Producer Alexander Rodnyansky joined the Oscar jury
Producer Alexander Rodnyansky became a member of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Academy Award. Total film academy in 2016 year included in its membership 683 people representing different areas of cinema.
In addition to Rodnyansky, a Russian documentary filmmaker Viktor Kosakovsky was invited to join the film academy.
The Academy for the first time so significantly increased the number of film academics - this was done in order to diversify the composition of the organization. 46% new members - women, 41% - African Americans, Hispanics and Asians.
In the 2015, the Oscar for the acting nominations was not nominated by any African American, which was the beginning scandal in the film industry. Some African American actors have called for a boycott of the Oscars.
In January 2016, the film academy announced that it would increase the number of minority representatives and women. By 2020, their number should double. In total, more than 2016 people entered the film academy at the beginning of 6200.
Alexander Rodnyansky - Ukrainian director, producer, media manager, founder of the TV channel "1 + 1". Produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk's 9 Company, Inhabited Island, Stalingrad and Andrei Zvyagintsev's films Elena and Leviathan. The latter was nominated for an Oscar in 2015 year in the nomination "Best film in a foreign language", but lost the victory to the Polish film "Ida". Rodnyansky - winner of numerous national and foreign awards.
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