-opening press conference after financing shortfalls, earthquake retrofitting, leadership do-overs, and a pandemic lockdown — before the museum opens its doors September 30, nearly four years after its originally scheduled (and wildly optimistic) opening date.
Speaking in the round red-plush David Geffen Theater, which the Academy Museum hopes will attract multiple glitzy studio premieres (even if the bathrooms are all the way across a glass footbridge), Kendrick continued: “And it’s crammed with about 125 years’ worth of ideas, and dreams, and life-changing cinematic experiences. And I can tell you, everybody who works in the movies wants to see this place, and probably even more, be a part of it!”
If the actress was giddy with excitement, she might have been channeling the sentiments of the Academy...
Speaking in the round red-plush David Geffen Theater, which the Academy Museum hopes will attract multiple glitzy studio premieres (even if the bathrooms are all the way across a glass footbridge), Kendrick continued: “And it’s crammed with about 125 years’ worth of ideas, and dreams, and life-changing cinematic experiences. And I can tell you, everybody who works in the movies wants to see this place, and probably even more, be a part of it!”
If the actress was giddy with excitement, she might have been channeling the sentiments of the Academy...
- 9/25/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“It is so shiny and new and enormous!” said actress Anna Kendrick at the September 22 Academy Museum of Motion Pictures press conference — the museum’s final pre-opening press conference after financing shortfalls, earthquake retrofitting, leadership do-overs, and a pandemic lockdown — before the museum opens its doors September 30, nearly four years after its originally scheduled (and wildly optimistic) opening date.
Speaking in the round red-plush David Geffen Theater, which the Academy Museum hopes will attract multiple glitzy studio premieres (even if the bathrooms are all the way across a glass footbridge), Kendrick continued: “And it’s crammed with about 125 years’ worth of ideas, and dreams, and life-changing cinematic experiences. And I can tell you, everybody who works in the movies wants to see this place, and probably even more, be a part of it!”
If the actress was giddy with excitement, she might have been channeling the sentiments of the Academy...
Speaking in the round red-plush David Geffen Theater, which the Academy Museum hopes will attract multiple glitzy studio premieres (even if the bathrooms are all the way across a glass footbridge), Kendrick continued: “And it’s crammed with about 125 years’ worth of ideas, and dreams, and life-changing cinematic experiences. And I can tell you, everybody who works in the movies wants to see this place, and probably even more, be a part of it!”
If the actress was giddy with excitement, she might have been channeling the sentiments of the Academy...
- 9/25/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Over the course of a few days in early September, major donors who helped bring to life Los Angeles’ first-ever movie museum were photographed exclusively for The Hollywood Reporter at the new arts institution.
For this special look inside the new Renzo Piano-designed, $484 million Academy Museum, which kicks off with a gala event on Sept. 25 and an official opening on Sept. 30, THR spotlights Netflix co-ceo and museum board chair Ted Sarandos and wife Nicole Avant (along with Sidney Poitier’s daughter Sydney Poitier) inside the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby, for which the couple spearheaded fundraising.
Dagmar Dolby, wife of the late Ray ...
For this special look inside the new Renzo Piano-designed, $484 million Academy Museum, which kicks off with a gala event on Sept. 25 and an official opening on Sept. 30, THR spotlights Netflix co-ceo and museum board chair Ted Sarandos and wife Nicole Avant (along with Sidney Poitier’s daughter Sydney Poitier) inside the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby, for which the couple spearheaded fundraising.
Dagmar Dolby, wife of the late Ray ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Over the course of a few days in early September, major donors who helped bring to life Los Angeles’ first-ever movie museum were photographed exclusively for The Hollywood Reporter at the new arts institution.
For this special look inside the new Renzo Piano-designed, $484 million Academy Museum, which kicks off with a gala event on Sept. 25 and an official opening on Sept. 30, THR spotlights Netflix co-ceo and museum board chair Ted Sarandos and wife Nicole Avant (along with Sidney Poitier’s daughter Sydney Poitier) inside the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby, for which the couple spearheaded fundraising.
Dagmar Dolby, wife of the late Ray ...
For this special look inside the new Renzo Piano-designed, $484 million Academy Museum, which kicks off with a gala event on Sept. 25 and an official opening on Sept. 30, THR spotlights Netflix co-ceo and museum board chair Ted Sarandos and wife Nicole Avant (along with Sidney Poitier’s daughter Sydney Poitier) inside the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby, for which the couple spearheaded fundraising.
Dagmar Dolby, wife of the late Ray ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Architect Renzo Piano has one request regarding his new work, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: “Please do not call it the Death Star.” Speaking at the opening press conference for the new museum, the celebrated Italian designer was referring to the domed sphere that forms the rear of the building and houses the 1,000 seat David Geffen Theater. “Call it a flying vessel. Ready to take off,” he adds. “Or a soap bubble.
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- 9/21/2021
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Many a metaphor was floated on Tuesday morning as Tom Hanks, Anna Kendrick and others gathered to celebrate the long-awaited September 30 opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
To architect Renzo Piano, the museum is not the “Death Star” of Star Wars lore, but a “soap bubble” or “a dirigible”—”a flying vessel ready to land, ready to take off.”
Hanks—a Museum Trustee who helped lead fundraising efforts—called the institution “the world’s largest magic lantern,” referencing the very earliest image projectors in the history of cinema, some of which can now be found inside the building.
