Written by Kianna Best on Jun 27, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals

LMGI members invited to the Motion Picture Academy

The Location Managers Guild International have announced that four of their members have been invited to the Motion Picture Academy class of 2024. Douglas Dresser, Sam Hutchins, Peggy Pridemore and Rick Schuler will accompany the 487 distinguished artists and executives set to join the prestigious organisation.

 

 

“Being invited to join the Academy is a testament to the indispensable creative contributions these Location Professionals have made to the industry,” states LMGI President John Rakich. “They each exemplify the highest standards of our craft.  We are honored to have them as members, and thrilled to celebrate this remarkable achievement, a true milestone in any screen based professional’s career.”

 

Amongst the 487 selected for the 2024 class, 71 are Oscar nominated talents, including 19 winners. To be included in the lineup, members are selected based on professional qualifications, with an ongoing commitment to representation, inclusion and equity. The branches for the selected class include actors, casting directors, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, documentary, executives, film editors, makeup artists and hairstylists, marketing and public relations, music, producers, production and technology, production design, short films and feature animation, sound, visual effects, writers, and artist representatives.

 

"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."

 

The actors branch includes invitees such as  Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Greta Lee (Past Lives), Catherine O'Hara (For Your Consideration), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers), and Teo Yoo (Past Lives) have been invited to the Actors branch. Dixie Chassay (Dune: Part Two) and Luis Rosales (Cassandro) have been invited to the Casting Directors branch, Ashley Conner (Polite Society) and Hidetoshi Shinomiya (Drive My Car) have been invited to the Cinematographers branch, Dave Crossman (Napoleon) and Rama Rajamouli (RRR) have been invited to the Costume Designers branch. Minhal Baig (We Grown Now) and Angel Manuel Soto (Blue Beetle) have been invited to the Directors branch. Waad Al-Kateab (We Dare to Dream) and Moses Bwayo (Bobi Wine: The People's President) have been invited to the Documentary branch.

 

Salma Abdalla and Kim Yutani have been invited to the Executive branch, Victoria Boydell (Saltburn) and Hilda Rasula (American Fiction) have been invited to the Film Editors branch. Hildegard Haide (Run to the Ground) and Karen Hartley Thomas (Golda) have been invited to the Makeup Artist and Hairstylists branch, Michele Abitbol-Lasry and Stephanie Wenborn have been invited to the Marketing and Public Relations branch, Jo Yeong-wook (Decision to Leave) and Dan Wilson (American Symphony) have been invited to the Music branch, Tom Ackerley (Barbie) and Andrew Lowe (Poor Things) have been invited to the Producers branch, Samantha Jo "Mandy" Moore and Woo-Ping Yeun have been invited to the Production and Technology branch.

 

Ruth De Jong (Oppenheimer) and Adam O'Neill (Chevalier) have been invited to the Production Design branch, Rayka Zehtabchi (Period. End of Sentence.) and Masaaki Yuasa (Inu-Oh) have been invited to the Short Films and Feature Animation branch, Mark Purcell (Maestro) and Shelley Roden (Elemental) have been invited to the Sound branch, Emile Ghorayeb (Nope) and Laura Pedro (Society of the Snow) have been invited to the Visual Effects branch, Massimo Ceccherini (Io Capitano) and Tony McNamara (Poor Things) have been invited to the Writers branch, and Theresa Kang and Linda Lichter have been invited to the Artist Representatives branch.

 

 Image courtesy of LMGI

 

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