{"id":66063,"date":"2013-06-28T15:19:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T15:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/06\/28\/ava-duvernay-prince-tim-story-kimberly-elise-among-276-academy-276-new-members\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:17:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:17:56","slug":"ava-duvernay-prince-tim-story-kimberly-elise-among-276-academy-276-new-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/ava-duvernay-prince-tim-story-kimberly-elise-among-276-academy-276-new-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Ava DuVernay, Prince, Tim Story, Kimberly Elise among 276 Academy 276 New Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ava DuVernay, Prince, Tim Story among 276 Academy 276 New Members<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>June 28, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/academy-logo-post1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-41563\" title=\"academy-logo-post1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 545 233'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/academy-logo-post1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending  invitations to join the organization to 276 artists and executives who  have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical  motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only  additions to the Academy&#8217;s membership in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Academy-new-member-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-41564\" title=\"Academy new member 2013\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 271'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Academy-new-member-2013-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese individuals  are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,\u201d said  Academy President Hawk Koch. \u201cTheir talent and creativity have captured  the imagination of audiences worldwide, and I am proud to welcome each  of them to the Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, 176 new members were invited.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the complete list of invited artists and executives. Among the  Blacks invited were Rosario Dawson, Kimberly Elise, Paula Patton, Chris  Tucker, Ava DuVernay, Steve McQueen, Tim Story, Orlando Bagwell, Raoul  Peck, Roger Ross Williams, Siedah Garrett, Prince, Bobbi Banks, Reggie  Rock Bythewood, and Tina Gordon Chism.<\/p>\n<p>The 2013 invitees are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Actors<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Jason Bateman \u2013 <em>Up in the Air,<\/em> <em>Juno<\/em><br \/>\nMiriam Colon \u2013 <em>City of Hope,<\/em> <em>Scarface<\/em><br \/>\nRosario Dawson \u2013 <em>Rent,<\/em> <em>Frank Miller&#8217;s Sin City<\/em><br \/>\nKimberly Elise \u2013 <em>For Colored Girls,<\/em> <em>Beloved<\/em><br \/>\nJoseph Gordon-Levitt \u2013 <em>Lincoln,<\/em> <em>The Dark Knight Rises<\/em><br \/>\nCharles Grodin \u2013 <em>Midnight Run,<\/em> <em>The Heartbreak Kid<\/em><br \/>\nRebecca Hall \u2013 <em>Iron Man 3,<\/em> <em>The Town<\/em><br \/>\nLance Henriksen \u2013 <em>Aliens,<\/em> <em>The Terminator<\/em><br \/>\nJack Huston \u2013 <em>Not Fade Away,<\/em> <em>Factory Girl<\/em><br \/>\nMilla Jovovich \u2013 <em>Resident Evil,<\/em> <em>Chaplin<\/em><br \/>\nLucy Liu \u2013 <em>Kill Bill: Vol. 1,<\/em> <em>Chicago<\/em><br \/>\nJennifer Lopez \u2013 <em>What to Expect When You&#8217;re Expecting,<\/em> <em>Selena<\/em><br \/>\nAlma Martinez \u2013 <em>Born in East L.A.,<\/em> <em>Under Fire<\/em><br \/>\nEmily