Oscars 2024 | How does it work and which Brazilians are part of the Academy?

Find out how being part of the Oscar Academy works and which Brazilians are members of the organization

With the revelation of Oscar 2024 nominees last Tuesday (23) and some controversies involving the absence of some names in the controversyIt’s normal for the public to be curious about how it works and which people are part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that votes and is responsible for the event.

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Founded in 1927, when the first Oscar ceremony was held, AMPAS (as the Academy is known) today has more than 10,500 members worldwide, from different sectors of the film industry. To give you an idea, its members include actors, directors, costume designers, executives, producers, visual effects professionals, writers and many other types of specialists.

To be part of this selected group, the guest must be invited by the Academy and “supported” by two other members of its branch who are already part of the organization. The only exception concerns professionals already nominated for an Oscar, who are automatically considered as members, without the need for “sponsors”.

Although almost all AMPAS members are eligible to vote for the Oscar (there are some casualties through death, emeritus titles, etc.), since 2012 the Academy has been working to diversify its voting pool.

Proof of this is that at the time, according to data from the Los Angeles Times, its voters were mostly Caucasian (94%), men (77%) and over sixty (54%), while in 2023, according to Variety, this group now includes more women (40%), people from underrepresented racial/ethnic communities (34%), and members from countries outside the United States (52%).

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Which Brazilians are part of the Oscar Academy

For the 2024 Oscar, more than 50 Brazilian members of AMPAS will be able to vote for the award.

Some names on the list are very well-known people in the country, such as the actress Alice Braga (Eduardo and Monica) and her aunt, Sônia Braga (Acquarium), by the actor and director Wagner Moura (Narcos), by the actor and voice actor Rodrigo Santoro (Carandiru: the film) and actress Fernanda Montenegro – nominated for an Oscar for best actress in 1999 for Central Brazil.

In addition to them, famous Brazilian directors are also part of this list, including Daniel Rezende (Monica’s Gang: Bonds), Fernando Meirelles (The city of God), José Padilha (Elite team) and Kleber Mendonça Filho (Ghost portraits).

Below you can see the full list of Brazilians who are part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 2024 Oscars.

Directors and Animators

• Alê Abreu
• Anita Rocha da Silveira
• Anna Muylaert
• Bruno Barreto
• Caca Diegues
• Carlos Saldanha
• Carolina Markowicz
• Daniele Rezende
• Fernando Meirelles
• Helena Solberg
• Heloísa Passos
• Jefferson De
• Jose Padilha
• Karim Ainouz
• Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Lais Bodanzky
• Maurizio Osaki
• Wagner Moura
• Walter Salles

Actors and actresses

• Alice Braga
• Fernanda Montenegro
• Rodrigo Santoro
• Selton Mello
• Sonia Braga

Directors of photography

• Adriano Goldmann
• Blessed Affonso
• Lula Carvalho

Producers

• Andrea Barata Ribeiro
• Fabiano Gullane
• Karen Akermann
• Marianna Oliva
• Paola Barreto
• Rodrigo Teixeira
• Sara Silverira
• Vania Catani

Composers

• Antonio Pinto
• Carlinhos Brown
• Marcelo Zarvos
• Sergio Mendes

Documentaries

• Emilio Domingos
• João Atala
• João Moreira Salles
• Maria Augusta Ramos
• Pietro Kos
• Petra Costa

Assemblers

• Filippo Lacerda
• Karen Harley

Screenwriters

• Maurizio Zaccaria
• Vera Blasi

Curators

• Ilda Santiago

Animation supervisor

• Renato dos Anjos

Sound engineer

• Waldir Xavier

Computer scientist

• Fernando de Goes

Makeup artists

• Anna Van Steen

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Source: Terra

Rose

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