Naman Ramachandran The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will merge its Los Angeles and New York branches to form a single BAFTA North America in 2021, Variety has confirmed.The merger is in aid of a homogenous strategy designed to foster closer interactions with the U.K.
body. The BAFTA U.S. headcount will remain intact.A BAFTA North America board will be set up in 2021 and Matthew Wiseman, who has been the the BAFTA LA CEO since Nov.
2019, will take up the position of executive director.BAFTA members voted for the merger.“We were really pleased that members responded so positively re: the opportunity to vote and help create BAFTA North America as an entity,” said BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar. “This recent vote is the.
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