The list of those invited to join the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...

as members in 2007.

Actors

Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career ...

Adriana Barraza Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress, acting teacher, and director. In 1999 director Alejandro González Iñárritu cast her as the mother of Gael García Bernal's character in '' Amores perros'', which was nomin ...

Steve Carell Steven John Carell (; born August 16, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He played Michael Scott in ''The Office'' (2005–2011; 2013), NBC’s adaptation of the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, where Ca ...

Daniel Craig Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English-American actor who gained international fame playing the secret agent James Bond in the film series, beginning with '' Casino Royale'' (2006) and in four further instalments, up to '' ...

Aaron Eckhart Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an early age. He began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his h ...

Chiwetel Ejiofor Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor ( ; born 10 July 1977) is a British actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, an NAACP Image Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awa ...

William Fichtner William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay on ''Invasion'', Alexander Mahone on ''Prison Break'', Carl Hickman on '' Crossing Lines'', and Adam Janikowski o ...

* Ryan Gosling *

Jackie Earle Haley Jack Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961) is an American actor and director. His earliest roles included Moocher in '' Breaking Away'' (1979) and Kelly Leak in '' The Bad News Bears'' (1976), ''The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training'' (1977) and ''T ...

Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and talk show host. Throughout her career, she has received various accolades for her works in recorded music, film, televisio ...

Danny Huston Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an Italian-born American actor and film director. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director John Huston and the half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He is known for ...

* Eddie Murphy *

Christopher Plummer Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. He received multiple accolades, inc ...

James Rebhorn James Robert Rebhorn (September 1, 1948 – March 21, 2014) was an American character actor who appeared in over 100 films, television series, and plays. At the time of his death, he had recurring roles in the series '' White Collar'' and ''Hom ...

Michael Sheen Michael Christopher Sheen OBE (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor, television producer and political activist. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage rol ...

Maribel Verdú María Isabel Verdú Rollán (; born 2 October 1970) is a Spanish actress. Some of her film credits include performances in '' Lovers'', ''Belle Époque'', ''Y tu mamá también'', ''Pan's Labyrinth'', '' The Blind Sunflowers'' and ''Snow Whi ...

Animators

Sharon Calahan Sharon Calahan is an American cinematographer who was director of photography on the Pixar films ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), and ''Finding Nemo'' (2003), and was lighting director for ''Ratatouille'' (2007), ''Cars 2'' (2011 ...

- ''Ratatouille'', ''Finding Nemo'' *George Griffin - ''A Little Routine'', ''New Fangled'' * John Kahrs - ''Cars'', ''The Incredibles'' *

Torill Kove Torill Kove (born 25 May 1958) is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator. She won the 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the film '' The Danish Poet'', co-produced by Norway's Mikrofilm AS and the National Film Board of ...

* Marcy Page - ''The Danish Poet'', ''Ryan'' *Troy Saliba - ''Monster House'', ''Stuart Little 2''

Art directors

*Hugh Bateup - ''Superman Returns'', ''The Matrix''

At-large

Sam Mercer Sam Mercer is a producer of many films directed by M. Night Shyamalan such as ''The Sixth Sense'', '' Unbreakable'', and '' Signs'', as well as other films like '' Van Helsing'' and '' Things We Lost in the Fire''. His career started during the ...

Lia Vollack Lia Vollack (born c. 1965) is an American record executive. Vollack graduated from high school at 15, and the year after worked as a roadie for Johnnie Thunders and the Ramones. In 1974 she moved to New York City, where she would find work as a s ...

