Over 70 Film Professionals Sign a Letter Protesting an Academy Decision Ahead of Oscars 2022
justjared.comSome of Hollywood’s biggest A-listers are speaking out. Ahead of the 2022 Oscars, more than 70 prominent film professionals, including James Cameron, Kathleen Kennedy, John Williams and Guillermo del Toro signed a letter Wednesday (March 9) urging the Academy to reverse a major decision. Click inside to read more… The letter to President David Rubin states that the decision to hand out five below-the-line awards and the three short film awards in the hour before the telecast would do “irreparable damage” by “demeaning the very crafts that, in their most outstanding expressions, make the art of filmmaking worthy of celebration.” The winners’ acceptance speeches for the eight impacted categories — film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, sound, documentary short subject, animated short and live-action short — will be edited with clips incorporated into the live broadcast. “Critical artistic crafts like music scoring, film editing, production design, makeup, hairstyling and sound will always deserve the same respect and recognition as crafts like acting, directing and visual effects,” the letter reads.
Another major star also just spoke out about the decision. Check out the full letter, via LA Times… Dear President Rubin: We the undersigned urge you in the strongest possible terms, along with your colleagues on the Awards Committee, to reverse your decision to remove the presentation of eight awards categories from the live telecast of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, including Best Original Score, Film Editing, Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound, Documentary Short Subject and both Live Action and Animated Short Film.
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