People Who Could Join Academy

1. Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, hails from the Raukokore region of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and is the son of Robin (Cohen), a teacher, and Taika Waititi, an artist and farmer. His father is Maori (Te-Whanau-a-Apanui), and his mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish...

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2. Rose Byrne

Actress | Spy

Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.

She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll (1994), when she was 15 years old.

Since then, Rose has appeared in a ...

3. Idris Elba

Actor | Beasts of No Nation

An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped...

4. John Boyega

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

John Boyega is a British actor, known for playing Finn in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). Boyega rose to prominence in his native United Kingdom for his role of Moses in the 2011 sci-fi comedy film Attack the Block (2011), before attaining international recognition for his work ...

5. Luis Guzmán

Actor | Traffic

Actor of Puerto Rican descent who gained fame making many memorable films in the 1980s and 1990s due to his villainous physical appearance. Guzmán was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico on August 28, 1956 and raised in New York City's Greenwich Village and the surrounding Lower East Side neighborhood. His ...

6. Oscar Isaac

Actor | Ex Machina

Oscar Isaac was born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada in Guatemala, to a Guatemalan mother, María Eugenia, and a Cuban father, Oscar Gonzalo Hernández-Cano, a pulmonologist. Oscar was raised in Miami, Florida. Before he became an actor, he played lead guitar and sang vocals in his band the Blinking ...

7. Martin Starr

Actor | Adventureland

Martin Starr was born on July 30, 1982 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Adventureland (2009), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Knocked Up (2007).

8. Mark Rylance

Actor | Bridge of Spies

Mark Rylance was born in Ashford, Kent, the son of Anne (née Skinner) and David Waters, both English teachers. His grandmother was Irish. His parents moved to Connecticut in 1962 and Wisconsin in 1969, where his father taught English at the University School of Milwaukee. Rylance attended this ...

9. Marisa Paredes

Actress | Todo sobre mi madre

Marisa Paredes was born on April 3, 1946 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. She is an actress, known for All About My Mother (1999), The Skin I Live In (2011) and High Heels (1991).

10. Cecilia Roth

Actress | Todo sobre mi madre

She moved to Spain with her father and her brother, Ariel Rot, in 1976 and started acting. Her first major role was in Iván Zulueta's Arrebato (1979). After appearing in Pedro Almodóvar's debut feature _Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980)_ she kept working with him in Labyrinth of ...

11. Katie Aselton

Actress | The Freebie

Katie Aselton was born on October 1, 1978 in Milbridge, Maine, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Freebie (2010), Old Dads (2023) and Black Rock (2012). She has been married to Mark Duplass since August 26, 2006. They have two children.

12. Michelle Rodriguez

Actress | Fast & Furious 7

Mayte Michelle Rodríguez was born on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas to Carmen Milady Pared Espinal, a housewife, and Rafael Rodríguez Santiago, a U.S. Army solider. Known for tough-chick roles, Michelle is proof that there is a cross between beauty and brawn. Michelle always knew she was ...

13. Anthony Anderson

Actor | The Departed

Anthony Anderson is an American actor, comedian and game show host who is known for playing Louis Booker from Kangaroo Jack, Glen Whitmann from Transformers, Ray Ray from The Proud Family and Antwon Mitchell from The Shield. He also acted in Blackish, Hoodwinked, The Departed, Agent Cody Banks 2 ...

14. Tatsuya Nakadai

Actor | Seppuku

Japanese leading man, an important star and one of the handful of Japanese actors well known outside Japan. Nakadai was a tall handsome clerk in a Tokyo shop when director Masaki Kobayashi encountered him and cast him in The Thick-Walled Room (1956). Nakadai was subsequently cast in the lead role in...

15. Andrew Garfield

Actor | Hacksaw Ridge

Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British mother, Lynn, and American father, Richard Garfield. When he was three, he moved to Surrey, U.K., with his parents and older brother. He is of English and Polish Jewish heritage. Andrew was raised in a middle class family, ...

16. Ice Cube

Soundtrack | Friday

Ice Cube was born in South Central Los Angeles, to Doris (Benjamin), a custodian and hospital clerk, and Hosea Jackson, a UCLA groundskeeper. He first came to public notice as a singer and songwriter with the controversial and influential band N.W.A. His compositions with that group included many ...

