Guillermo del Toro, Kris Bowers and Fred Berger are among the film professionals who have been elected to the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy announced on Monday morning.
Director del Toro, composer Bowers and producer Berger are among the nine people elected to the board for the first time. Del Toro will represent the Directors Branch, Bowers the Music Branch and Berger the Producers Branch. Other first-time governors will be Michael Goi, Cinematographers Branch; Anne Goursaud, Film Editors Branch; Patricia Dehaney, Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch; Vic Armstrong, Production and Technology Branch; David Leitch, Production and Technology Branch; and Kim Magnusson, Short Films Branch.
Another nine governors were re-elected to the board. Those are Lou Diamond Phillips, Actors Branch; Jinko Gotoh, Animation Branch; Daniel Orlandi, Costume Designers Branch; Hannah Minghella, Executives Branch; David Dinerstein, Marketing and Public Relations Branch; Wendy Aylsworth, Production and Technology Branch; Kalina Ivanov, Production Design Branch; Mark P. Stoeckinger, Sound Branch; Dana Stevens, Writers Branch.
In addition five governors returned to the board after a hiatus. Those are Bonnie Arnold, Animation Branch; Bernard Telsey, Casting Directors Branch; Roger Ross Williams, Documentary Branch; Bob Rogers, Short Films Branch; Paul Debevec, Visual Effects Branch.
The election expands the size of the board to 57 elected members, three from each branch, plus three at-large members appointed by the Academy president. Previously, the Short Films, Animation and Production and Technology Branches had fewer members.
Governors returning to the board and not up for re-election are Pam Abdy, Haifaa al-Mansour, Lesley Barber, K.K. Barrett, Dion Beebe, Jason Blum, Brooke Breton, Effie T. Brown, Carter Burwell, Paul Cameron, Patricia Cardoso, Eduardo Castro, Annie Chang, Peter Devlin, Jennifer Fox, Chris Hegedus, Richard Hicks, Larry Karaszewski, Laura C. Kim, Christina Kounelias, Peter Kujawski, Marlee Matlin, Isis Mussenden, Andy Nelson, Missy Parker, Gerald Quist, Jason Reitman, Nancy Richardson, Andrew Roberts, Howard A. Rodman, Terilyn A. Shropshire, Chris Tashima, Kim Taylor-Coleman, Jean Tsien, Marlon West, Gigi Williams and Rita Wilson.
Board members serve three-year terms and are allowed to serve two consecutive terms before they must take a two-year hiatus. After the hiatus, they are permitted to serve two additional terms for a lifetime maximum of 12 years on the board.
The 2026-2027 board will consist of 27 women and 30 men, a flip from the past year’s ratio of 30 women and 25 men.
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