Reinforcing that diversity, inclusion and equity are a priority, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced it is inviting 395 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization.
The list of the 2021 invitees is indeed quite diverse - 46% women, 39% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 53% international from 49 countries outside of the United States. The Academy emphasized it makes its membership selections based on professional qualifications, in addition to representation and inclusion standards outlined as a priority in its initiative Academy Aperture 2025, aimed at diversifying its membership and as a consequence, award nominees.
Among the Latino, African-American, Asian-American and Native American invitees in front and behind the cameras: Eiza González (I Care a Lot, Baby Driver), Luis Gerardo Méndez (Charlies Angels, Murder Mystery), Wagner Moura (Sergio, Wasp Network), Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night in Miami, Harriet), Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah, Newlyweeds), Henry Golding (A Simple Favor, Crazy Rich Asians), Steven Yeun (Minari, Burning), Ye-ri Han (Minari, Worst Woman), Kimberly Norris Guerrero (The Glorias, Hidalgo).
The number of invitations to this year's class was cut by more than half, compared to last year's 819. The Academy says the limited number was "to enable steady future growth and to ensure the necessary infrastructure, staff resources and environment to support all Academy members."
There are 89 Oscar® nominees, including 25 winners, among the invitees. Eight individuals were invited to join by multiple branches, but will have to pick one upon accepting membership.
Here's the full list of 2021 invitees:
Actors
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II The Trial of the Chicago 7, Us
Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, XIIa
Vidya Balan Tumhari Sulu, Kahaani
Nicole Beharie Miss Juneteenth, 42
Kingsley Ben-Adir One Night in Miami..., Noelle
Hugh Bonneville Downton Abbey, Paddington 2
Jesse Borrego Colombiana, Con Air
Carrie Coon The Nest, Gone Girl
Laverne Cox Promising Young Woman, Bad Hair
Andra Day The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Cars 3
Clea DuVall Argo, Zodiac
Henry Golding A Simple Favor, Crazy Rich Asians
Eiza González I Care a Lot, Baby Driver
Kimberly Norris Guerrero The Glorias, Hidalgo
Nicholas Guest Big Hero 6, Rango
Ye-ri Han Minari, Worst Woman
Vanessa Kirby Pieces of a Woman, Mission: Impossible Fallout
Nathan Lane The Producers, The Birdcage
Jonathan Majors Da 5 Bloods, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Luis Gerardo Méndez Charlies Angels, Murder Mystery
Wagner Moura Sergio, Wasp Network
Ramsey Nouah 76, The Figurine
Leslie Odom, Jr.* One Night in Miami..., Harriet
Robert Pattinson Tenet, The Lighthouse
Clarke Peters Da 5 Bloods, Harriet
Paul Raci Sound of Metal, No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie
Issa Rae The Lovebirds, The Photograph
Stephen Root Get Out, Office Space
Jurnee Smollett Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, The Great Debaters
Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Da 5 Bloods, BlacKkKlansman
Steven Yeun Minari, Burning
Yuh-Jung Youn Minari, The Housemaid
Casting Directors
Domnica Circiumaru Gods Own Country, Charlie Countryman
Sarah Crowe The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Death of Stalin
Leah Daniels Butler The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Lee Daniels The Butler
Kim Davis-Wagner Her, Being John Malkovich
Kei Kawamura Legend of the Demon Cat, Silence
Jessica Kelly Midsommar, Hereditary
Esther Kling Asia, Aladdin
Liz Mullane The Lovely Bones, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Susan Shopmaker Sound of Metal, First Reformed
PatrÃcia Vasconcelos Mysteries of Lisbon, Absurdistan
