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If
there had not been such a brouhaha about “diversity” and the
“motion picture industry”, I might not have discovered which of
my friends and acquaintances have been invited to be members of the
Academy. But since the Academy is working hard to include more women
and people of color into their membership, the list becomes news, and
so I reviewed it.
And
there is good news and bad news in it. First and foremost, although
it is indeed a kind of honor to be a member of the Academy, and it
does entail some nice privileges, it does not mean that because you
are a member that (a) you have any power or (b) that you will ever
work again. It certainly doesnt hurt though, and it is no small
thing to be a member of an elite club. Especially if you live in LA.
Other
good news is that a variety of people I know, some of whom are
friends, who probably deserve to be a member of the Academy, are
indeed invited. In one notable case, which will not be mentioned by
name, there is also one person who is a complete dick. But the
others arent dicks, and so with our so small sample size in mind, I
think this is a fairly good list.
Leaving
out the dick, the people I noticed who I know who are on this list
include: Rhonda Gunner (a co-founder of Video Image), Carl Ludwig (a
founder of Blue Sky), Raymond Yeung (a good person and one of the
annointed keepers of the color spaces), Darwyn Peachey of Pixar (with
a name like this you are never forgotten), Jinko Gotoh (a producer
associated with CGI since before the beginning) and Brooke Breton (a
producer who started with Star Trek and has worked on many projects
including the various Avatars).
Congratulations
to all of them!
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