Ava DuVernay (directors branch), Jason Blum (producers branch) and Rita Wilson (actors branch) are among 153 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who have declared themselves candidates for a three-year seat on the organization's board of governors, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Other notable candidates include Janusz Kaminski (cinematographers branch), Mike Medavoy (executives branch), Lauren Greenfield (documentary branch) and Howard Rodman (writers branch).
The actors branch yielded the most candidates, 19. The makeup artists and hairstyling branch, meanwhile, produced just one, allowing us to say with certainty that Linda Flowers, a hairstylist best known for her work on The Hunger Games, will be joining the board.
Thirteen incumbents are seeking re-election: Whoopi Goldberg (actors branch), Wynn P. Thomas (production designers branch), Mandy Walker (cinematographers branch), Isis Mussenden (costume designers branch), Kimberly Peirce (directors branch), Kate Amend (documentary branch), David Linde (executives branch), Charles Bernstein (music branch), Christina Kounelias (public relations branch), Tom Sito (short films and feature animation branch), Teri E. Dorman (sound branch), Richard Edlund (visual effects branch) and Larry Karaszewski (writers branch).
Four incumbents are not up for re-election. One "termed out," meaning, is required to take at least one year off from the board after having served three consecutive terms: Michael Tronick (film editors branch). The other three apparently made a choice not to run again: Lora Kennedy (casting directors branch), Kathryn L. Blondell (makeup artists and hairstylists branch) and Albert Berger (producers branch).
All Academy members who are members of one of the organization's 17 branches with representation on the board — as opposed to, say, members-at-large or associate members — will now be asked, between June 1 and June 5, to rank their branch's candidates on a preferential ballot, which will determine a winner — a new, streamlined method of picking governors that the Academy is introducing this year.
Here is a full list of candidates:
| Michael Lee Aday | Michael | Lee | Aday | Actors |
| Ed Begley, Jr | Ed | Begley, Jr | Actors | |
| Robert Carradine | Robert | Carradine | Actors | |
| Nicolas Coster | Nicolas | Coster | Actors | |
| Colman Domingo | Colman | Domingo | Actors | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | Richard | Dreyfuss | Actors | |
| Spencer Garrett | Spencer | Garrett | Actors | |
| Bruce Glover | Bruce | Glover | Actors | |
| Whoopi Goldberg* | Whoopi | Goldberg | Actors | |
| James Keach | James | Keach | Actors | |
| Stacy Keach | Stacy | Keach | Actors | |
| Peter Kwong | Peter | Kwong | Actors | |
| Jodi Long | Jodi | Long | Actors | |
| Tim Matheson | Tim | Matheson | Actors | |
| Joe Pantoliano | Joe | Pantoliano | Actors | |
| Lou Diamond Phillips | Lou | Diamond | Phillips | Actors |
| Andrea Riseborough | Andrea | Riseborough | Actors | |
| Andrew Stevens | Andrew | Stevens | Actors | |
| Rita Wilson | Rita | Wilson | Actors | |
| Kerry Barden | Kerry | Barden | Casting Directors | |
| Richard Hicks | Richard | Hicks | Casting Directors | |
| Margery Simkin | Margery | Simkin | Casting Directors | |
| Debra Zane | Debra | Zane | Casting Directors | |
| Andrzej Bartkowiak | Andrzej | Bartkowiak | Cinematographers | |
| Richard P Crudo | Richard | P | Crudo | Cinematographers |
| Svetlana Cvetko | Svetlana | Cvetko | Cinematographers | |