Cinematographers
Manuel Alberto Claro Hope, Melancholia
Christine A. Maier Quo Vadis, Aida?, Life Guidance
Tobie Marier-Robitaille Night of the Kings, Nitro Rush
Erik Messerschmidt Mank
Andrey Naydenov Dear Comrades!, Euphoria
Marcell Rév Malcolm & Marie, White God
Piotr Sobocinski, Jr. Corpus Christi, I Never Cry
Martin Strba Charlatan, Sekal Has to Die
Pablo Valdés The Mole Agent, Los Reyes
Nicolás Wong La Llorona, Muñecas Rusas
Jing-Pin Yu Leap, Better Days
Costume Designers
Lea Carlson The Broken Hearts Gallery, Room
Shirley Chan Ku Fang Kung Fu Hustle, A Chinese Ghost Story
Beatriz De Benedetto The Two Popes, The Motorcycle Diaries
Cindy Evans The Way Back, Atomic Blonde
Charlese Antoinette Jones Judas and the Black Messiah, Ride
Muriel Parra A Fantastic Woman, Neruda
Kari Perkins Boyhood, Mud
Christopher Peterson The Irishman, Dark Waters
Marci Rodgers Lost Girls, BlackKkKlansman
Catherine RodrÃguez Birds of Passage, Embrace of the Serpent
Margot Wilson The Nightingale, The Dressmaker
Kenneth Chung-Man Yee The Wasted Times, Curse of the Golden Flower
Directors
Muhammad Al Darraji The Journey, Sons of Babylon
Michael Almereyda Tesla, Marjorie Prime
Kaouther Ben Hania* The Man Who Sold His Skin, Beauty and the Dogs
Wayne Blair Top End Wedding, The Sapphires
Lizzie Borden Working Girls, Born in Flames
Janicza Bravo Zola, Lemon
Craig Brewer* Black Snake Moan, Hustle & Flow
Lee Isaac Chung* Minari, Munyurangabo
Cherien Dabis May in the Summer, Amreeka
Nia DaCosta Candyman, Little Woods
Andrew Dosunmu Mother of George, Restless City
Sean Durkin The Nest, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Emerald Fennell* Promising Young Woman
Johnathan Glazer Under the Skin, Sexy Beast
Nicole Tristan Kassell A Little Bit of Heaven, The Woodsman
Shaka King* Judas and the Black Messiah, Newlyweeds
Darius Marder Sound of Metal, Loot
Nina Menkes Phantom Love, Queen of Diamonds
Alexander Nanau* Collective, Toto and His Sisters
Derek Kwok-cheung Tsang Better Days, Soulmate
George C. Wolfe Ma Raineys Black Bottom, Lackawanna Blues
Cathy Yan Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, Dead Pigs
Florian Zeller* The Father
Documentary
Karen Akerman The Trial, Simonal Nobody Knows the Hard I Had
Raney Aronson-Rath For Sama, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
João Atala The Edge of Democracy, The Daily Death
Philippe Bellaiche Advocate, The Settlers
Julie Cohen My Name Is Pauli Murray, RBG
Charlotte Cook Do Not Split, The Gospel of Eureka
Heino Deckert Aquarela, Human Flow
Alice Elliott Miracle on 42nd Street, The Collector of Bedford Street
Rodney Evans Vision Portraits, The Unveiling
Kristin Feeley
Bryan Fogel The Dissident, Icarus
Nick Fraser The Lovers and the Despot, Man on Wire
Jacqueline Glover True Justice: Bryan Stevensons Fight for Equality, Jim: The James Foley Story
T. Griffin Boys State, Life, Animated
Maya Daisy Hawke Janis: Little Girl Blue, Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Wolfgang Held All In: The Fight for Democracy, Children Underground
Kathy K. Im
Judy Karp Dick Johnson Is Dead, Citizenfour
Lesli Klainberg Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema, In the Company of Women
Susan Margolin A Crime on the Bayou, The Rape of Recy Taylor
Ousmane William Mbaye Président Dia, Mère-Bi (Mother)
Lucila Moctezuma Living Los Sures, The New Americans
Bill Morrison Dawson City: Frozen Time, The Great Flood
Alexander Nanau* Collective, Toto and His Sisters
Xan Parker Rebuilding Paradise, Tigerland
Kellen Quinn Time, Midnight Family
Brenda Robinson The Great American Lie, United Skates
Kim A. Snyder Us Kids, Newtown
Kathryn Townsend Cold Case Hammarskjöld, Shirkers
Angela Tucker Belly of the Beast, (A)Sexual
Betsy West My Name Is Pauli Murray, RBG
Justin Wilkes Rebuilding Paradise, What Happened, Miss Simone?