17. Tom Hiddleston

Actor | The Avengers

Thomas William Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London, to English-born Diana Patricia (Servaes) and Scottish-born James Norman Hiddleston. His mother is a former stage manager, and his father, a scientist, was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company. He started off at the preparatory ...

18. James Hong

Actor | Everything Everywhere All at Once

James Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He studied civil engineering at the University of Minnesota, but at some point along the way became interested in acting. He graduated from the University of Southern California and practiced for 1½ years as a road engineer with the County of Los ...

19. Sara Bilbatua

Casting_department | Asteroid City

Sara Bilbatua was born on August 21, 1958 in Eibar, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain. She is a casting director and actress, known for Asteroid City (2023), Talk to Her (2002) and The Devil's Backbone (2001).

20. Antoinette Boulat

Writer | Ma nuit

Antoinette Boulat was born in France. She is known for My Night (2021), The French Dispatch (2021) and Carlos (2010).

21. Natalie Lyon

Casting_director | Coco

Natalie Lyon is known for Coco (2017), Up (2009) and Soul (2020).

22. Adam Arkapaw

Cinematographer | Macbeth

Adam Arkapaw is known for his work on films such as Macbeth (2015 - ASC spotlight award) Animal Kingdom (2010 - Camerimage Cinematographer Debuts Competition winner) The Snowtown Murders (2011) Light Between the Oceans (2016) Lore (2011) and Assassin's Creed (2016). He is also the Emmy ...

23. Mátyás Erdély

Cinematographer | Saul fia

Mátyás Erdély was born on September 17, 1976 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Son of Saul (2015), The Iron Claw (2023) and The Nest (2020).

24. Hélène Louvart

Cinematographer | Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Hélène Louvart was born on September 2, 1964 in Pontarlier, Doubs, France. She is a cinematographer and actress, known for Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020), Invisible Life (2019) and La Chimera (2023).

25. Gökhan Tiryaki

Cinematographer | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da

Gökhan Tiryaki was born in Istanbul, Turkey, 1972. He worked for national TV station (TRT) and joined the production of several TV films and documentaries as a cameraman between 1991 and 1996. Since 1996, he has been working as a cinematographer.

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26. Kim White

Visual_effects | The Incredibles

Kim White is known for The Incredibles (2004), Finding Nemo (2003) and A Bug's Life (1998).

27. Charlotte Bruus Christensen

Cinematographer | Black Narcissus

Charlotte Bruus Christensen is a Danish cinematographer. She is best known for her work in The Hunt (2012), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Fences (2016), and The Girl on the Train (2016).

She earned a degree in cinematography from the National Film and Television School in 2004. After film ...

28. Suttirat Anne Larlarb

Costume_designer | Slumdog Millionaire

Suttirat Anne Larlarb is known for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), No Time to Die (2021) and 127 Hours (2010).

29. Sonia Grande

Costume_designer | Midnight in Paris

Sonia Grande is known for Midnight in Paris (2011), Broken Embraces (2009) and The Others (2001).

30. Israel Cárdenas

Editor | Jean Gentil

Israel Cárdenas was born on February 15, 1980 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He is an editor and cinematographer, known for Jean Gentil (2010), Cochochi (2007) and Sand Dollars (2014).

31. Manon Rasmussen

Costume_designer | En kongelig affære

Manon Rasmussen was born on August 2, 1951 in Horsens, Denmark. She is a costume designer, known for A Royal Affair (2012), Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013) and Dogville (2003).

32. Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Director | Mustang

In 2011 Ergüven was invited to attend the Cannes Film Festivals Atelier to help develop her project, The Kings. While there she met fellow director Alice Winocour who was there to develop her first feature film Augustine. After Ergüven was unable to find financing for her film Winocour suggested ...

33. Naji Abu Nowar

Writer | Theeb

Naji Abu Nowar was born in 1981 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Theeb (2014), Death of a Boxer (2009) and The EE British Academy Film Awards (2016).