Mortimer \u2013 <em>Hugo,<\/em> <em>Lars and the Real Girl<\/em><br \/>\nSandra Oh \u2013 <em>Rabbit Hole,<\/em> <em>Sideways<\/em><br \/>\nPaula Patton \u2013 <em>Mission: Impossible \u2013 Ghost Protocol,<\/em> <em>Precious: Based on the Novel &#8216;Push&#8217; by Sapphire<\/em><br \/>\nMichael Pe\u00f1a \u2013 <em>End of Watch,<\/em> <em>Crash<\/em><br \/>\nEmmanuelle Riva \u2013 <em>Amour,<\/em> <em>Hiroshima, Mon Amour<\/em><br \/>\nJason Schwartzman \u2013 <em>Moonrise Kingdom,<\/em> <em>Rushmore<\/em><br \/>\nGeno Silva \u2013 <em>Mulholland Drive,<\/em> <em>Amistad<\/em><br \/>\nDanny Trejo \u2013 <em>Machete,<\/em> <em>Heat<\/em><br \/>\nChris Tucker \u2013 <em>Silver Linings Playbook,<\/em> <em>Rush Hour<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cinematographers<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Luca Bigazzi \u2013 <em>This Must Be the Place,<\/em> <em>Certified Copy<\/em><br \/>\nBeno\u00eet Delhomme \u2013 <em>The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,<\/em> <em>The Proposition<\/em><br \/>\nSimon Duggan \u2013 <em>The Great Gatsby,<\/em> <em>Killer Elite<\/em><br \/>\nGreig Fraser \u2013 <em>Zero Dark Thirty,<\/em> <em>Snow White and the Huntsman<\/em><br \/>\nJonathan Freeman \u2013 <em>Remember Me,<\/em> <em>Fifty Dead Men Walking<\/em><br \/>\nGreg Gardiner \u2013 <em>Race to Witch Mountain,<\/em> <em>Elf<\/em><br \/>\nEric Gautier \u2013 <em>Into the Wild,<\/em> <em>The Motorcycle Diaries<\/em><br \/>\nAgn\u00e8s Godard \u2013 <em>Sister,<\/em> <em>Beau Travail<\/em><br \/>\nEduard Grau \u2013 <em>Buried,<\/em> <em>A Single Man<\/em><br \/>\nJess Hall \u2013 <em>The Spectacular Now,<\/em> <em>Brideshead Revisited<\/em><br \/>\nFred Kelemen \u2013 <em>The Turin Horse,<\/em> <em>The Man from London<\/em><br \/>\nMark Lee Ping Bing \u2013 <em>Norwegian Wood,<\/em> <em>In the Mood for Love<\/em><br \/>\nReed Morano \u2013 <em>Little Birds,<\/em> <em>Frozen River<\/em><br \/>\nOleg Mutu \u2013 <em>Beyond the Hills,<\/em> <em>4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days<\/em><br \/>\nAlex Nepomniaschy \u2013 <em>Narc,<\/em> <em>Safe<\/em><br \/>\nChristian Sebaldt \u2013 <em>Resident Evil: Apocalypse,<\/em> <em>Race to Space<\/em><br \/>\nBen Seresin \u2013 <em>World War Z,<\/em> <em>Unstoppable<\/em><br \/>\nAdam Stone \u2013 <em>Mud,<\/em> <em>Take Shelter<\/em><br \/>\nChecco Varese \u2013 <em>Girl in Progress,<\/em> <em>The Aura<\/em><br \/>\nKen Zunder \u2013 <em>Bending the Rules,<\/em> <em>That&#8217;s What I Am<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Costume Designers<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Paco Delgado \u2013 <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables,<\/em> <em>Biutiful<\/em><br \/>\nSophie de Rakoff \u2013 <em>This Means War,<\/em> <em>Legally Blonde<\/em><br \/>\nCarlo Poggioli \u2013 <em>Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,<\/em> <em>Cold Mountain<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Designers<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Lori Balton \u2013 <em>Argo,<\/em> <em>The Dark Knight Rises<\/em><br \/>\nJudy Becker \u2013 <em>Silver Linings Playbook,<\/em> <em>The Fighter<\/em><br \/>\nSimon Bright \u2013 <em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,<\/em> <em>Avatar<\/em><br \/>\nMartin T. Charles \u2013 <em>Marvel&#8217;s The Avengers,<\/em> <em>The Artist<\/em><br \/>\nDavid M. Crank \u2013 <em>The Master,<\/em> <em>Lincoln<\/em><br \/>\nStefan Paul Dechant \u2013 <em>Oz The Great and Powerful,<\/em> <em>True Grit<\/em><br \/>\nTracey A. Doyle \u2013 <em>The Muppets,<\/em> <em>21<\/em><br \/>\nAnna Lynch-Robinson \u2013 <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables,<\/em> <em>An Education<\/em><br \/>\nMaria Nay \u2013 <em>Identity Thief,<\/em> <em>Ray<\/em><br \/>\nDavid Smith \u2013 <em>Crazy, Stupid, Love.,<\/em> <em>The Holiday<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directors<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Nikolaj Arcel \u2013 <em>A Royal Affair,<\/em> <em>Truth about Men<\/em><br \/>\nAva DuVernay* \u2013 <em>Middle of Nowhere,<\/em> <em>I Will Follow<\/em><br \/>\nPaul Feig \u2013 <em>The Heat,<\/em> <em>Bridesmaids<\/em><br \/>\nCatherine Hardwicke \u2013 <em>Twilight,<\/em> <em>Thirteen<\/em><br \/>\nKirk Jones \u2013 <em>What to Expect When You&#8217;re Expecting,<\/em> <em>Waking Ned Devine<\/em><br \/>\nKen Kwapis \u2013 <em>Big Miracle,<\/em> <em>The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants<\/em><br \/>\nPablo Larra\u00edn \u2013 <em>No,<\/em> <em>Tony Manero<\/em><br \/>\nSteve McQueen \u2013 <em>Shame,<\/em> <em>Hunger<\/em><br \/>\nKim Nguyen \u2013 <em>War Witch (Rebelle),<\/em> <em>City of Shadows<\/em><br \/>\nJafar Panahi* \u2013 <em>This Is Not a Film,<\/em> <em>The Circle<\/em><br \/>\nTodd Phillips \u2013 <em>The Hangover,<\/em> <em>Old School<\/em><br \/>\nJoachim R\u00f8nning \u2013 <em>Kon-Tiki,<\/em> <em>Max Manus<\/em><br \/>\nEspen Sandberg \u2013 <em>Kon-Tiki,<\/em> <em>Max Manus<\/em><br \/>\nTim Story \u2013 <em>Think Like a Man,<\/em> <em>Fantastic Four<\/em><br \/>\nBenh Zeitlin \u2013 <em>Beasts of the Southern Wild,<\/em> <em>Glory at Sea<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Documentary<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Orlando Bagwell \u2013 <em>Citizen King,<\/em> <em>Malcolm X: Make It Plain<\/em><br \/>\nRebecca Cammisa \u2013 <em>God Is the Bigger Elvis,<\/em> <em>Which Way Home<\/em><br \/>\nYung Chang \u2013 <em>China Heavyweight,<\/em> <em>Up the Yangtze<\/em><br \/>\nMichael Chin \u2013 <em>Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple,<\/em> <em>In the Shadow of the Stars<\/em><br \/>\nChristine Choy \u2013 <em>In the Name of the Emperor,<\/em> <em>Who Killed Vincent Chin?<\/em><br \/>\nBonni Cohen \u2013 <em>The Island President,<\/em> <em>Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic<\/em><br \/>\nEduardo Coutinho \u2013 <em>As Can\u00e7\u00f5es,<\/em> <em>Cabra Marcado Para Morrer (Twenty Years Later)<\/em><br \/>\nMiriam Cutler \u2013 <em>Kings Point,<\/em> <em>Ethel<\/em><br \/>\nAndrea Nix Fine \u2013 <em>Inocente,<\/em> <em>War\/Dance<\/em><br \/>\nSean Fine \u2013 <em>Inocente,<\/em> <em>War\/Dance<\/em><br \/>\nRobert Frank \u2013 <em>Cocksucker Blues,<\/em> <em>Pull My Daisy<\/em><br \/>\nWilliam Greaves \u2013 <em>Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey,<\/em> <em>Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One<\/em><br \/>\nLauren Greenfield \u2013 <em>The Queen of Versailles,<\/em> <em>Thin<\/em><br \/>\nPatricio Guzm\u00e1n \u2013 <em>Nostalgia for the Light,<\/em> <em>The Battle of Chile<\/em><br \/>\nVivien Hillgrove \u2013 <em>Symphony of the Soil,<\/em> <em>In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee<\/em><br \/>\nHeddy Honigmann \u2013 <em>El Olvido (Oblivion),<\/em> <em>Crazy<\/em><br \/>\nVikram Jayanti \u2013 <em>The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector,<\/em> <em>Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine<\/em><br \/>\nPeter Kinoy \u2013 <em>Poverty Outlaw,<\/em> <em>When the Mountains Tremble<\/em><br \/>\nClaude Lanzmann \u2013 <em>Le Rapport Karski (The Karski Report),<\/em> <em>Shoah<\/em><br \/>\nKim Longinotto \u2013 <em>Rough Aunties,<\/em> <em>Sisters in Law<\/em><br \/>\nStanley