Peter Yam Lost Course, Yellowing
Executives
Byron Allen
Ashley Brucks
Darlene Caamaño Loquet
Bob Chapek
Matt Dentler
Amy Dunning
David Ellison
Jamie Erlicht
Taylor Friedman
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
Katie Goodson-Thomas
Ryan Jones
Tilane Jones
Wendy Lidell
Naketha Mattocks
Lorenza Muñoz
Nicholas Nesbitt
Peter Oillataguerre
Pilar Savone
Christopher Shaw
Scott Strauss
Tristen Tuckfield
Zack Van Amburg
Kiyoshi Watanabe
Jiafeng Janet Wu
Negeen Yazdi
Film Editors
Debbie Berman Love and Monsters, Black Panther
Dana Bunescu Collective, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Matthew Friedman Palm Springs, The Farewell
Jamie Gross Booksmart, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Catherine Haight Troop Zero, Afternoon Delight
Gesa Jäger Tiger Girl, Love Steaks
Brian A. Kates We the Animals, The Savages
Justin Krish Blinded by the Light, Bend It Like Beckham
Yorgos Lamprinos The Father, Xenia
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen Sound of Metal, A Royal Affair
Kristan Sprague Judas and the Black Messiah, Newlyweeds
Frédéric Thoraval Promising Young Woman, Sinister
Harry Yoon Minari, Detroit
Makeup Artists and Hairstylists
Nacho DÃaz The Endless Trench, While at War
Carla Joi Farmer Coming 2 America, Dolemite Is My Name
Morten Jacobsen Into the Darkness, The Square
Eryn Krueger Mekash Hillbilly Elegy, The Prom
Kristyan Mallett Artemis Fowl, The Theory of Everything
Adrien Morot The Glorias, Barneys Version
Mia Neal Ma Raineys Black Bottom, Uncut Gems
Francesco Pegoretti Pinocchio, The Happy Prince
Nadine Prigge The Dark Tower, Invictus
Pepe Quetglas Musarañas , Pans Labyrinth
Kimberley Spiteri Mank, Palm Springs
Megan Tanner A United Kingdom, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Anna Van Steen Bingo The King of the Mornings, City of God
Scott Wheeler One Night in Miami¦, Star Trek: First Contact
Louie Zakarian Vampires vs. the Bronx, Framing John DeLorean
Marketing and Public Relations
David Michael Bloch
Ginger Chan
Rita Cooper Lee
Megan Crawford
Mary T. Daily
Clare Anne Darragh
Josh DuBois
Venessa Fraguio
Johanna Fuentes
Michelle Anne Hagen
Carol McConnaughey
Billy Mikelson
Joanna Miles
Chad Miller
Christian Parkes
Sara Reich
Graham Retzik
Daniella Haile Robinson-Asfaw
Kevin Shelby
Angela Smith
Tamar Teifeld
Victoria Treole
Denny Tu
Christina Zisa
Music
Jon Batiste Soul, Red Hook Summer
Amanda Brown Babyteeth, Red Obsession
Len Calvo Finding Agnes
Dernst Emile II Judas and the Black Messiah, The Photograph
H.E.R. Judas and the Black Messiah, The Photograph
Janet Jackson Tyler Perrys Why Did I Get Married Too?, Poetic Justice
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum In Case of Emergency, Remember Me
Aska Matsumiya Im Your Woman, Selah and the Spades
Emile Mosseri Minari, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Meshell Ndegeocello How Stella Got Her Groove Back, love jones
Leslie Odom, Jr.* One Night in Miami¦
Lolita Ritmanis Blizzard of Souls, Wild Daze
Lisbeth Scott All My Life, The Passion of the Christ
Adam Milo Smalley Missing Link, The Town
Tiara Thomas Judas and the Black Messiah
Pinar Toprak Captain Marvel, The Angel
Amelia Warner Wild Mountain Thyme, Mary Shelley
Producers
Mo Abudu �lòturé, The Royal Hibiscus Hotel
Miranda Bailey Being Frank, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Paula Barreto João, o Maestro, Reaching for the Moon
Rosemary Blight Top End Wedding, The Sapphires
Caroline Bonmarchand Spring Blossom, Head above Water
Philippe Carcassonne The Father, Ridicule
Darren Dale Deep Water The Real Story, The Tall Man
Kylie du Fresne The Invisible Man, Upgrade
Fernando Epstein Monos, Whisky
Ainsley Gardiner Boy, Two Cars, One Night
Fabiano Gullane The Traitor, Querô: A Damned Report
Dan Janvey Nomadland, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ekta Kapoor Dream Girl, Once upon a Time in Mumbai
Shobha Kapoor Udta Punjab, The Dirty Picture
Emilie Lesclaux Bacurau, Aquarius
Jean-Louis Livi The Father, Wild Grass
Nadine Marsh-Edwards Been So Long, Bhaji on the Beach
Amanda Marshall Dont Think Twice, Swiss Army Man
Paula Mazur Let Him Go, Corrina, Corrina
Muriel Merlin The Truth, Slack Bay
Ben Odell Overboard, How to Be a Latin Lover
Christina Oh Minari , The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Inna Payán The Golden Dream, Lucia Lucia
Tim Perell Wolves, Shortbus
Katrin Pors Wildland, Birds of Passage
Andrea Barata Ribeiro Xingu, City of God
Alex Saks The Glorias, The Florida Project
Shrihari Sathe The Sweet Requiem, It Felt Like Love
Peter Spears Nomadland, Call Me by Your Name
