The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected 395 members from different branches of membership, to receive an invitation to join one of the most prestigious entertainment related entities. The membership of AMPAS is composed of artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures.
The Academy’s Board of Governors voted on branch-specific guidelines to be applied in determining this year’s new membership invitees. Twenty-four Latino talent and creatives are among the invitees in the various branches of membership.
ACTORS
Jesse Borrego – Colombiana, Con Air
Eiza González – I Care a Lot, Baby Driver
Kimberly Norris Guerrero – The Glorias, Hidalgo
Luis Gerardo Méndez – Charlie’s Angels, Murder Mystery
CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Manuel Alberto Claro – Hope, Melancholia
Nicolás Wong – La Llorona, Muñecas Rusas
Pablo Valdés – The Mole Agent, Los Reyes
COSTUME DESIGNERS
Muriel Parra – A Fantastic Woman, Neruda
Catherine Rodríguez – Birds of Passage, Embrace of the Serpent
Courtesy of Sundance Institute/Anna Kooris.
DIRECTORS
Janicza Bravo – Zola, Lemon
DOCUMENTARY
Lucila Moctezuma – Living Los Sures, The New Americans
EXECUTIVES
Darlene Caamaño Loquet
Lorenza Muñoz
MAKE-UP ARTISTS
Nacho Díaz – The Endless Trench, While at War
Pepe Quetglas – Musarañas , Pan’s Labyrinth
MARKETING & PR
Venessa Fraguio
Johanna Fuentes
PRODUCERS
Andrea Barata Ribeiro – Xingu, City of God
SHORT FILM/FILM ANIMATIONS
Rita del Rosario Basulto – Eclosión, Rain in the Eyes
Carlos Zaragoza – The Emoji Movie , Gnomeo & Juliet
SOUND
Carlos Cortés – Sound of Metal, Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo)
Isabel Muñoz – Miss Bala, Backyard (El Traspatio)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Santiago Colomo Martinez – “The One and Only Ivan,” “The Jungle Book”
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Eugene Hernandez