What all speakers at today’s press conference agreed on is that the Academy Museum is, in the words of its Director and President Bill Kramer, “a magnificent new home for the art of film,” the design of which is as extraordinary as the contents within.
“There are other cities...
To architect Renzo Piano, the museum is not the “Death Star” of Star Wars lore, but a “soap bubble” or “a dirigible”—”a flying vessel ready to land, ready to take off.”
Hanks—a Museum Trustee who helped lead fundraising efforts—called the institution “the world’s largest magic lantern,” referencing the very earliest image projectors in the history of cinema, some of which can now be found inside the building.
What all speakers at today’s press conference agreed on is that the Academy Museum is, in the words of its Director and President Bill Kramer, “a magnificent new home for the art of film,” the design of which is as extraordinary as the contents within.
“There are other cities...
- 9/21/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened its doors for a preview on Tuesday ahead of its Sept. 30 public opening, allowing media to take a tour of all of its exhibitions for the first time.
Located on the Lacma campus on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, the museum occupies the moderne-style former May Co. department store along with an impressive giant glass dome designed by architect Renzo Piano.
To kick off the event, a press conference was held in the dome’s beautiful David Geffen Theater with talent on hand for opening remarks.
Tom Hanks (Academy Museum trustee), Anna Kendrick (actor and producer), Bill Kramer, David Rubin, Dawn Hudson, Miky Lee, Piano and Jacqueline Stewart (chief artistic and programming officer) were among the attendees.
A montage video played before Kendrick (Oscar-nominated for “Up in the Air”) took the stage, showcasing stunning exhibits that include Dorothy’s ruby slippers, the “Citizen Kane” Rosebud sled,...
Located on the Lacma campus on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, the museum occupies the moderne-style former May Co. department store along with an impressive giant glass dome designed by architect Renzo Piano.
To kick off the event, a press conference was held in the dome’s beautiful David Geffen Theater with talent on hand for opening remarks.
Tom Hanks (Academy Museum trustee), Anna Kendrick (actor and producer), Bill Kramer, David Rubin, Dawn Hudson, Miky Lee, Piano and Jacqueline Stewart (chief artistic and programming officer) were among the attendees.
A montage video played before Kendrick (Oscar-nominated for “Up in the Air”) took the stage, showcasing stunning exhibits that include Dorothy’s ruby slippers, the “Citizen Kane” Rosebud sled,...
- 9/21/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar®-winning actors Laura Dern and Tom Hanks are inviting a few of their friends and colleagues to spend a night in the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures when “A Night in the Academy Museum” airs Tuesday, Oct. 12 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Edt), on ABC.
The special will give fans an exclusive look at the amazing history, exhibitions and insight into the art of filmmaking that awaits when they visit the largest institution in the United States dedicated to the arts, sciences and artists of moviemaking. Annette Bening, Cher, Jon M. Chu, Geena Davis, Danny Glover, Eiza González, Emily V. Gordon, Aldis Hodge, Marsai Martin, Marlee Matlin, Melissa McCarthy, Kumail Nanjiani, Michelle Rodriguez, Jurnee Smollett and Diane Warren will guide viewers through the halls of the institution as they explore the magic and artistry that has enlightened, enchanted and entertained movie fans for more than 120 years.
“A Night...
The special will give fans an exclusive look at the amazing history, exhibitions and insight into the art of filmmaking that awaits when they visit the largest institution in the United States dedicated to the arts, sciences and artists of moviemaking. Annette Bening, Cher, Jon M. Chu, Geena Davis, Danny Glover, Eiza González, Emily V. Gordon, Aldis Hodge, Marsai Martin, Marlee Matlin, Melissa McCarthy, Kumail Nanjiani, Michelle Rodriguez, Jurnee Smollett and Diane Warren will guide viewers through the halls of the institution as they explore the magic and artistry that has enlightened, enchanted and entertained movie fans for more than 120 years.
“A Night...
- 9/20/2021
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HollyShorts Film Festival Announces Dates and Lineup
Short films starring Taika Waititi, Jessica Chastain, Tiffany Haddish and those produced by Octavia Spencer and Leonardo DiCaprio are among highlights of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, running Sept. 23-Oct. 1 at the Tcl Chinese Theatres and online.
Selections include Spencer Susser’s “Save Ralph,” starring Zac Efron, Waititi and George Lopez; Aneil Karia’s “The Long Goodbye” starring Riz Ahmed; Orlando von Einsiedel’s “Into Dust” produced by DiCaprio; Aidan Tanner’s “The Sands Between” starring Chastain; Minsun Park and Teddy Tenenbaum’s “Koreatown Ghost Story,” starring Margaret Cho; Zeberiah Newman’s “Right to Try,” produced by Spencer.
Other films on the slate are: Geoff Dunbar’s “When Winter Comes”; Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen’s “Desmond’s Not Here Anymore;” Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman’s “Life Unexpected,” Julien Joslin’s “No Longer Suitable for Use,” Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe’s Oscar-Winning “Two Distant Strangers,...
Short films starring Taika Waititi, Jessica Chastain, Tiffany Haddish and those produced by Octavia Spencer and Leonardo DiCaprio are among highlights of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, running Sept. 23-Oct. 1 at the Tcl Chinese Theatres and online.
