The group, whose eligible members decide who’s the Academy Awards winners and nominees at the Oscars, boasts thousands of members who are divided into 19 branches.
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If all the invitees take the Academy up on their offer, its voting members will rise to 10,338, The Guardian said.
Not all of these members are actors, either. Some are executives or PRs, while others work in the film industry in roles like writing and producing.
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Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor said: “We are delighted to invite this remarkable group of film artists and professionals from around the world to join the Academy.
“Through their commitment to filmmaking, this year’s exceptionally talented class has made significant contributions to our global movie industry.”
Certain invitees, like Florence Miailhe, Chris Lavis, Oliver Laxe, Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, and Ronald Bronstein, have asterisks next to their names in the invitation list.
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That, the Academy explained, means they “have been invited to join the Academy by multiple branches. These individuals must select one branch upon accepting membership”.
During 2024′s Oscars ceremony, Janet Yang, then-president of the Academy, said: “Actors vote for actors; film editors vote for film editors; costume designers for costume designers; and so on… Best Picture nominations, however, are determined by all Academy members.”
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The Academy’s site said that “Most categories are voted on by eligible voting members of the corresponding branch; however, certain categories may be open to members across all voting branches. Entries are voted on by a secret online ballot.”
In the finals voting process, meanwhile, “all eligible Academy members may participate… Members may vote in all 24 award categories.”
Who’s joining the Academy in 2026?
Actors
Mathieu Amalric – The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Jon Bernthal – King Richard, Ford v Ferrari Raúl Briones – La Cocina, A Cop Movie Kenneth Choi – Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Wolf of Wall Street Jemaine Clement – Avatar: The Way of Water, What We Do in the Shadows Paddy Considine – The Death of Stalin, In America David Dastmalchian – Oppenheimer, Dune Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù – My Father’s Shadow, His House Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein, Saltburn Veronica Ferres – The Comedian, Schtonk! Stephen Fry – Love & Friendship, Gosford Park Josh Gad – Marshall, Frozen Julia Garner – Weapons, The Assistant Mia Goth – Frankenstein, Pearl Wood Harris – One Battle after Another, Remember the Titans Suzy Eddie Izzard – Victoria & Abdul, Ocean’s Twelve Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value, Women in Oversized Men’s Shirts Simu Liu – Barbie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Scoot McNairy – A Complete Unknown, Argo Tig Notaro – Am I OK?, Instant Family Josh O’Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Challengers Jenna Ortega – Death of a Unicorn, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Daniella Pineda – The Accountant 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Lily Rabe – The Tender Bar, Miss Stevens Anthony Ramos – A House of Dynamite, In the Heights Miguel Sandoval – Tortilla Heaven, Clear and Present Danger Bill Skarsgård – Dead Man’s Wire, Nosferatu Jenny Slate – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Obvious Child Teyana Taylor – One Battle after Another, A Thousand and One
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Animation
Chris Appelhans – KPop Demon Hunters, Wish Dragon Rachel Bibb – Ralph Breaks the Internet, Moana Ugo Bienvenu – Arco, A Kind of Testament Sharon Bridgeman – Over the Moon, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Jude Brownbill – Elio, Soul Tom Caulfield – Zootopia 2, Wish Lillian Chan – Space Cadet, Cities Mingjue Helen Chen – KPop Demon Hunters, Raya and the Last Dragon Félix de Givry – Arco, A Kind of Testament Camilla Deakin – Kensuke’s Kingdom, Ethel & Ernest Mary Alice Drumm – Elio, Coco Nathan Engelhardt – Forevergreen, Zootopia 2 Ruth Fielding – Kensuke’s Kingdom, Ethel & Ernest Corrie Francis Parks – SKRFF, Foreign Exchange Liane-Cho Han – Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Calamity Jane Jason Hand – Moana 2, Encanto Maggie Kang – KPop Demon Hunters, The LEGO Ninjago Movie Avneet Kaur – Moana 2, Raya and the Last Dragon Liz Kearney – Magic Beach, Memoir of a Snail John Kelly – Retirement Plan Tom Knott – Ultraman: Rising, The Little Prince Michael Lasker – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs. the Machines Chris Lavis – The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Madame Tutli-Putli Henri Magalon – Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Calamity Jane Florence