Production Design
Grant Armstrong Spider-Man: Far from Home, Les Misérables
Matt Callahan The Descendants, Get Smart
Tina Charad Once upon a Time...in Hollywood, La La Land
Cathy Featherstone The Father, Supernova
Peter Francis The Father, The Children Act
Beat Frutiger Avengers: Endgame, Dolemite Is My Name
Trish Gallaher Glenn Mank, Frost/Nixon
Charles Harrington Knives Out, Detroit
Alan J. Hook Black Panther, Syriana
Elizabeth Keenan News of the World, Selma
Sebastian Till Krawinkel A Hidden Life, Inglourious Basterds
Alan E. Muraoka I Hate Kids, Little Miss Sunshine
Susan Ogu The Big Short, Party Monster
Vicki Pui Black Panther, Pacific Rim
Jean Rabasse Vatel, The City of Lost Children
James Rothwell The Lion King, Free Birds
Diana Stoughton Ma Raineys Black Bottom, Dogma
Warren Alan Young Harriet, Twin Falls Idaho
Short Films and Feature Animation
Rita del Rosario Basulto Eclosión, Rain in the Eyes
Ossama Bawardi The Present, Haneen
Will Becher A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Jerry Beck Wicked City, Robot Carnival
John Bryant The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Rugrats in Paris
Réka Bucsi Solar Walk, Symphony No. 42
Clara Chan Over the Moon, Storks
Peilin Chou Over the Moon, Abominable
Sharon Colman The Croods, Badgered
Anca Damian Maronas Fantastic Tale, Crulic The Path to Beyond
Philippe Denis Trolls, Megamind
Travon Free Two Distant Strangers
Andrew Gent Isle of Dogs, Frankenweenie
Michael Govier If Anything Happens I Love You, Space for Rent
GÃsli Darri Halldórsson Yes-People, Kókó the Killer Whale
SungHo Hong Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs, Sky Blue
Joey Horvitz Game, Friday Night
Brenden Hubbard The Helping Hand, Cul-de-Sac
Jeanette Jeanenne Departures, Trusts & Estates
Sebastian Kapijimpanga Over the Moon, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Sara Koppel Embraces & the Touch of Skin, Seriously Deadly Silence
Christophe Lautrette The Croods, Bee Movie
Carolina Markowicz The Orphan (O �rfão), Tatuapé Mahal Tower
Will McCormack If Anything Happens I Love You, Toy Story 4
Adrien Mérigeau Genius Loci, Song of the Sea
François Morisset Bonobo, Sin Cielo
Dana Murray Soul, Lou
Farah Nabulsi The Present, Nightmare of Gaza
Erick Oh Opera, The Dam Keeper
Gennie Rim Over the Moon, Dear Basketball
Martin Desmond Roe Two Distant Strangers, Buzkashi Boys
Madeline Sharafian Burrow, Onward
Tomer Shushan White Eye, Inside Shells
Lisa Stewart Turbo, Monsters vs Aliens
Ross Stewart Wolfwalkers, The Secret of Kells
Erez Tadmor Sirens, Dear God
Charles Williams All These Creatures, Home
Nate Wragg The Croods: A New Age, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Carlos Zaragoza The Emoji Movie , Gnomeo & Juliet
Sound
Kristian Eidnes Andersen Into the Darkness, The Hunt
Maurizio Argentieri The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se), All the Money in the World
Christopher S. Aud The Way Back, The Disaster Artist
Jaime Baksht Sound of Metal, Im No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy AquÃ)
Christopher Barnett Come Away, Icarus
Nicolas Becker Sound of Metal, The Summer of Sangaile (Sangailes Vasara)
Phillip Bladh Sound of Metal, The Little Hours
Onnalee Blank Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, If Beale Street Could Talk
Vince Caro Soul, Toy Story 4
Carlos Cortés Sound of Metal, Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo)
Marko Anthony Costanzo Greyhound, BlacKkKlansman
Michellee Couttolenc Sound of Metal, Im No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy AquÃ)
Valérie Deloof Portrait of a Lady on Fire, BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Coya Elliott Soul, Toy Story 4
Steve Fanagan Room, Albert Nobbs
Dominic Carl Gibbs The Gentlemen, Aladdin
Paul Hackner Trolls World Tour, Crawl
Andy Hay One Night in Miami¦, American Woman
MirosÅ?aw Makowski Cold War, Ida
Isabel Muñoz Miss Bala, Backyard (El Traspatio)
Nathan Nance Mank, Toy Story 4
Whit Norris Hillbilly Elegy, Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Erin Oakley Charlies Angels, Zombieland: Double Tap
Barry OSullivan Brooklyn, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
David Paterson I, Tonya, Drive
Bjørn Schroeder Roald Dahls The Witches, Kajillionaire
Marlowe Taylor Judas and the Black Messiah, The Marksman
Juli Vandenberg Fiela se Kind, Otelo Burning
Thomas Tommy Vicari Moonlight, Bridge of Spies
David Wyman Greyhound, Deepwater Horizon
Ken Yasumoto Climax, Love
Visual Effects
Lance Baetkey Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War
Peta Bayley Dolittle, Shazam!