Selections include Spencer Susser’s “Save Ralph,” starring Zac Efron, Waititi and George Lopez; Aneil Karia’s “The Long Goodbye” starring Riz Ahmed; Orlando von Einsiedel’s “Into Dust” produced by DiCaprio; Aidan Tanner’s “The Sands Between” starring Chastain; Minsun Park and Teddy Tenenbaum’s “Koreatown Ghost Story,” starring Margaret Cho; Zeberiah Newman’s “Right to Try,” produced by Spencer.
Other films on the slate are: Geoff Dunbar’s “When Winter Comes”; Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen’s “Desmond’s Not Here Anymore;” Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman’s “Life Unexpected,” Julien Joslin’s “No Longer Suitable for Use,” Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe’s Oscar-Winning “Two Distant Strangers,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
Advance tickets for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will become available August 5 at 9 a.m. Pt, the museum said Wednesday.
The $388 million Wilshire Boulevard museum will open its doors to the public on Sept. 30 and will be preceded by a number of opening events including a gala on Sept. 25. A planned April 30 opening was postponed over Covid-19 concerns. The museum, located at the corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Fairfax Ave. on Museum Row, was first announced in 2012 with a target opening date of 2017.
“I know everyone involved in developing and opening the Academy Museum shares in my tremendous excitement at finally being able to invite the community in to explore our exhibitions and programs,” said museum president and director Bill Kramer in a statement. “We are deeply grateful to all of our supporters who helped to bring us to this milestone and to the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, whose...
The $388 million Wilshire Boulevard museum will open its doors to the public on Sept. 30 and will be preceded by a number of opening events including a gala on Sept. 25. A planned April 30 opening was postponed over Covid-19 concerns. The museum, located at the corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Fairfax Ave. on Museum Row, was first announced in 2012 with a target opening date of 2017.
“I know everyone involved in developing and opening the Academy Museum shares in my tremendous excitement at finally being able to invite the community in to explore our exhibitions and programs,” said museum president and director Bill Kramer in a statement. “We are deeply grateful to all of our supporters who helped to bring us to this milestone and to the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, whose...
- 7/7/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
Before it fell, Champlain Towers South, the 12-story Florida condo building that collapsed last week in the middle of the night, burying residents in a pile of concrete and chaos, was just another nondescript high-rise on the beach. It had been thrown up quickly during the go-go years of the 1980s, when the deregulation of the savings and loan industry sparked a red-hot building boom in Miami. Forty years later, it was showing its age, not just in its clunky, vaguely Soviet design, but in the faded, weather-beaten look that...
- 7/1/2021
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
The Academy Museum store at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will feature merchandise designed by costume designers Arianne Phillips and Ruth E. Carter as well as a Lego Oscar statuette and a ruby slipper purse.
The retail space will be located in the lobby of the new Mid-Wilshire museum, which is set to open Sept 30. A jewelry line developed by “Black Panther” costume designer Ruth E. Carter and the film’s jewelry designer Douriean Fletcher will feature gold-glass mosaic tiles from the museum’s gold cylinder at the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire.
Phillips (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) is the creative director of a clothing collection inspired by “The Wizard of Oz,” which includes t-shirts designed by Arjun Bhasin (“Life of Pi”), Sharen Davis (“Dreamgirls”) and Sandy Powell (“The Favourite”). Jeremy Scott will also contribute “Wizard of Oz” clothing and accessories from Moschino, including a ruby slipper purse.
The retail space will be located in the lobby of the new Mid-Wilshire museum, which is set to open Sept 30. A jewelry line developed by “Black Panther” costume designer Ruth E. Carter and the film’s jewelry designer Douriean Fletcher will feature gold-glass mosaic tiles from the museum’s gold cylinder at the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire.
Phillips (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) is the creative director of a clothing collection inspired by “The Wizard of Oz,” which includes t-shirts designed by Arjun Bhasin (“Life of Pi”), Sharen Davis (“Dreamgirls”) and Sandy Powell (“The Favourite”). Jeremy Scott will also contribute “Wizard of Oz” clothing and accessories from Moschino, including a ruby slipper purse.
- 6/11/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
The museum’s September 30 public opening is still on track, says leadership.
More than six months ahead of its long delayed opening, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has revealed details of its initial exhibitions and programmes and promised to “not shy away” from issues like #OscarsSoWhite and racial stereotyping.
Giving the media a virtual tour of the Renzo Piano-designed building in Los Angeles, Museum board of trustees member Laura Dern said that as well as celebrating film exhibits will “explore less proud moments” in the story of the industry and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
More than six months ahead of its long delayed opening, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has revealed details of its initial exhibitions and programmes and promised to “not shy away” from issues like #OscarsSoWhite and racial stereotyping.
Giving the media a virtual tour of the Renzo Piano-designed building in Los Angeles, Museum board of trustees member Laura Dern said that as well as celebrating film exhibits will “explore less proud moments” in the story of the industry and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
- 3/10/2021
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced details regarding its opening gala, which will be held on Sept. 25. The event will commence a week of celebrations leading up to the Los Angeles museum’s opening to the public on Sept. 30.
Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will serve as co-chairs at the upcoming gala. Murphy and Blum both serve as museum trustees, while DuVernay is an Academy governor who serves as an advisor on the upcoming exhibition “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,” which will open in 2022. Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger will also be recognized for helping the long-delayed museum raise $388 million.