Nelson \u2013 <em>Freedom Riders,<\/em> <em>Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple<\/em><br \/>\nJehane Noujaim \u2013 <em>Control Room,<\/em> <em>Startup.com<\/em><br \/>\nSharmeen Obaid-Chinoy \u2013 <em>Transgenders: Pakistan&#8217;s Open Secret,<\/em> <em>Saving Face<\/em><br \/>\nMarcel Ophuls \u2013 <em>Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie,<\/em> <em>The Sorrow and the Pity<\/em><br \/>\nJos\u00e9 Padilha \u2013 <em>Secrets of the Tribe,<\/em> <em>Bus 174 (\u00d4nibus 174)<\/em><br \/>\nJafar Panahi* \u2013 <em>This Is Not a Film,<\/em> <em>The Circle<\/em><br \/>\nElise Pearlstein \u2013 <em>Last Call at the Oasis,<\/em> <em>Food, Inc.<\/em><br \/>\nRaoul Peck \u2013 <em>Fatal Assistance (Assistance Mortelle),<\/em> <em>Lumumba: La Mort du Proph\u00e8te<\/em><br \/>\nKevin Rafferty \u2013 <em>Harvard Beats Yale 29-29,<\/em> <em>The Atomic Cafe<\/em><br \/>\nJ. Ralph* \u2013 <em>Chasing Ice,<\/em> <em>Man on Wire<\/em><br \/>\nBob Richman \u2013 <em>Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,<\/em> <em>Waiting for &#8216;Superman&#8217;\u201c<br \/>\nT. Woody Richman \u2013 \u201cHow to Survive a Plague,<\/em> <em>Fahrenheit 9\/11<\/em><br \/>\nVeronica Selver \u2013 <em>Berkeley in the Sixties,<\/em> <em>You Got to Move: Stories of Change in the South<\/em><br \/>\nJon Shenk \u2013 <em>The Island President,<\/em> <em>Lost Boys of Sudan<\/em><br \/>\nRicki Stern \u2013 <em>Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,<\/em> <em>The Devil Came on Horseback<\/em><br \/>\nRobert Stone \u2013 <em>Earth Days,<\/em> <em>Radio Bikini<\/em><br \/>\nAnnie Sundberg \u2013 <em>Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,<\/em> <em>The Devil Came on Horseback<\/em><br \/>\nRenee Tajima-Pena \u2013 <em>Who Killed Vincent Chin?,<\/em> <em>My America (Or Honk If You Love Buddha)<\/em><br \/>\nAgn\u00e8s Varda \u2013 <em>The Beaches of Agn\u00e8s,<\/em> <em>The Gleaners and I<\/em><br \/>\nRoger Ross Williams \u2013 <em>God Loves Uganda,<\/em> <em>Music by Prudence<\/em><br \/>\nPamela Yates \u2013 <em>Granito: How to Nail a Dictator,<\/em> <em>The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court<\/em><br \/>\nAmy Ziering \u2013 <em>The Invisible War,<\/em> <em>Derrida<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Executives<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Holly Bario<br \/>\nJeb Brody<br \/>\nEric d&#8217;Arbeloff<br \/>\nDean C. Hallett<br \/>\nLynn Harris<br \/>\nJeff Ivers<br \/>\nJonathan King<br \/>\nRobert Kirby<br \/>\nDylan Leiner<br \/>\nNick Meyer<br \/>\nAndrew Millstein<br \/>\nHannah Minghella<br \/>\nAngela Morrison<br \/>\nBrian Roberts<br \/>\nMark Roybal<br \/>\nTucker Tooley<br \/>\nKevin Tsujihara<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film Editors<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Michael Berenbaum \u2013 <em>What to Expect When You&#8217;re Expecting,<\/em> <em>Sex and the City<\/em><br \/>\nJeff Freeman \u2013 <em>Ted,<\/em> <em>Cruel Intentions<\/em><br \/>\nJames Haygood \u2013 <em>Where the Wild Things Are,<\/em> <em>Fight Club<\/em><br \/>\nStuart Levy \u2013 <em>Savages,<\/em> <em>Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps<\/em><br \/>\nMary Jo Markey \u2013 <em>Star Trek Into Darkness,<\/em> <em>Super 8<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Makeup Artists and Hairstylists<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Luisa Abel \u2013 <em>The Dark Knight Rises,<\/em> <em>Inception<\/em><br \/>\nAnne Aulenta-Spira \u2013 <em>The Place beyond the Pines,<\/em> <em>Drive<\/em><br \/>\nTerry Baliel \u2013 <em>The Dark Knight