34. Ciro Guerra

Director | El abrazo de la serpiente

Ciro Guerra was born on February 6, 1981 in Río de Oro, Cesar, Colombia. He is a director and writer, known for Embrace of the Serpent (2015), Birds of Passage (2018) and Los viajes del viento (2009). He is married to Cristina Gallego.

35. Maren Ade

Producer | Toni Erdmann

Maren Ade was born in Karlsruhe on 12 December 1976 to a couple of teachers.She studied cinema at Munich's Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film. As of 2001 she co-founded, together with Janine Jackowski, a fellow graduate from HFF, the "Komplizen" film company. It is through Komplizen that Maren would...

36. Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Producer | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da

Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul on January 26th, 1959. In 1976, he began studying chemical engineering at Istanbul Technical University, in a context of strong student unrest, boycotts and political polarization. In 1978, he switched courses to Electrical Engineering at Bogazici University. ...

37. Xavier Dolan

Actor | J'ai tué ma mère

Xavier Dolan was born on March 20, 1989 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for I Killed My Mother (2009), Tom at the Farm (2013) and Heartbeats (2010).

38. Cary Joji Fukunaga

Producer | Beasts of No Nation

Cary Joji Fukunaga is a Japanese-American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer from Oakland, California who is known for directing the James Bond film No Time to Die, Kofi, Beasts of No Nation, Jane Eyre and Sin Nombre. He co-wrote the 2017 film adaptation of the Stephen King ...

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39. Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Producer | Cike Nie Yin Niang

Of the ten films that Hsiao-Hsien Hou directed between 1980 and 1989, seven received best film or best director awards from prestigious international films festivals in Venice, Berlin, Hawaii, and the Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes. In a 1988 worldwide critics' poll, Hou was championed ...

40. Abdellatif Kechiche

Writer | La vie d'Adèle

Abdellatif Kechiche was born on December 7, 1960 in Tunis, Tunisia. He is a writer and director, known for Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), Games of Love and Chance (2003) and Poetical Refugee (2000).

41. Ken Loach

Director | I, Daniel Blake

Unlike virtually all his contemporaries, Ken Loach has never succumbed to the siren call of Hollywood, and it's virtually impossible to imagine his particular brand of British socialist realism translating well to that context.

After studying law at St. Peter's College, Oxford, he branched out into ...

42. Cristian Mungiu

Producer | 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile

Cristian Mungiu was born on April 27, 1968 in Iasi, Romania. He is a producer and writer, known for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Graduation (2016) and Beyond the Hills (2012).

43. László Nemes

Director | Saul fia

László Nemes was born on 18th Feb. 1977 in Budapest, Hungary. He moved to France at 12 with his mother. He grew up in Paris, where he studied History, International Relations and Political Science at the Institut d'Études Politiques, because he couldn't go to film school. After that he started ...

44. Lynne Ramsay

Director | You Were Never Really Here

Lynne Ramsay was born on December 5, 1969 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. She is a director and writer, known for You Were Never Really Here (2017), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) and Ratcatcher (1999). She was previously married to Rory Stewart Kinnear.

45. Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Director | Memoria

Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970, Bangkok) grew up in Khon Kaen, a city in the north east of Thailand. He has a degree in Architecture from Khon Kaen University and a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been making films and videos since the ...

46. Haifaa Al-Mansour

Director | Wadjda

Haifaa Al Mansour is the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia and is regarded as one of the most significant cinematic figures in the Kingdom. She finished her bachelor's degree in Literature at the American University in Cairo and completed a Master's degree in Directing and Film Studies from ...

47. Ramin Bahrani

Producer | 99 Homes

Ramin Bahrani was born on March 20, 1975 in North Carolina, USA. He is a producer and director, known for 99 Homes (2014), The White Tiger (2021) and Man Push Cart (2005).

48. Souleymane Cissé

Director | Yeelen

Souleymane Cissé was born on April 21, 1940 in Bamako, Mali. He is a director and writer, known for Yeelen (1987), Baara (1978) and The Wind (1982).

49. Ari Folman

Writer | The Congress

Ari Folman was born on December 17, 1962 in Haifa, Israel. He is a writer and director, known for The Congress (2013), Waltz with Bashir (2008) and Saint Clara (1996).

50. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Director | Daratt

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was born in 1961 in Abéché, Chad. He is a director and writer, known for Dry Season (2006), A Screaming Man (2010) and Our Father (2002).

51. Naomi Kawase

Director | An

Naomi Kawase was born on May 30, 1969 in Nara, Japan. She is a director and writer, known for Sweet Bean (2015), Still the Water (2014) and Suzaku (1997). She was previously married to Takenori Sentô.

52. So Yong Kim

Director | Na-moo-eobs-neun san

So Yong Kim was born in 1968 in Pusan, South Korea. So Yong is a director and producer, known for Treeless Mountain (2008), In Between Days (2006) and For Ellen (2012).

53. Adam McKay

Producer | Don't Look Up

Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. McKay has a comedy partnership with Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay also founded their comedy website Funny or Die through ...

54. Anna Muylaert

Writer | Que Horas Ela Volta?

Ana Luiza Machado da Silva Muylaert (born 21 April 1964), known professionally as Anna Muylaert, is a Brazilian film and television director, producer and screenwriter. Anna studied filmmaking at the School of Communications and Arts at University of São Paulo (USP) from 1980 to 1984. She became a ...

55. María Novaro

Director | Las buenas hierbas

The most successful woman director of Mexican cinema studied Sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Film Production at the University Center of Film Studies (CUEC) in Mexico City. She began her career as assistant director of Alberto Cortés in Amor a la vuelta de la ...

56. Park Chan-wook

Director | Oldeuboi

Park Chan-wook was born on August 23, 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and director, known for Oldboy (2003), The Handmaiden (2016) and Decision to Leave (2022). He is married to Eun-hee Kim. They have one child.

57. Bettina Böhler

Editor | Schlingensief - In das Schweigen hineinschreien

Bettina Böhler was born on June 24, 1960 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. She is an editor and director, known for Schlingensief: A Voice That Shook the Silence (2020), Undine (2020) and Barbara (2012).

Sarah Flack is known for Lost in Translation (2003), The Limey (1999) and Priscilla (2023).

61. Affonso Gonçalves

Editor | Carol

Affonso Gonçalves was born on June 8, 1967 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is an editor, known for Carol (2015), Paterson (2016) and May December (2023).

62. Kevin Nolting

Editor | Soul

Kevin Nolting is known for Soul (2020), Inside Out (2015) and Up (2009).

63. Margaret Sixel

Editorial_department | Mad Max: Fury Road

Margaret Sixel is known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) and Happy Feet (2006). She has been married to George Miller since 1995. They have two children.

64. Bernat Vilaplana

Writer | La sociedad de la nieve

Bernat Vilaplana is known for Society of the Snow (2023), A Monster Calls (2016) and Pan's Labyrinth (2006).

65. Julie Dartnell

Make_up_department | Les Misérables

Julie Dartnell is known for Les Misérables (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).

66. Camille Friend

Make_up_department | Black Panther

In our current culture of celebrity hair stylists and makeup artists, Los Angeles based Camille Friend is one to watch in the years ahead. As a young child Camille had her heart set on a career in the beauty business. Coming from a family of hairstylists, Camille spent her childhood in salons ...

67. Sian Grigg

Make_up_department | Maestro

Sian Grigg is known for Maestro (2023), The Revenant (2015) and Ex Machina (2014).

68. Heba Thorisdottir

Make_up_department | Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood

Heba Thorisdottir, the Iceland-born, Los Angeles-based make-up artist has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood over the course of her career. From the red carpet, to the big screen, to high-fashion editorials, to commercial advertising, Heba's approach is visionary and versatile, and ...

69. Lesley Vanderwalt

Make_up_department | Mad Max: Fury Road

Lesley Vanderwalt is known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Moulin Rouge! (2001) and Dark City (1998).

70. Alê Abreu

Director | Perlimps

Alê Abreu is known for Perlimps (2022), Espantalho (1998) and The Boy and the World (2013).

71. Clément Calvet

Producer | Croc-Blanc

Clément Calvet is known for White Fang (2018), Pat the Dog (2017) and Song of the Sea (2014).

72. Pato Escala Pierart

Producer | Historia de un oso

Pato Escala Pierart is known for Bear Story (2014), Star Wars: Visions (2021) and Duerme Tranquila (2016).