The museum also revealed the introduction of two annual awards that will be presented for the first time at the gala. Italian film legend Sophia Loren will be the first recipient of the Visionary Award, which honors an artist or scholar whose extensive body...
Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will serve as co-chairs at the upcoming gala. Murphy and Blum both serve as museum trustees, while DuVernay is an Academy governor who serves as an advisor on the upcoming exhibition “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,” which will open in 2022. Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger will also be recognized for helping the long-delayed museum raise $388 million.
The museum also revealed the introduction of two annual awards that will be presented for the first time at the gala. Italian film legend Sophia Loren will be the first recipient of the Visionary Award, which honors an artist or scholar whose extensive body...
- 3/8/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Bruuuuuuuuce! No, you aren’t listening to the chant of fans at a Springsteen concert. That cheer is for Bruce, the so nicknamed full-scale shark model from Jaws, the iconic 1975 film that continues to make beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Now they can also be afraid to visit the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which in 2016 acquired the fourth and final and only surviving version of the shark model derived from the original Jaws mold, and on Friday finished up on the weeklong installation at the much-delayed and eagerly awaited museum which is on track to finally open to the public on April 30, 2021.
The Jaws attraction is not only significant for the Academy and its new venture because of the fact the film won three Oscars and was nominated for Best Picture, but also as a bona fide superstar draw that is the...
The Jaws attraction is not only significant for the Academy and its new venture because of the fact the film won three Oscars and was nominated for Best Picture, but also as a bona fide superstar draw that is the...
- 11/23/2020
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Miky Lee elected vice-chair, Paramount CEO and chairman Jim Gianopulos treasurer.
Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos has been named chair of the Academy Museum board of trustees in the wake of embattled former studio head Ron Meyer’s exit from the role last month.
Sarandos most recently served as vice-chair and stepped in as acting chair last month after Meyer quit the Academy Museum and his post as NBCUniversal vice-chairman after reports involving an affair.
Following the board meeting today (September 15) Miky Lee has been named vice-chair, Paramount CEO and chairman Jim Gianopulos treasurer, and Kimberly Steward has been re-elected secretary.
Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos has been named chair of the Academy Museum board of trustees in the wake of embattled former studio head Ron Meyer’s exit from the role last month.
Sarandos most recently served as vice-chair and stepped in as acting chair last month after Meyer quit the Academy Museum and his post as NBCUniversal vice-chairman after reports involving an affair.
Following the board meeting today (September 15) Miky Lee has been named vice-chair, Paramount CEO and chairman Jim Gianopulos treasurer, and Kimberly Steward has been re-elected secretary.
- 9/15/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures creative director Peter Castro for sexual assault allegations. In a statement, an Academy Museum spokesperson made clear that the police informed them of the investigation and the alleged conduct took place outside the workplace. The unnamed accuser has no Academy museum affiliation. “We will reserve further comment while this is being investigated by law enforcement authorities.”
A New York commercial photographer and graphic designer, Castro joined the Academy Museum in July 2019, after seven years as a designer and production manager at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. The Academy Museum spokesperson declined to state whether Castro is still working for the museum at this time.
The Museum has confronted a lengthy series of setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building at Wilshire and Fairfax, as...
A New York commercial photographer and graphic designer, Castro joined the Academy Museum in July 2019, after seven years as a designer and production manager at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. The Academy Museum spokesperson declined to state whether Castro is still working for the museum at this time.
The Museum has confronted a lengthy series of setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building at Wilshire and Fairfax, as...
- 8/26/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures creative director Peter Castro for sexual assault allegations. In a statement, an Academy Museum spokesperson made clear that the police informed them of the investigation and the alleged conduct took place outside the workplace. The unnamed accuser has no Academy museum affiliation. “We will reserve further comment while this is being investigated by law enforcement authorities.”
A New York commercial photographer and graphic designer, Castro joined the Academy Museum in July 2019, after seven years as a designer and production manager at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. The Academy Museum spokesperson declined to state whether Castro is still working for the museum at this time.
The Museum has confronted a lengthy series of setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building at Wilshire and Fairfax, as...
A New York commercial photographer and graphic designer, Castro joined the Academy Museum in July 2019, after seven years as a designer and production manager at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. The Academy Museum spokesperson declined to state whether Castro is still working for the museum at this time.
The Museum has confronted a lengthy series of setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building at Wilshire and Fairfax, as...
- 8/26/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has added Emmy-winner Ryan Murphy and five other new members to its Board of Trustees, AMPAS announced on Thursday.
The other new members for the museum, set to open on April 30, 2021, are Patricia S. Bellinger, Arnaud Boetsch, Olivier de Givenchy, Ray Halbritter and Regina K. Scully.
The board oversees the museum’s strategic vision, maintains its financial health and ensures the museum meets its mission of serving film lovers.
Also Read: Spike Lee, Pedro Almodóvar to Curate Inaugural Academy Museum Exhibitions
“We are thrilled to welcome these six remarkable leaders to our board of trustees. Their achievements in their respective fields demonstrate the passion and leadership that they will contribute to the Academy Museum. We look forward to working together on the world’s premier institution dedicated to the art and science of movies,” Ron Meyer, board chair and vice chairman of NBCUniversal, said in a statement.