Casting directors

*Lisa Beach - ''Walk the Line'', ''Wedding Crashers'' * Leslee Feldman

Cinematographers

*Javier Aguirresarobe - ''The Sea Inside'', ''Talk to Her'' * Steve Gainer - ''A Dirty Shame'', ''Mysterious Skin'' *Michael Goi - ''How U Like Me Now'', ''Sam and Sarah'' *Michael Grady - ''The Dead Girl'', ''Wonderland'' *Adam Kimmel - ''Capote'', ''The Ref'' *Alar Kivilo - ''The Lake House'', ''A Simple Plan'' *

M. David Mullen M. David Mullen, A.S.C. (born Meritt David Mullen III; 26 June 1962) is a Japanese-born American cinematographer known for his photography on '' Twin Falls Idaho'', ''Northfork'', '' Akeelah and the Bee'', ''The Astronaut Farmer'', '' Jennifer's ...

*Xavier Perez Grobet - ''Nacho Libre'','' Music and Lyrics''

Costume designers

Consolata Boyle Consolata Boyle is an Irish costume designer based in Dublin. She is a frequent collaborator of English director Stephen Frears and has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on three of his film ...

- ''The Queen'', ''Angela's Ashes'' * Nancy Steiner - ''Little Miss Sunshine'', ''Lost in Translation''

Directors

Peter Berg Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. His directorial film works include the black comedy ''Very Bad Things'' (1998), the action comedy ''The Rundown'' (2003), the sports drama '' Friday Night Lig ...

D. J. Caruso Daniel John Caruso Jr. (; born January 17, 1965) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His work encompasses a variety of genres, including thriller ('' Disturbia, Taking Lives''), drama ('' Standing Up''), horror (''The Disap ...

Antoine Fuqua Antoine Fuqua (born May 30, 1965) is an American filmmaker, known for his work in the action and thriller genres. He was originally known as a director of music videos, and made his film debut in 1998 with ''The Replacement Killers''. His critica ...

Paul Greengrass Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film ' ...

Monte Hellman Monte Hellman (; born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the ho ...

Simon West Simon Alexander West (born 1961) is an English film director and producer. He has primarily worked in the action genre, most notably as the director of the films ''Con Air'', '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'', '' The Mechanic'', and '' The Expenda ...

Documentary

* Steve James * Nathaniel Kahn * James Longley *Brett Morgen - ''The Kid Stays in the Picture'', ''On the Ropes'' *Laura Poitras - ''My Country, My Country''; ''Flag Wars'' *Eric Simonson - ''A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin''; ''On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom''

Executives

*Greg Foster *Judd Funk *Adam Goodman *Andrew W. Gumpert *Michael J. Lambert *Yair Landau *David Weil

Film editors

* Sandra Adair - ''A Scanner Darkly'', ''School of Rock'' *Virginia Katz - ''Dreamgirls'', ''Gods and Monsters'' * Saar Klein - ''The New World'', ''Almost Famous'' * Richard Pearson - ''United 93'', ''Rent'' * Álex Rodríguez - ''Children of Men'', ''Y Tu Mama Tambien'' * Christopher Rouse

Live action short films

Borja Cobeaga Borja Cobeaga Eguillor (born 1977) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academ ...

- ''Eramos Pocos'', ''La Primera Vez'' *

Javier Fesser Javier Fesser Pérez de Petinto (Madrid, born 15 February 1964) is a Spanish film director and publicist. He is a multiple Goya Award winner for his films '' Camino'' and Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo, and an Academy Award nominee ...

Ari Sandel Ari Devon Sandel (born September 5, 1974) is an American filmmaker. He is known for directing the short film ''West Bank Story'' (2005), which won the 2006 Academy Award in the category Best Live Action Short Film. Life and career Sandel was bor ...

Makeup

*John E. Jackson - ''Hollywoodland'', ''Thank You for Smoking'' *David Marti - ''Pan's Labyrinth'', ''Hellboy'' *Montse Ribe - ''Pan's Labyrinth'', ''Hellboy'' *Kazuhiro Tsuji - ''Click'', ''Planet of the Apes'' (2001)

Music

* Carter Burwell *

Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has won many awards, including two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' and '' The Shape of Water'' ...

