POC Invitees For The 2024 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Celine song, cord jefferson and Christine turner - John Nacion, Tommaso Boddi, and Rob kim

487 artists and executives were invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences across 19 different branches in 2024. There were 44% women, a 4% increase from 2023, and 41% people of color, a 7% increase from 2023. The total number of POC members invited this year was 157, who were invited to join 18 of the 19 branches.

Four of the POC members were invited to join multiple branches. This includes Bahrām Beyzaie, Cord Jefferson, and Celine Song for the Director’s & Writer’s branches, and Christine Turner for the Documentary & Short Films and Feature Animation branches. They each have to choose one branch when they accept the membership.

AMPAS membership will rise to 10,910 in 2024 from 10,817 last 2023, with 9,934 members eligible to vote in the upcoming 97th Oscars in 2025—an increase from last year’s 9,375.

The full list of new POC members of the academy is below. Those who have been invited to multiple branches have an “*” next to their name.

Film Editors

  • Qutaiba Barhamji

  • Lisa Lassek

  • Rie Matsubara

  • Mdhamiri Nkemi

  • Hilda Rasula

  • Laurent Sénéchal

  • Takeshi Seyama

  • Michelle Tesoro

Marketing and Public Relations

  • Neil Bhatt

  • Darnell Brisco

  • Nasim Cambron

  • Mauricio Azael Duran Ortega

  • Christopher Gonzalez

  • Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez

  • David Ninh

  • Gitesh Pandya

Music

  • Stephen Bray

  • Anthony Chue

  • Jo Yeong-wook

Producers

  • Jay Choi

  • Kaoru Matsuzaki

  • Ritesh Sidhwani

Production and Technology

  • Man-Nang Chong

  • Jonathan Eusebio

  • Clay Donahue Fontenot

  • Renard T. Jenkins

  • Kenny Ortega

  • Prem Rakshith

  • Woo-Ping Yuen

Production Design

  • Ruth De Jong

  • Henry Fong

Short Films and Feature Animation

  • Nazrin Choudhury

  • Louie Del Carmen

  • Kayla Galang

  • Atsuko Ishizuka

  • Yegane Moghaddam

  • Mari Okada

  • Ryo Orikasa

  • Carlos Segundo

  • Shuzo Shiota

  • Christine Turner*

  • Theodore Ty

  • Chie Uratani

  • Atsushi Wada

  • Masaaki Yuasa

  • Rayka Zehtabchi

Sound

  • Alejandro Quevedo

Visual Effects

  • Gerardo Aguilera

  • Johnathan Nixon

  • Tatsuji Nojima

  • Laura Pedro

  • Kiyoko Shibuya

  • Masaki Takahashi

  • Takashi Yamazaki

  • Dennis Yoo

Writers

  • Bahrām Beyzaie*

  • Elegance Bratton

  • David Callaham

  • Linda Yvette Chávez

  • Akela Cooper

  • Cord Jefferson*

  • Maryam Keshavarz

  • Kogonada

  • Celine Song*

  • Takuma Takasaki

  • Juel Taylor

Artist Representatives

  • Brian Dobbins

  • Jermaine Johnson

  • Theresa Kang

  • David Park

Actors

  • Jessica Alba

  • Erika Alexander

  • Shabana Azmi

  • Obba Babatunde

  • Saleh Bakri

  • Stephanie Beatriz

  • Danielle Brooks

  • Tia Carrere

  • Sergio Castellitto

  • Alfredo Castro

  • Kate Del Castillo

  • Gang Dong-won

  • Lily Gladstone

  • Rachel House

  • Maeve Jinkings

  • Greta Lee

  • Da’Vine Joy Randolph

  • Qi Shu

  • Koji Yakusho

  • Tro Yoo

Casting Directors

  • Kharmel Cochrane

  • Masunobu Motokawa

  • Elsa Pharaon

  • Alejandro Reza

  • Luis Rosales

  • Limor Shmila

Cinematographers

  • Chananun Chotrungroj

  • Matthew Chuang

  • Jomo Fray

  • Damián García

  • Ryuto Kondo

  • Dariela Ludlow Deloya

  • Hidetoshi Shinomiya

  • Jigme Tenzing

  • Ravi Varman

Costume Designers

  • Gabriela Fernández

  • Kazuko Kurosawa

  • Rama Rajamouli

  • Sheetal Sharma

  • Preeyanan Suwannathada

Directors

  • Fede Álvarez

  • Lila Avilés

  • Minhal Baig

  • Bahrām Beyzaie*

  • Jayro Bustamante

  • Steven Caple Jr.

  • Ayoka Chenzira

  • Justin Chon

  • Rima Das

  • JD Dillard

  • Alice Diop

  • Sally El Hosaini

  • Leslie Harris

  • Cord Jefferson*

  • S.S. Rajamouli

  • Boots Riley

  • Alex Rivera

  • A.V. Rockwell

  • Juliana Rojas

  • Celine Song*

  • Angel Manuel Soto

  • Anand Kumar Tucker

  • Susan Youssef

Documentary

  • Daniela Alatorre

  • Waad Al-Kateab

  • Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

  • Mila Aung-Thwin

  • Moses Bwayo

  • Flávia de Souza

  • Sky Hopinka

  • Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala

  • Nisha Pahuja

  • Ousmane Samassekou

  • Frédéric Tcheng

  • Jennifer Tiexiera

  • Hemal Trivedi

  • Christine Turner*

Executives

  • Salma Abdalla

  • Michelle Byrd

  • Elaine Chin

  • Gina Duncan

  • Poppy Hanks

  • Harvey Mason Jr.

  • Lejo Pet

  • Areli Quirarte

  • Fumiko Takagi

  • Kim Yutani

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