The other new members for the museum, set to open on April 30, 2021, are Patricia S. Bellinger, Arnaud Boetsch, Olivier de Givenchy, Ray Halbritter and Regina K. Scully.
The board oversees the museum’s strategic vision, maintains its financial health and ensures the museum meets its mission of serving film lovers.
Also Read: Spike Lee, Pedro Almodóvar to Curate Inaugural Academy Museum Exhibitions
“We are thrilled to welcome these six remarkable leaders to our board of trustees. Their achievements in their respective fields demonstrate the passion and leadership that they will contribute to the Academy Museum. We look forward to working together on the world’s premier institution dedicated to the art and science of movies,” Ron Meyer, board chair and vice chairman of NBCUniversal, said in a statement.
- 7/9/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network today announced the 93rd Oscars ceremony will move to Sunday, April 25, 2021, as a result of the global pandemic caused by Covid-19. The show, which will air live on ABC, was originally scheduled for February 28, 2021. Coinciding with the Oscars celebration, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, initially scheduled to open to the public on December 14, 2020, will now open on April 30, 2021, also as a result of the health crisis.
“For over a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring, and entertaining us during the darkest of times. They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our Awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond anyone’s control,” said Academy President David Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “This...
“For over a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring, and entertaining us during the darkest of times. They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our Awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond anyone’s control,” said Academy President David Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “This...
- 6/15/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Slowly but surely, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is heading toward its unveiling December 14. Of course that was supposed to happen earlier this year, or last year; who’s counting anymore?
There have been many setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building, as well as complications in erecting architect Renzo Piano’s glass sphere.
And while the Academy kept citing its “original” budget of $388 million (a number that it recently used to suggest that fundraising achieved 95% of the goal), the actual figure was closer to $482 million. The Academy is still $100 million short.
According to new museum director Bill Kramer, there is a road to fiscal wholeness. Kramer came back to the museum in October 2019 as a white knight after indecisive director Kerry Brougher finally left the scene. Kramer has to finalize and install exhibits, and open...
There have been many setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building, as well as complications in erecting architect Renzo Piano’s glass sphere.
And while the Academy kept citing its “original” budget of $388 million (a number that it recently used to suggest that fundraising achieved 95% of the goal), the actual figure was closer to $482 million. The Academy is still $100 million short.
According to new museum director Bill Kramer, there is a road to fiscal wholeness. Kramer came back to the museum in October 2019 as a white knight after indecisive director Kerry Brougher finally left the scene. Kramer has to finalize and install exhibits, and open...
- 3/19/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Slowly but surely, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is heading toward its unveiling December 14. Of course that was supposed to happen earlier this year, or last year; who’s counting anymore?
There have been many setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building, as well as complications in erecting architect Renzo Piano’s glass sphere.
And while the Academy kept citing its “original” budget of $388 million (a number that it recently used to suggest that fundraising achieved 95% of the goal), the actual figure was closer to $482 million. The Academy is still $100 million short.
According to new museum director Bill Kramer, there is a road to fiscal wholeness.
There have been many setbacks, from design changes — two theaters instead of three — and the restoration and adaptation of the May Company landmark building, as well as complications in erecting architect Renzo Piano’s glass sphere.
And while the Academy kept citing its “original” budget of $388 million (a number that it recently used to suggest that fundraising achieved 95% of the goal), the actual figure was closer to $482 million. The Academy is still $100 million short.
According to new museum director Bill Kramer, there is a road to fiscal wholeness.
- 3/19/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Academy Museum will this week issue a new $100 million bond offering and will launch a post-opening fundraising campaign that will take place after the museum opens this December, an Academy Museum spokesperson told TheWrap.
Museum director Bill Kramer spoke with both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety and explained that the museum will launch phase two of the museum’s funding campaign “post-opening” in order to secure additional programming and endowment costs.
Kramer had previously said that the Academy Museum had raised 95% of its phase one, $388 million budget in order for the museum to open its doors. The new bond issue will bring the total budget to $482 million, a 24% increase from the previous amount.
Also Read: Look Inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: How Finished Is It? (Photos)
The spokesperson said that because the museum is still under construction, it was eligible to raise this additional wave of funding,...
Museum director Bill Kramer spoke with both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety and explained that the museum will launch phase two of the museum’s funding campaign “post-opening” in order to secure additional programming and endowment costs.
Kramer had previously said that the Academy Museum had raised 95% of its phase one, $388 million budget in order for the museum to open its doors. The new bond issue will bring the total budget to $482 million, a 24% increase from the previous amount.
Also Read: Look Inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: How Finished Is It? (Photos)
The spokesperson said that because the museum is still under construction, it was eligible to raise this additional wave of funding,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
During the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 9, 2020, Tom Hanks announced that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open to the public on Monday, December 14, 2020.
This comes eight years since the endeavor was initially announced.
Hanks, who is museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign – along with co-chair Annette Bening and chair Bob Iger – made the announcement, live, to the audience in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
“There is plenty of culture to be found in the City of Angels, but there has never been a museum dedicated to the art and science of motion pictures,” Hanks said.
He then joked about the existence of a selfie museum in Los Angeles (there is one; the Museum of Selfies at Hollywood & Highland), and that he and Brad Pitt (“with his shirt off”) were currently contributing physical labor to the finishing of the Academy museum, which will...