73. Michael Fong

Visual_effects | Ratatouille

Michael Fong is known for Ratatouille (2007), Soul (2020) and Toy Story 3 (2010).

74. Jorge R. Gutiérrez

Animation_department | Maya and the Three

Emmy and Annie award winning Jorge R. Gutierrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director. Born in Mexico City, raised in Tijuana, CalArts Experimental Animation BFA & MFA, Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican ...

75. Scott Kersavage

Visual_effects | Encanto

Scott Kersavage is known for Encanto (2021), Zootopia (2016) and Wreck-It Ralph (2012).

76. Kiel Murray

Writer | Green Thumb

Kiel Murray is known for Green Thumb (2014), Kilo (2010) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).

77. Yoshiaki Nishimura

Producer | Kaguya-hime no monogatari

Yoshiaki Nishimura(Born in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese lead film producer formerly of Studio Ghibli and founder and producer of the animation company Studio Ponoc. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2014 for The Tale of Princess Kaguya and received a consecutive ...

78. Nora Twomey

Producer | WolfWalkers

Partner & Creative Director with Cartoon Saloon. ACADEMY AWARD® & GOLDEN GLOBE Nominated Director.

Nora's passion for visual storytelling began at an early age and has led her to explore the medium of animation with her collaborators in Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny, Ireland. From the studio's early ...

79. Richard Starzak

Writer | Shaun the Sheep Movie

Richard Starzak was born in 1959 in Suffolk, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015), Shaun the Sheep (2007) and Creature Comforts (2003).

80. Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Director | Omoide no Marnie

Hiromasa Yonebayashi was born on July 10, 1973 in Nonoichi, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for When Marnie Was There (2014), The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) and Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017).

81. Emma Donoghue

Writer | Room

Emma Donoghue was born on October 24, 1969 in Dublin, Ireland. She is a writer and producer, known for Room (2015), The Wonder (2022) and Immaculate Conceptions: Inside a Lesbian Baby Boom (2007).

82. Tina Fey

Actress | Date Night

Elizabeth Stamatina Fey was born in 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, to Xenobia "Jeanne" (Xenakes), a brokerage employee, and Donald Henry Fey, who wrote grant proposals for universities. Her mother is Greek, born in Piraeus, while her father had German, Northern Irish,...

83. Efthimis Filippou

Writer | The Lobster

Efthymis Filippou was born January 18, 1977 in Athens, Greece. He is a writer, screenwriter and playwright. He has also been active as a journalist and copywriter. In 2007 Efthymis Filippou published the novel "Someone talking to himself while holding a glass of milk" on MNP Publications.Two years ...

84. Zhangke Jia

Producer | Jiang hu er nü

Zhangke Jia was born on May 24, 1970 in Fenyang, Shanxi, China. He is a producer and director, known for Jiang hu er nü (2018), A Touch of Sin (2013) and Mountains May Depart (2015). He has been married to Tao Zhao since January 7, 2012.

85. Miranda July

Writer | Me and You and Everyone We Know

Filmmaker Magazine rated her #1 in their "25 New Faces of Indie Film" in 2004!

She is a performance artist and published short story writer. Since becoming a filmmaker, her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) has won several film awards.

Daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard ...

86. Kore-eda Hirokazu

Director | Manbiki kazoku

Born in Tokyo in 1962. Originally intended to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University in 1987 went on to become an assistant director at T.V. Man Union. Snuck off set to film Mou hitotsu no kyouiku - Ina shogakkou haru gumi no kiroku (1991). His first feature, Maborosi (1995), ...

87. Yorgos Lanthimos

Director | The Lobster

Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta,...

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88. Lee Chang-dong

Writer | Beoning

Lee Chang-Dong was born in 1954 in Daegu, which some consider the most right-wing city in South Korea. Lee is a former high-school teacher and an acclaimed novelist. He turned to cinema when he was over 40 years old. His debut film "Green Fish" (1997) brought immediate success and critical acclaim....

89. Phyllis Nagy

Director | Call Jane

Phyllis Nagy was born on November 7, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a writer and director, known for Call Jane (2022), Carol (2015) and Mrs. Harris (2005).