MUMBAI: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ board of governors have elected film producer Hawk Koch as its new president yesterday. He succeeds Tom Sherak, who has held the honorary position since 2009.
After assuming the Academy post, Koch follows in the footsteps of his father, the late producer Howard W. Koch, who served as Academy president from 1977 to 1979.
Koch has been a member of the Academy‘s producer‘s branch since 2004. He has served a three-year term as treasurer, served another one-year term as vice president, and was first vice president of the Academy during the past year.
The veteran film producer‘s credits range from 1978‘s Heaven Can Wait to 1992‘s Wayne‘s World and its 1993 sequel to 2002‘s Collateral Damage. He recently served as executive producer of Source Code and is exec producer on the upcoming Very Good Girls. Hawk also currently serves, along with Mark Gordon, as one of the two presidents of the Producers Guild of America.
The board also elected public relations branch governor Cheryl Boone Isaacs as the board‘s first vice president. While producer Kathleen Kennedy was elected as one vp post, writers branch governor Phil Robinson was elected as the second. Public relations branch governer Rob Friedman, co-chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment, was elected treasurer. Finally, executives branch governor Robert Rehme, who was a past Academy president, was elected secretary.
The Academy president is elected from among the board of governors. While the Academy president can serve as many as four consecutive one-year terms, Koch‘s tenure will be limited to one year, since members of the board of governors may serve a maximum of three consecutive three-year terms, and he is currently beginning his last year as a member of the board.
The board also elected public relations branch governor Cheryl Boone Isaacs as the board‘s first vice president. While producer Kathleen Kennedy was elected as one vp post, writers branch governor Phil Robinson was elected as the second. Public relations branch governer Rob Friedman, co-chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment, was elected treasurer. Finally, executives branch governor Robert Rehme, who was a past Academy president, was elected secretary.
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Angelina Jolie film to receive Stanley Kramer award
MUMBAI: The Producers Guild of America will honour Angelina Jolie‘s Bosnian war film In the Land of Blood and Honey with the 2012 Stanley Kramer Award at the Guild‘s annual awards ceremony on January 21.
The award was established in 2002 following the death of legendary director and producer Stanley Kramer and recognizes a motion picture, producer or other individual whose ‘achievement or contribution illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevating fashion‘.
Films that had earlier received the Kramer award wereThe Great Debaters, An Iconventient Truth, Hotel Rwanda and Antwone Fisher.
Last year, Sean Penn became the first individual to receive the award.
In the Land of Blood and Honey, which marks Jolie‘s directorial debut and opens in select theaters Dec. 23, follows the story of a Muslim woman and Serb policeman who are dating when the Bosnian war breaks out, and what ensues when she is taken to a Serbian rape camp where he is now in charge. Jolie both directed and penned the script, and primarily cast Bosnian actors.
“In the Land of Blood and Honey is an extraordinary film that portrays a complex love story set against the terrors of the Bosnian war, especially towards women. This film truly embraces the legacy of Stanley Kramer,” PGA presidents Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon said.
Jolie and Graham King‘s GK Films partnered in financing and producing the film, which FilmDistrict, a sister company of GK Films, is distributing in the U.S.