This comes eight years since the endeavor was initially announced.
Hanks, who is museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign – along with co-chair Annette Bening and chair Bob Iger – made the announcement, live, to the audience in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
“There is plenty of culture to be found in the City of Angels, but there has never been a museum dedicated to the art and science of motion pictures,” Hanks said.
He then joked about the existence of a selfie museum in Los Angeles (there is one; the Museum of Selfies at Hollywood & Highland), and that he and Brad Pitt (“with his shirt off”) were currently contributing physical labor to the finishing of the Academy museum, which will...
- 2/10/2020
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open on Dec. 14 on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles — eight years after the project was first announced.
Tom Hanks, a museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign with chair Bob Iger and co-chair Annette Bening, made the announcement during the Oscars telecast on Sunday.
“There is plenty of culture to be found in the City of Angels, but there has never been a museum dedicated to the art and science of motion pictures,” Hanks said.
Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer said in statement, “We cannot wait to welcome the whole world to the Academy Museum. When our doors open on December 14, our thrilling combination of exhibitions, screenings, and public and educational programs will create unparalleled experiences for movie lovers everywhere.”
The opening date announcement comes two weeks after Academy President David Rubin said at the Oscar nominees luncheon that fundraising for...
Tom Hanks, a museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign with chair Bob Iger and co-chair Annette Bening, made the announcement during the Oscars telecast on Sunday.
“There is plenty of culture to be found in the City of Angels, but there has never been a museum dedicated to the art and science of motion pictures,” Hanks said.
Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer said in statement, “We cannot wait to welcome the whole world to the Academy Museum. When our doors open on December 14, our thrilling combination of exhibitions, screenings, and public and educational programs will create unparalleled experiences for movie lovers everywhere.”
The opening date announcement comes two weeks after Academy President David Rubin said at the Oscar nominees luncheon that fundraising for...
- 2/10/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with video: Tom Hanks took the stage at the 92nd Oscars on Sunday and said the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open Monday, December 14, 2020.
Hanks is a museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign, along with co-chair Annette Bening and chair Bob Iger.
Major construction has been completed on the Academy Museum’s building, designed by Renzo Piano and located in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile district at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Ave. The museum recently announced it has reached the 95% mark in its $388 million pre-opening funding campaign, with installing exhibits now underway.
The museum has undergone several delays, but on Friday unveiled its gleaming new 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater during a tour on the eve of Oscar weekend.
AMPAS said earlier in the week that it has reached 95% of its funding goal, raising more than $368 million in pledges and cash,...
Hanks is a museum trustee and co-chair of the Academy Museum campaign, along with co-chair Annette Bening and chair Bob Iger.
Major construction has been completed on the Academy Museum’s building, designed by Renzo Piano and located in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile district at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Ave. The museum recently announced it has reached the 95% mark in its $388 million pre-opening funding campaign, with installing exhibits now underway.
The museum has undergone several delays, but on Friday unveiled its gleaming new 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater during a tour on the eve of Oscar weekend.
AMPAS said earlier in the week that it has reached 95% of its funding goal, raising more than $368 million in pledges and cash,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
After several delays, the Motion Picture Academy unveiled its gleaming new 1,000-seat theater to an impressed press and public audience Friday during a tour of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on the eve of Oscar weekend. The upshot: The Academy will have a lot less trouble next year persuading its voters to attend screenings of Oscar contenders once it supplants its aging Samuel Goldwyn Theater, with its creaky seats and problematic sight lines.
The new David Geffen Theater, situated in the imposing Sphere Building, offers impressive technological innovations and, its vast stage, unlike the cramped Goldwyn, is equipped for stage productions and other presentations. It was on display along with other Academy Museum features including the Barbra Streisand Bridge, Steve Tisch Terrace and the Bob Iger and Willow Bay Terrace, all of which officially represent 95% of the total campaign fundraising goals — over $368 million in pledges and cash.
While the Museum is now structurally complete,...
The new David Geffen Theater, situated in the imposing Sphere Building, offers impressive technological innovations and, its vast stage, unlike the cramped Goldwyn, is equipped for stage productions and other presentations. It was on display along with other Academy Museum features including the Barbra Streisand Bridge, Steve Tisch Terrace and the Bob Iger and Willow Bay Terrace, all of which officially represent 95% of the total campaign fundraising goals — over $368 million in pledges and cash.
While the Museum is now structurally complete,...
- 2/8/2020
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened its doors on Friday morning — but not for museum-goers.
Members of the press were given a tour of the 300,000 square-foot Renzo Piano-designed campus at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax boulevards.
“This museum belongs to everyone,” museum director Bill Kramer said. “Los Angeles has never had a movie museum of this scale and yet the motion picture industry and the city of Los Angeles has long recognized the need. In fact, the founders of the Academy envisioned a movie museum in Los Angeles more than 90 years ago and now it’s finally happening. Construction is substantially complete and…the galleries and the exhibitions are starting to be installed.”
It was announced late last month that the museum has received more than $368 million in pledges and cash, or 95 percent of its $388 million campaign goal.
Museum officials have still not announced an opening date,...
Members of the press were given a tour of the 300,000 square-foot Renzo Piano-designed campus at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax boulevards.
