Writers Invited to Join Academy

Posted on June 23, 2007

A select group of writers have been invited to 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!