The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected its 2025-26 Board of Governors. The envelope, please…
Ten incumbents were re-elected to continue representing their respective constituencies, including Marlee Matlin (Actors branch), Jason Reitman (Directors) and Jason Blum (Producers). Among the first-time governors are Peter Kujawski (Executives) and Gigi Williams (Makeup Artists and Hairstylists), with Larry Karaszewski (Writers) and Isis Mussenden (Costume Designers) among those returning to the board after a hiatus. See the full list below.
Each of the 19 branches is represented by three governors except Animation, which has two, and Short Films, which has one. The governors — who set the Academy’s strategic vision, preserves the organization’s financial health and assures the fulfillment of its mission — will take office at the first scheduled board meeting of the new term.
Governors — including the board-elected governors-at-large, who will be elected and announced later this month — may serve as many as two three-year terms (consecutive or non-consecutive), followed by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility renews for up to two additional three-year terms for a lifetime maximum of 12 years.
Here are all of the 2025-26 Academy Governors — the Production and Technology and Short Films branches did not hold elections this year:
Incumbent governors re-elected to the board
Marlee Matlin, Actors Branch
Marlon West, Animation Branch
Richard Hicks, Casting Directors Branch
Dion Beebe, Cinematographers Branch
Jason Reitman, Directors Branch
Chris Hegedus, Documentary Branch
Nancy Richardson, Film Editors Branch
Jason Blum, Producers Branch
Missy Parker, Production Design Branch
Peter Devlin, Sound Branch
Elected to the board for the first time
Peter Kujawski, Executives Branch
Gigi Williams, Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
Carter Burwell, Music Branch
Andrew Roberts, Visual Effects Branch
Returning to the board after a hiatus
Isis Mussenden, Costume Designers Branch
Christina Kounelias, Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Larry Karaszewski, Writers Branch
Returning governors:
Pam Abdy
Wendy Aylsworth
Lesley Barber
K.K. Barrett
Rob Bredow
Brooke Breton
Paul Cameron
Patricia Cardoso
Eduardo Castro
David Dinerstein
Ava DuVernay
Linda Flowers
Jennifer Fox
Richard Gibbs
Jinko Gotoh
Lynette Howell Taylor
Kalina Ivanov
Simon Kilmurry
Laura C. Kim
Ellen Kuras
Hannah Minghella
Andy Nelson
Daniel Orlandi
Lou Diamond Phillips
Gerald Quist
Stephen Rivkin
Howard A. Rodman
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Dana Stevens
Mark P. Stoeckinger
Chris Tashima
Kim Taylor-Coleman
Jean Tsien
Rita Wilson
Debra Zane