“This museum belongs to everyone,” museum director Bill Kramer said. “Los Angeles has never had a movie museum of this scale and yet the motion picture industry and the city of Los Angeles has long recognized the need. In fact, the founders of the Academy envisioned a movie museum in Los Angeles more than 90 years ago and now it’s finally happening. Construction is substantially complete and…the galleries and the exhibitions are starting to be installed.”
It was announced late last month that the museum has received more than $368 million in pledges and cash, or 95 percent of its $388 million campaign goal.
Museum officials have still not announced an opening date,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Fundraising for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has reached more than $368 million in pledges and cash, making up 95% of its $388 million campaign goal.
The announcement was by Academy President David Rubin at the nominees luncheon on Monday, less than two weeks before the 92nd Academy Awards on Feb. 9. The Academy also said the facility would open later this year at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, where the former May Co. department store was located, following final exhibition design, build-out and testing. It gave no specific date.
The museum was first announced in 2012 with chair Bob Iger and co-chairs Annette Bening and Tom Hanks, when the Academy unveiled plans by architect Renzo Piano, and projected that the museum would open in 2016. The Academy launched a $250 million fundraising campaign and collected $200 million in pledges. After that, however, fundraising stalled and costs ballooned.
Museum director Bill Kramer said, “The motion picture community...
The announcement was by Academy President David Rubin at the nominees luncheon on Monday, less than two weeks before the 92nd Academy Awards on Feb. 9. The Academy also said the facility would open later this year at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, where the former May Co. department store was located, following final exhibition design, build-out and testing. It gave no specific date.
The museum was first announced in 2012 with chair Bob Iger and co-chairs Annette Bening and Tom Hanks, when the Academy unveiled plans by architect Renzo Piano, and projected that the museum would open in 2016. The Academy launched a $250 million fundraising campaign and collected $200 million in pledges. After that, however, fundraising stalled and costs ballooned.
Museum director Bill Kramer said, “The motion picture community...
- 1/27/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
What a difference a decade makes.
At the beginning of the 2010s, the Oscars were already showing signs of change: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had expanded the Best Picture category from five to 10 nominees and given the Best Director award to a woman for the first time ever, while also looking for new income sources as Oscar show ratings fell and the economic downturn hit AMPAS investments.
Even so, nobody could have foreseen just how dramatically the awards, and the Academy that hands them out, would be transformed over the next 10 years. While the 1930s saw the Oscars grow from seven categories decided by committee to 20 categories and thousands of voters, and the 1950s put the Oscars on television, it’s hard to find a more transformational decade than the 2010s.
Here’s a look at the changes, which have included the profound impact of #OscarsSoWhite and #MeToo,...
At the beginning of the 2010s, the Oscars were already showing signs of change: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had expanded the Best Picture category from five to 10 nominees and given the Best Director award to a woman for the first time ever, while also looking for new income sources as Oscar show ratings fell and the economic downturn hit AMPAS investments.
Even so, nobody could have foreseen just how dramatically the awards, and the Academy that hands them out, would be transformed over the next 10 years. While the 1930s saw the Oscars grow from seven categories decided by committee to 20 categories and thousands of voters, and the 1950s put the Oscars on television, it’s hard to find a more transformational decade than the 2010s.
Here’s a look at the changes, which have included the profound impact of #OscarsSoWhite and #MeToo,...
- 12/29/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Laura Dern and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president David Rubin have joined the board of trustees of the new $388 million Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which will open sometime next year, although no firm date has been set yet.
Also joining the museum’s board, which oversees its strategic vision, finances and mission, are producer Mark Johnson; David Dolby, director of Dolby Laboratories; Gaumont vice chair and CEO Sidonie Seydoux Dumas; the Cj Group’s vice chair Miky Lee; and media and entertainment executive Katherine Oliver. Dern, Rubin and Johnson also serve on the Academy’s board of governors.
“It is an honor to welcome this remarkable group of leaders, who contribute so much to their own industries, to the Board of Trustees,” said Ron Meyer, the museum’s chairman of the Board of Trustees and vice chairman of NBCUniversal, in a statement Wednesday. “Their expertise and...
Also joining the museum’s board, which oversees its strategic vision, finances and mission, are producer Mark Johnson; David Dolby, director of Dolby Laboratories; Gaumont vice chair and CEO Sidonie Seydoux Dumas; the Cj Group’s vice chair Miky Lee; and media and entertainment executive Katherine Oliver. Dern, Rubin and Johnson also serve on the Academy’s board of governors.
“It is an honor to welcome this remarkable group of leaders, who contribute so much to their own industries, to the Board of Trustees,” said Ron Meyer, the museum’s chairman of the Board of Trustees and vice chairman of NBCUniversal, in a statement Wednesday. “Their expertise and...
- 11/6/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Development comes after several delays to ambitious Los Angeles project.
Istituto Luce – Cinecittà has come on board the much-delayed Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures project in Los Angeles as a founding supporter.
The involvement of the Italian arts institution will come as a relief for organisers of the ambitious Los Angeles venture, whose launch has been delayed several times due to a struggle to attract funding.
As part of the agreement the museum will host an annual series of Italian films and accompanying public programmes over five years, curated by the partners.
The first will be a centennial tribute to...
Istituto Luce – Cinecittà has come on board the much-delayed Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures project in Los Angeles as a founding supporter.
