Jacob Elordi, Jenna Ortega, Teyana Taylor among 529 invited to join motion picture academy

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Set us as preferred The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited 529 artists and executives to join its membership Wednesday, including actors Jenna Ortega, Teyana Taylor, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth and Josh O’Connor and filmmakers Benny and Josh Safdie, as the organization continues to reshape the body that votes on the Oscars.If all invitees accept, the academy’s voting membership will grow to 10,338 members, up from roughly 6,000 a decade ago, as the organization continues to expand its ranks and broaden its international reach.Overall membership, including emeritus members who no longer vote, will rise to 11,319.The academy’s expansion accelerated after the 2015 #OscarsSoWhite controversy, which drew attention to the organization’s overwhelmingly white and male membership and prompted a sustained effort to recruit more women, people of color and international filmmakers.

The academy met its initial post-#OscarsSoWhite diversity targets several years ago but has continued to expand and internationalize its membership.The latest class includes 95 Oscar nominees, 21 Oscar winners and three recipients of Scientific and Technical Awards.“We are delighted to invite this remarkable group of film artists and professionals from around the world to join the Academy,” academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Lynette Howell Taylor said in a joint statement.“Through their commitment to filmmaking, this year’s exceptionally talented class has made significant contributions to our global movie industry.”The academy said 42% of this year’s invitees are women, 56% are from underrepresented communities and 53% are from 60 countries and territories outside the United States.

Last year’s class was 41% women, 45% from underrepresented ethnic or racial communities and 55% international.Across the academy’s overall m...