| Steven Fierberg | Steven | Fierberg | Cinematographers | |
| Michael Goi | Michael | Goi | Cinematographers | |
| Janusz Kaminski | Janusz | Kaminski | Cinematographers | |
| Newton Thomas Sigel | Newton | Thomas | Sigel | Cinematographers |
| Eric Steelberg | Eric | Steelberg | Cinematographers | |
| Kees Van Oostrum | Kees | Van Oostrum | Cinematographers | |
| Amelia Vincent | Amelia | Vincent | Cinematographers | |
| Roy Wagner | Roy | Wagner | Cinematographers | |
| Mandy Walker* | Mandy | Walker | Cinematographers | |
| Molly Maginnis | Molly | Maginnis | Costume Designers | |
| Judianna Makovsky | Judianna | Makovsky | Costume Designers | |
| Isis Mussenden* | Isis | Mussenden | Costume Designers | |
| Rita Ryack | Rita | Ryack | Costume Designers | |
| Niki Caro | Niki | Caro | Directors | |
| Scott Cooper | Scott | Cooper | Directors | |
| Ava DuVernay | Ava | DuVernay | Directors | |
| Reginald Hudlin | Reginald | Hudlin | Directors | |
| Kasi Lemmons | Kasi | Lemmons | Directors | |
| Michael Mann | Michael | Mann | Directors | |
| Philippe Mora | Philippe | Mora | Directors | |
| Kimberly Peirce* | Kimberly | Peirce | Directors | |
| Brett Ratner | Brett | Ratner | Directors | |
| Peyton Reed | Peyton | Reed | Directors | |
| Jason Reitman | Jason | Reitman | Directors | |
| Frances-Anne Solomon | Frances-Anne | Solomon | Directors | |
| Lewis Teague | Lewis | Teague | Directors | |
| Kate Amend* | Kate | Amend | Documentary | |
| Geralyn Dreyfous | Geralyn | Dreyfous | Documentary | |
| Karen Goodman | Karen | Goodman | Documentary | |
| Lauren Greenfield | Lauren | Greenfield | Documentary | |
| Tom Neff | Tom | Neff | Documentary | |
| Pam Abdy | Pam | Abdy | Executives | |
| Victoria Alonso | Victoria | Alonso | Executives | |
| Michael W Barker | Michael | W | Barker | Executives |
| Thomas Bernard | Thomas | Bernard | Executives | |
| Mark C Canton | Mark | C | Canton | Executives |
| Erica Huggins | Erica | Huggins | Executives | |
| David Linde* | David | Linde | Executives | |
| Mike Medavoy | Mike | Medavoy | Executives | |
| James W Morris | James | W | Morris | Executives |
| Gianni Nunnari | Gianni | Nunnari | Executives | |
| Stephen Strick | Stephen | Strick | Executives | |
| Patrick Wachsberger | Patrick | Wachsberger | Executives | |
| Mark Helfrich | Mark | Helfrich | Film Editors | |
| Michael Jablow | Michael | Jablow | Film Editors | |
| Nancy Richardson | Nancy | Richardson | Film Editors | |
| Stephen Rivkin | Stephen | Rivkin | Film Editors | |
| David Rosenbloom | David | Rosenbloom | Film Editors | |
| Paul Seydor | Paul | Seydor | Film Editors | |
| Terilyn A Shropshire | Terilyn | A | Shropshire | Film Editors |
| Linda Flowers | Linda | Flowers | Makeup Artists and Hairstylists | |
| Stephen D Bruno | Stephen | D | Bruno | Marketing and Public Relations |
| Kevin Goetz | Kevin | Goetz | Marketing and Public Relations | |
| Barry Dale Johnson | Barry | Dale | Johnson | Marketing and Public Relations |
| Michael Kaplan | Michael | Kaplan | Marketing and Public Relations | |
| Christina Kounelias* | Christina | Kounelias | Marketing and Public Relations | |
| Robert A Levine | Robert | A | Levine | Marketing and Public Relations |
| Michele Robertson | Michele | Robertson | Marketing and Public Relations | |
| Charles Bernstein* | Charles | Bernstein | Music | |
| Paul Chihara | Paul | Chihara | Music | |
| George S Clinton | George | S | Clinton | Music |
| John C Debney | John | C | Debney | Music |
| Sharon Farber | Sharon | Farber | Music | |
| William Goldstein | William | Goldstein | Music | |