The involvement of the Italian arts institution will come as a relief for organisers of the ambitious Los Angeles venture, whose launch has been delayed several times due to a struggle to attract funding.
As part of the agreement the museum will host an annual series of Italian films and accompanying public programmes over five years, curated by the partners.
The first will be a centennial tribute to...
- 10/8/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
With the opening date of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures pushed back well into 2020, and museum director Kerry Brougher finally pushed out after five years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has been desperate to find its white knight. Now, after an exhaustive worldwide search for someone who can serve as a master fundraiser, manager, and taskmaster, the Academy believes it has found its savior — and just like those ruby slippers that the museum will soon have on display, the Academy had the power all along.
Bill Kramer, who will start guiding the museum as its director January 1, has a long history with the Academy Motion Picture Museum. Hired as the Academy Museum’s managing director of development and external relations in 2012, he raised $250 million in funds that were essential to getting the project under way. He went on to shepherd the museum through the complex Los Angeles...
Bill Kramer, who will start guiding the museum as its director January 1, has a long history with the Academy Motion Picture Museum. Hired as the Academy Museum’s managing director of development and external relations in 2012, he raised $250 million in funds that were essential to getting the project under way. He went on to shepherd the museum through the complex Los Angeles...
- 10/3/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
With the opening date of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures pushed back well into 2020, and museum director Kerry Brougher finally pushed out after five years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has been desperate to find its white knight. Now, after an exhaustive worldwide search for someone who can serve as a master fundraiser, manager, and taskmaster, the Academy believes it has found its savior — and just like those ruby slippers that the museum will soon have on display, the Academy had the power all along.
Bill Kramer, who will start guiding the museum as its director January 1, has a long history with the Academy Motion Picture Museum. Hired as the Academy Museum’s managing director of development and external relations in 2012, he raised $250 million in funds that were essential to getting the project under way. He went on to shepherd the museum through the complex Los Angeles...
Bill Kramer, who will start guiding the museum as its director January 1, has a long history with the Academy Motion Picture Museum. Hired as the Academy Museum’s managing director of development and external relations in 2012, he raised $250 million in funds that were essential to getting the project under way. He went on to shepherd the museum through the complex Los Angeles...
- 10/3/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The Motion Picture Academy’s $400 million film museum, announced seven years ago but delayed by disagreements and management turnover, has now gotten its green light to move forward again under a newly appointed director.
According to sources within the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Academy has designated a familiar name, Bill Kramer, who between 2012-2016 served as the museum’s manager of development but departed to become vice president of development at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
A gifted fundraiser, Kramer, 51, helped rally donors in the Academy Museum’s early stages and played a similar role in Brooklyn. The appointment of Kramer, notes one museum insider, avoids the problems posed by bringing in a more widely recognized member of the museum fraternity who might want to initiate broad changes.
The Academy initially unveiled its ambitious plans early last summer, with a promise to open in 2020. Following an elaborate...
According to sources within the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Academy has designated a familiar name, Bill Kramer, who between 2012-2016 served as the museum’s manager of development but departed to become vice president of development at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
A gifted fundraiser, Kramer, 51, helped rally donors in the Academy Museum’s early stages and played a similar role in Brooklyn. The appointment of Kramer, notes one museum insider, avoids the problems posed by bringing in a more widely recognized member of the museum fraternity who might want to initiate broad changes.
The Academy initially unveiled its ambitious plans early last summer, with a promise to open in 2020. Following an elaborate...
- 10/3/2019
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Kerry Brougher is stepping down as the director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures prior to its 2020 opening, TheWrap has learned.
Brougher will be given the honorary title Founding Director when the museum opens in 2020, while his team will complete the project. Brougher previously served in curator and director roles at Lacma, the Oxford Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian’s Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
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“We thank Kerry for his dedicated service on behalf of the Museum. His work over the last five years on the Museum’s construction and in-depth collections well positions us to move into the next phase of this ambitious project,” the Academy Museum Board said in a statement.
“Kerry’s strong curatorial team will continue to work with us toward the Museum’s opening, and a search...
Brougher will be given the honorary title Founding Director when the museum opens in 2020, while his team will complete the project. Brougher previously served in curator and director roles at Lacma, the Oxford Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian’s Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
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“We thank Kerry for his dedicated service on behalf of the Museum. His work over the last five years on the Museum’s construction and in-depth collections well positions us to move into the next phase of this ambitious project,” the Academy Museum Board said in a statement.
“Kerry’s strong curatorial team will continue to work with us toward the Museum’s opening, and a search...
- 8/6/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Kerry Brougher, the director of the in-progress Academy Museum of Motion Pictures since 2014, is leaving the project, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The project has encountered a series of obstacles — it is running over-budget, its opening has been delayed several times and Brougher's top deputy, Deborah Horowitz, left the project in April. Now, as it nears its completion, the 66-year-old Brougher has decided to return to his roots in the art world.
"It has been a privilege for me to work with this Board, our donors, the great Renzo Piano and all of my colleagues who have participated in creating ...
The project has encountered a series of obstacles — it is running over-budget, its opening has been delayed several times and Brougher's top deputy, Deborah Horowitz, left the project in April. Now, as it nears its completion, the 66-year-old Brougher has decided to return to his roots in the art world.
"It has been a privilege for me to work with this Board, our donors, the great Renzo Piano and all of my colleagues who have participated in creating ...
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