Rises,<\/em> <em>J. Edgar<\/em><br \/>\nThomas Floutz \u2013 <em>The Call,<\/em> <em>Hellboy II: The Golden Army<\/em><br \/>\nKay Georgiou \u2013 <em>Promised Land,<\/em> <em>Lincoln<\/em><br \/>\nBernadette Mazur \u2013 <em>Men in Black 3,<\/em> <em>The Campaign<\/em><br \/>\nKim Santantonio \u2013 <em>Gangster Squad,<\/em> <em>Frost\/Nixon<\/em><br \/>\nLisa Tomblin \u2013 <em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,<\/em> <em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1<\/em><br \/>\nKelvin R. Trahan \u2013 <em>Argo,<\/em> <em>Memoirs of a Geisha<\/em><br \/>\nLisa Westcott \u2013 <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables,<\/em> <em>Shakespeare in Love<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Members-at-Large<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Victoria Alonso<br \/>\nFred Baron<br \/>\nBen Bray<br \/>\nPieter Jan Brugge<br \/>\nJackie Burch<br \/>\nLeo Davis<br \/>\nSusie Figgis<br \/>\nLori Furie<br \/>\nGlenn S. Gainor<br \/>\nJoe Gareri<br \/>\nLance Gilbert<br \/>\nAndy Gill<br \/>\nMindy Marin<br \/>\nLaray Mayfield<br \/>\nJeanne McCarthy<br \/>\nNeil Meron<br \/>\nGary Powell<br \/>\nNed Price<br \/>\nMichelle Satter<br \/>\nStefan Sonnenfeld<br \/>\nCindy Tolan<br \/>\nBrent Woolsey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Ramiro Belgardt \u2013 <em>Star Trek Into Darkness,<\/em> <em>Lincoln<\/em><br \/>\nRamin Djawadi \u2013 <em>Safe House,<\/em> <em>Iron Man<\/em><br \/>\nJennifer Dunnington \u2013 <em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,<\/em> <em>Hugo<\/em><br \/>\nSiedah Garrett \u2013 <em>Rio,<\/em> <em>Dreamgirls<\/em><br \/>\nJoe Hisaishi \u2013 <em>Ponyo,<\/em> <em>Spirited Away<\/em><br \/>\nHenry Jackman \u2013 <em>This Is the End,<\/em> <em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em><br \/>\nCliff Martinez \u2013 <em>Drive,<\/em> <em>Traffic<\/em><br \/>\nPrince \u2013 <em>Purple Rain,<\/em> <em>Happy Feet<\/em><br \/>\nJ. Ralph* \u2013 <em>Chasing Ice,<\/em> <em>Man on Wire<\/em><br \/>\nAaron Lael Zigman \u2013 <em>Peeples,<\/em> <em>Sex and the City<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Producers<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Stefan Arndt \u2013 <em>Amour,<\/em> <em>The White Ribbon<\/em><br \/>\nJason Blum \u2013 <em>The Purge,<\/em> <em>Paranormal Activity<\/em><br \/>\nFinola Dwyer \u2013 <em>Quartet,<\/em> <em>An Education<\/em><br \/>\nJack Giarraputo \u2013 <em>Anger Management,<\/em> <em>The Wedding Singer<\/em><br \/>\nVeit Heiduschka \u2013 <em>Amour,<\/em> <em>The White Ribbon<\/em><br \/>\nLloyd Levin \u2013 <em>Green Zone,<\/em> <em>Watchmen<\/em><br \/>\nJulie Lynn \u2013 <em>Albert Nobbs,<\/em> <em>Nine Lives<\/em><br \/>\nMargaret Menegoz \u2013 <em>Amour,<\/em> <em>The White Ribbon<\/em><br \/>\nAndrea Sperling \u2013 <em>Smashed,<\/em> <em>Like Crazy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Relations<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Rachel Cadden<br \/>\nTheresa Cross<br \/>\nJeff S. Elefterion<br \/>\nJulie Fontaine<br \/>\nJackson George<br \/>\nAnne Globe<br \/>\nMichael Lawson<br \/>\nDennis O&#8217;Connor<br \/>\nBlair Rich<br \/>\nJohn G. Sabel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Films and Feature Animation<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Marc Bertrand \u2013 <em>Gloria Victoria,<\/em> <em>Hollow Land<\/em><br \/>\nBryan Buckley \u2013 <em>Asad,<\/em> <em>The Wake-Up Caller<\/em><br \/>\nShawn Christensen \u2013 <em>Curfew,<\/em> <em>Brink<\/em><br \/>\nEric Darnell \u2013 <em>Madagascar,<\/em> <em>Shrek<\/em><br \/>\nJohn C. 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