A select group of writers have been invited join
the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The writers are:
J.J. Abrams - Mission: Impossible III, Armageddon
Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
Guillermo Arriaga - Babel, 21 Grams
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives of Others
Patrick Marber - Notes on a Scandal, Closer
William Monahan - The Departed, Kingdom of Heaven
Peter Morgan - The Queen, The Last King of Scotland
Billy Ray - Breach, Shattered Glass
Erin Cressida Wilson - Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, Secretary
New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception at the Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills in September. Congratulations to the new members!
