US Edition‘A Star Is Born’ Producer Lynette Howell Taylor Elected President of Oscars Org
UNITED STATES, JUL 31 – Lynette Howell Taylor brings extensive leadership experience and a successful producing career to the Academy, becoming the fifth woman to lead the organization behind the Oscars.
- On Thursday, Producer Lynette Howell Taylor was elected president by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors, succeeding Janet Yang, CEO Bill Kramer said.
- Amid her tenure on the Academy Board of Governors, Taylor has been an Academy member since 2014 and served three years as vice president and Awards Committee chair.
- Taylor’s production portfolio includes A Star Is Born, The Accountant, The Accountant 2 and Blue Valentine, and she produced the 92nd Oscars broadcast.
- Following Taylor’s election, the board elected Lesley Barber, Jennifer Fox, Simon Kilmurry, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Howard A. Rodman to key leadership roles, Bill Kramer said.
- With an eye to the future, the Academy will add awards for stunt design and casting directors this year, while returning Conan O’Brien as 2026 host.
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Lynette Taylor, known as "So Born a Star" and "A Certain Account", will happen to Janet Yang at Hollywood Academy, which organises the award of the Oscars.
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Independent EspañolVeteran producer Lynette Howell Taylor has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Taylor will succeed Janet Yang as head of the organization that awards the Oscars.
Mexico City.- The Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences chose Lynette Howell Taylor, producer of Born a Star, as its new president, as reported on Thursday by the group behind the Oscar organization. Howell Taylor, who is British and also produced Triste Valentine and El Contador, is the fifth woman to take over the reins of Hollywood’s most prestigious filmmaker group. Academy members vote for the Oscar winners. Bill Kramer, executive di…
Producer Lynette Howell Taylor Named Academy President
Producer Lynette Howell Taylor has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. Howell Taylor previously served as vice president and chair of the board’s Awards Committee. She has been an Academy member since 2014. Over the past 20 years, she has produced more than 25 films, including “A Star Is Born,” which earned eight Oscar nominations, including best picture. Her credits…
At 46, she is the youngest president of the academy in decades, but she has extensive production experience and has been involved in the academy's leadership for many years.
The 46-year-old Britishman succeeds Janet Yang and becomes the fifth woman to lead the Academy of Arts and Film Sciences.
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