Dennis Berardi Shazam!, The Shape of Water
Daniele Bigi Aladdin, Ready Player One
Axel Bonami Artemis Fowl, Godzilla
Genevieve Camilleri Love and Monsters, Velvet Buzzsaw
Raymond Chen Alita: Battle Angel, The Meg
Yeenshi Chen Over the Moon, Life of Pi
Santiago Colomo Martinez The One and Only Ivan, The Jungle Book
Michael Joseph Conte Terminator Genisys, Elysium
Michael Cozens Alita: Battle Angel, Petes Dragon
Ferran Domenech Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Alien: Covenant
Benoit Dubuc Missing Link, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Scott Edelstein Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War
Matt Everitt Love and Monsters, Skyscraper
Pawl Fulker Dolittle, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
John Haley Hellboy, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Sherry Lynn Hitch Mank, The Irishman
Nick Hsieh Monster Hunt, Looper
Chia-Chi Hu Soul, Incredibles 2
Steve Ingram Mulan, Petes Dragon
Ben Jones The One and Only Ivan, The Lion King
Shannon Justison Spider-Man: Far from Home, Captain Marvel
Matthew Kasmir The Midnight Sky, Paddington
Michael Kennedy The Jungle Book, Prometheus
Ryan Laney Welcome to Chechnya, Ant-Man
David Lee Tenet, John Carter
May Leung Bohemian Rhapsody, Star Trek Beyond
Viktor Muller Voyagers, Gemini Man
Max Solomon The Midnight Sky, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Sheldon Stopsack Gemini Man, Terminator: Dark Fate
Damien Stumpf Cruella, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Stephen Unterfranz Shadow in the Cloud, Rampage
David Watkins The Midnight Sky, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Writers
Kenya Barris Coming 2 America, Girls Trip
Peter Baynham Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Kaouther Ben Hania* The Man Who Sold His Skin, Beauty and the Dogs
Paul Mayeda Berges Blinded by the Light, Bend It Like Beckham
Craig Brewer* Black Snake Moan, Hustle & Flow
Lee Isaac Chung* Minari, Munyurangabo
Will Collins Wolfwalkers, Song of the Sea
Emerald Fennell* Promising Young Woman
Anthony Hines Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Jon Hurwitz American Reunion, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Brad Ingelsby Our Friend, The Way Back
Shaka King* Judas and the Black Messiah, Newlyweeds
Lam Wing Sum Better Days, Soulmate
Li Yuan Better Days, Soulmate
Dan Mazer Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Tarell Alvin McCraney High Flying Bird, Moonlight
Kemp Powers One Night in Miami¦, Soul
Hayden Schlossberg American Reunion, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Alice Wu The Half of It, Save Face
Xu Yimeng Better Days, Soulmate
Florian Zeller* The Father, Florida
Members-at-Large
Cameron Bailey
John Buzzetti
Jennifer Jo Caputo
Giovanna Fossati
Craig Gering
Kari Grubin
Eugene Hernandez
Chung Chi Li
Peter Mavromates
Ann Murphy
Loren Nielsen
Nikki Penny
Darin Read
Alice Taylor
Jeremy Zimmer