* Javier Navarrete *

Gustavo Santaolalla Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for composing his film scores with his collaborator and acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu, which composed the ...

Producers

*Agustin Almodovar - ''Volver, Talk to Her'' * Bonnie Arnold *Julia Chasman - ''Driving Lessons, 25th Hour'' *Jonathan Glickman - ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Rush Hour'' *Daniel Goldberg - ''Old School, Stripes'' *

Jack Rapke Jack Rapke is an American film producer who has produced such films as the 2000 Robert Zemeckis film ''Cast Away''. Biography Upon his graduation from New York University Film School in 1974, Jack Rapke moved to Los Angeles to embark on a care ...

Jane Rosenthal Jane Rosenthal (born September 21, 1956) is an American film producer.

Production designers

Eugenio Caballero Eugenio Caballero (born 1972) is a Mexican production designer. He is best known for his work on Guillermo del Toro's film ''Pan’s Labyrinth'' for which he earned an Academy Award, Ariel Award, Art Directors Guild Award, Los Angeles Film Crit ...

Nathan Crowley Nathan Crowley (born 28 February 1966) is an English production designer and a former art director, who is best known for his collaborations with Christopher Nolan. He was nominated six times for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for ' ...

- ''The Prestige'', ''Batman Begins'' *Nigel Phelps - ''The Island'', ''Pearl Harbor''

Public relations

*Kevin Campbell *Jason Cassidy *Frank J. Chiocchi *Sarah Greenberg *Ileen Reich *Jeff Smith *Valerie Van Galder

Sound

*Michael J. Benavente - ''Catch and Release'', ''There's Something About Mary'' *Linda Folk - ''The Prestige'', ''The Da Vinci Code'' *Jessica Gallavan - ''Apocalypto'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' *Tim Gomillion - ''Night at the Museum'', ''Walk the Line'' *Howard London - ''Spider-Man 3'', ''The Da Vinci Code'' *Steven D. Williams - ''You, Me and Dupree'', ''The Mask'' *Jim Wright - ''Black Snake Moan'', ''War of the Worlds'' (2005)

Visual effects

* John Andrew Berton, Jr * Al DiSarro - ''Paycheck'', ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' *Bryan Hirota - ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'', ''X-Men: The Last Stand'' *Alan E. Lorimer - ''Garfield'', ''Dr. Doolittle 2'' *Christopher Nibley - ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'', ''The Addams Family'' * Douglas H. Smith - ''Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat'', ''Independence Day'' *

Ben Snow Ben Snow is a special effects artist who has been nominated four times at the Academy Awards. He works at Industrial Light & Magic. Early life Snow grew up in Australia, where he attended Narrabundah College and the University of Canberra. His ...

- ''King Kong'' (2005), ''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones'' *Eric Swenson - ''The Life Aquatic'', ''X2'' * Jon Thum - ''Superman Returns'', ''The Matrix''

Writers

J. J. Abrams Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced such films as '' Regarding Henry'' (1991), '' F ...

Michael Arndt Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter. He is best known as the writer of the films ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006), ''Toy Story 3'' (2010), and '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015). Arndt won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenpl ...

Guillermo Arriaga Guillermo Arriaga Jordán (; born 13 March 1958) is a Mexican author, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award f ...

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (; born 2 May 1973) is an Academy Award-winning German and Austrian film director. He is best known for writing and directing the 2006 dramatic thriller ''Das Leben der Anderen (The L ...

Patrick Marber Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian, playwright, director, actor, and screenwriter. Early life Marber was born and raised in a middle-class Jewish family in Wimbledon, London, the son of Angela (Benja ...

William Monahan William J. Monahan (born November 3, 1960) is an American screenwriter and novelist. His second produced screenplay was ''The Departed'', a film that earned him a Writers Guild of America Award and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. ...

* Peter Morgan * Billy Ray *Erin Cressida Wilson - ''Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus'', ''Secretary''

Sources

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