The new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has completed the creation of a new board of trustees to be headed by chair Ron Meyer, vice chairman of NBCUniversal; vice chair Ted Sarandos, Netflix chief content officer; secretary Kimberly Steward, producer and philanthropist; and treasurer Jason Blum, founder of Blumhouse Productions.The board, which held its inaugural meeting Monday and the membership of which was unveiled Tuesday, will assume responsibility for overseeing the museum, which is scheduled to open in 2019.Additionally, the newly constituted board includes Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Dawn Hudson and several members of the Academy's board of governors: Academy president John Bailey; Paramount chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos, who also serves as Academy treasurer; Tom Hanks, who also is co-chair of the Museum's capital campaign; and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who also serves as an Academy vice president.Rounding out the board of trustees are … [Read more...] about Academy Museum Names New Board of Trustees
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Academy Museum receives $50m Saban gift
Cheryl and Haim Saban have donated $50m to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures – the largest in the project’s campaign as the museum committee targets a 2019 launch in Los Angeles’ mid-Wilshire corridor.The gift means the museum campaign committee has raised $288m, or a fraction below 75% of the $388m target. The May Company Building will now be named the Saban Building.The committee also announced on Wednesday that NBCUniversal vice-chairman Ron Meyer will head the new board of trustees at the museum, which will explore the history and art of film and occupy the 1939 former May Company building in the ‘Miracle Mile’ neighbourhood.Kerry Brougher, director of the Academy Museum, said, “We could not be happier with the momentum the museum is experiencing on all fronts – from fundraising and governance to content and construction. We are thankful to Cheryl and Haim Saban and to Ron Meyer for their vital support and leadership in bringing the … [Read more...] about Academy Museum receives $50m Saban gift
Motion Picture Museum: $2.5 Million Buys You a Green Room
This story first appeared in the May 3 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.David Geffen's $25 million donation ensures that his name will appear on the theater inside the sphere that will dominate the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, scheduled to open in 2017. But for a mere $2.5 million, you still can attach your moniker to the adjacent green room. If that seems steep, consider that naming rights for the Film History Gallery are going for $20 million, while the Founders Room and Rooftop Terrace are a relative bargain at $5 million apiece.The incentives are part of the drive to meet the Academy's ambitious new fundraising goal of $300 million, more than the $250 million it originally projected would be needed to design and make over the historic May Co. building next door to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (Once the museum is open, the Academy will establish a separate operating endowment.) "Because early support for the campaign was so strong," says Bill Kramer, … [Read more...] about Motion Picture Museum: $2.5 Million Buys You a Green Room
Pirelli Lends Support to the New Academy Museum
Pirelli, the Italian tire manufacturer, has lent its support to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, becoming one of the project’s founding supporters after serving as one of the sponsors of last month’s inaugural celebration at the May Company building on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new museum is scheduled to open in 2017.“We are proud to support the Academy in its efforts to preserve and celebrate motion pictures. The Pirelli brand is founded on excellence in design and innovation, and to join the journey that [architect] Renzo Piano so eloquently envisions for the facility is an honor,” Paolo Ferrari, chairman and CEO of Pirelli’s NAFTA Region, said. “Mr. Piano recently collaborated with Pirelli on our facility in Settimo, which is the most efficient and technologically advanced of the Pirelli group in terms of product innovation, productive processes, attention to … [Read more...] about Pirelli Lends Support to the New Academy Museum
Brett Ratner Donates $1 Million to Academy Museum
Director Brett Ratner, who was to have produced the 2012 Oscars, has contributed $1 million to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Ratner had been tapped to produce the 2012 Academy Awards, but a series of controversial comments he made that many found sexist and homophobic, let to him withdrawing from that assignment. He subsequently made several P.S.A.’s for GLAAD and in March received GLAAD's Ally Award for his efforts."I feel blessed to be part of such a magnificent museum. I was blown away by the recent Kubrick exhibit at LACMA, which the Academy co-sponsored. I couldn't be more excited that our Academy will finally have its own museum that will preserve and exhibit cinema's greatest work," Ratner said.Commented Bill Kramer, the museum’s managing director of development, "Brett has a sincere love of movies and film history, and we are excited to welcome him to our group of supporters.”The Academy launched the Museum's capital campaign in 2012 and … [Read more...] about Brett Ratner Donates $1 Million to Academy Museum