| Jan A P Kaczmarek | Jan | A P | Kaczmarek | Music |
| Emilio Kauderer | Emilio | Kauderer | Music | |
| Carole Bayer Sager | Carole | Bayer | Sager | Music |
| Khadija Alami | Khadija | Alami | Producers | |
| Jason Blum | Jason | Blum | Producers | |
| Lawrence David Foldes | Lawrence | David | Foldes | Producers |
| Jennifer Fox | Jennifer | Fox | Producers | |
| Lynette Howell Taylor | Lynette | Howell Taylor | Producers | |
| Steven-Charles Jaffe | Steven-Charles | Jaffe | Producers | |
| Robert Lantos | Robert | Lantos | Producers | |
| Lori McCreary | Lori | McCreary | Producers | |
| Chris Moore | Chris | Moore | Producers | |
| Michael Peyser | Michael | Peyser | Producers | |
| Michael S Phillips | Michael | S | Phillips | Producers |
| Peter Samuelson | Peter | Samuelson | Producers | |
| Michael Shamberg | Michael | Shamberg | Producers | |
| Jeffrey Sharp | Jeffrey | Sharp | Producers | |
| Richard W Stevenson | Richard | W | Stevenson | Producers |
| Irwin Winkler | Irwin | Winkler | Producers | |
| Marcia Hinds | Marcia | Hinds | Production Design | |
| Geoffrey A Kirkland | Geoffrey | A | Kirkland | Production Design |
| John A Kuri | John | A | Kuri | Production Design |
| Carolyn A Loucks | Carolyn | A | Loucks | Production Design |
| John Muto | John | Muto | Production Design | |
| Rusty Smith | Rusty | Smith | Production Design | |
| Melissa Stewart | Melissa | Stewart | Production Design | |
| Wynn P Thomas* | Wynn | P | Thomas | Production Design |
| Thomas A Walsh | Thomas | A | Walsh | Production Design |
| Jon Bloom | Jon | Bloom | Short Films and Feature Animation | |
| Edwin Catmull | Edwin | Catmull | Short Films and Feature Animation | |
| Ron Diamond | Ron | Diamond | Short Films and Feature Animation | |
| Chris Donahue | Chris | Donahue | Short Films and Feature Animation | |
| Raul Garcia | Raul | Garcia | Short Films and Feature Animation | |
| Matthew Gross | Matthew | Gross | Short Films and Feature Animation | |
| Tom Sito* | Tom | Sito | Short Films and Feature Animation | |
| Erik Smitt | Erik | Smitt | Short Films and Feature Animation | |
| Chris Tashima | Chris | Tashima | Short Films and Feature Animation | |
| Bobbi Banks | Bobbi | Banks | Sound | |
| Teri E Dorman* | Teri | E | Dorman | Sound |
| Nicholas Eliopoulos | Nicholas | Eliopoulos | Sound | |
| Scott Gershin | Scott | Gershin | Sound | |
| Mark Mangini | Mark | Mangini | Sound | |
| F Hudson Miller | F | Hudson | Miller | Sound |
| Victoria Rose Sampson | Victoria | Rose | Sampson | Sound |
| Mark P Stoeckinger | Mark | P | Stoeckinger | Sound |
| Bruce Tanis | Bruce | Tanis | Sound | |
| Randy Thom | Randy | Thom | Sound | |
| Robert Blalack | Robert | Blalack | Visual Effects | |
| Rob Bredow | Rob | Bredow | Visual Effects | |
| Brooke Breton | Brooke | Breton | Visual Effects | |
| Richard Edlund* | Richard | Edlund | Visual Effects | |
| Jonathan Erland | Jonathan | Erland | Visual Effects | |
| Jeffrey M Kleiser | Jeffrey | M | Kleiser | Visual Effects |
| Jeffrey A Okun | Jeffrey | A | Okun | Visual Effects |
| Helena Packer | Helena | Packer | Visual Effects | |
| Joshua Pines | Joshua | Pines | Visual Effects | |
| Theresa Ellis Rygiel | Theresa | Ellis | Rygiel | Visual Effects |
| Rick Sayre | Rick | Sayre | Visual Effects | |
| Carl A Gottlieb | Carl | A | Gottlieb | Writers |
| Larry Karaszewski* | Larry | Karaszewski | Writers | |
| Gregory Nava | Gregory | Nava | Writers | |
| John Ridley | John | Ridley | Writers | |
| Howard A Rodman | Howard | A | Rodman | Writers |