Miailhe* – Butterfly, The Crossing Yoriko Mizushiri – Ordinary Life, Anxious Body Adrian Molina – Elio, Inside Out 2 Lucija Mrzljak – Eeva, The Stork Betsy Nofsinger – Kung Fu Panda 4, The Croods: A New Age Matt Nolte – Elio, Brave Andrzej Radka – Wolfwalkers, Ernest & Celestine Michelle Lee Robinson – Encanto, Ralph Breaks the Internet Ritchie Sacilioc – The Wild Robot, The Bad Guys JP Sans – The Bad Guys 2, The Bad Guys Sean Sexton – Kung Fu Panda 4, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Sajan Skaria – Luca, Toy Story 4 David Scott Smith – The Croods, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Jeremy Spears – Forevergreen, Zootopia 2 Maciek Szczerbowski* – The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Madame Tutli-Putli Lynn Tomlinson – The Elephant’s Song, The Ballad of Holland Island House Maïlys Vallade – Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, I Lost My Body Benjamin Willis – The Bad Guys 2, Trolls Band Together Michelle L.M. Wong – KPop Demon Hunters, Vivo
Artist Representatives
Gabriel Cohen Victoria Cook Houston Costa Philip d’Amecourt Pete Franciosa Matt Galsor Emily Gerson Saines Jason Heyman Zach Kaplan Aleen Keshishian Anthony Mestriner Jimmy Miller Daniella Milton Brent Morley Abram Nalibotsky Paul Nelson Jim Osborne Peter Principato Bradley Rainey Danielle Shebby Stephen Travierso Alexandra Trustman Jason Weinberg Alan Wertheimer Andrew Zack
Casting Directors
Nicole Abellera – Project Hail Mary, One of Them Days Nicole Arbusto – His Three Daughters, Terri Chelsea Ellis Bloch – Emily the Criminal, Honey Boy Scot Boland – Flight, The Lovely Bones Nicole Daniels – The Beguiled, Beginners Gabriel Domingues – The Secret Agent, Power Alley Barbara Giordani – Immaculate, The Two Popes Tanja Grunwald – Another Round, The Hunt Dan Hubbard – The Damned United, United 93 Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle after Another, There Will Be Blood Shayna Markowitz – Maestro, Joker Roberto Matus – The Settlers, Endless Poetry Rick Montgomery – Green Book, There’s Something about Mary Yoko Narahashi – Touch, The Wolverine Jessica Ronane – After the Hunt, Queer Marisol Roncali – Emily the Criminal, Atomic Blonde Dilip Shankar – Last Film Show, Monsoon Wedding Robert Sterne – Paddington in Peru, The World’s End Jennifer Venditti – Bugonia, Marty Supreme
Cinematographers
Evgenia Alexandrova – The Secret Agent, The Balconettes Ehab Assal – Omar, Unexpected Peace Michael Bauman – One Battle after Another, Licorice Pizza Ante Cheng – Preparation for the Next Life, Jamojaya Christopher Chomyn – Como caído del cielo, Wild about Harry Wilssa Esser – Our Secret, Aurora Markus Förderer – September 5, Red Notice Brian Rigney Hubbard – Paint It Black, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed Amin Jafari – It Was Just an Accident, Divine Comedy Kim Woo-hyung – No Other Choice, Assassination Olympia Mytilinaiou – Miss Violence, Maestra Tudor Vladimir Panduru – The President’s Cake, Metronom Anna Patarakina – Dreamers, The Lesson Laurie Rose – Catherine Called Birdy, Rebecca Joe Saade – Joyland, A Sad and Beautiful World Juan Sarmiento G. – The Voice of Hind Rajab, Islands Malik Hassan Sayeed – After the Hunt, He Got Game Glynn Speeckaert – Marguerite, Life for Real Suren Tadevosyan – Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev, The Reverse Side of the Medal Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams, Jockey Nicole Whitaker – Dust Bunny, Chasing the Blues Paul Yee – Joy Ride, Colewell
Costume Designers
Nadia Acimi – Sirāt, Fire Will Come Rita Azevedo – The Secret Agent, Bacurau Miyako Bellizzi – Marty Supreme, Uncut Gems Jacqueline Bouchard – Thérèse, I’ve Loved You So Long Vera Chow – Rosemead, Boogie Retno Ratih Damayanti – Samsara, Before, Now & Then Malena de la Riva – I’m No Longer Here, Museo Stefano De Nardis – Book Club: The Next Chapter, L’imbroglio nel lenzuolo Michaela Horáčková Hořejší – Franz, Princ Mamánek Siân Jenkins – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, The Lighthouse Sabrina Krämer – Sound of Falling, Sweet Disaster Eka Lakhani – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Katarzyna Lewińska – EO, In Darkness Stewart Meachem – The Mistress of Spices, Billy Elliot Olga Mill – Eileen, Hereditary Karen Muller Serreau – Stillwater, At Eternity’s Gate Kumiko Ogawa – Kokuho, Kill Bill – Vol. 1 Giulia Piersanti – Suspiria, Call Me by Your Name Peggy Schnitzer – Honey Don’t!, Elvis & Nixon Emily Seresin – Carmen, I Am Woman Nami Shinozuka – Eiga Biri Gyaru, Herutā Sukerutā Anna Vilppunen – Sisu, Tom of Finland PC Williams – The Roses, Polite Society Karen Yip – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Anita Ellen Ystehede – Sentimental Value, The Worst Person in the World
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Directors
Eugene Ashe – Sylvie’s Love, Homecoming Marcelo Caetano – Baby, Body Electric Zach Cregger – Weapons, Barbarian Gyula Gazdag – Hungarian Chronicles I-II, A Hungarian Fairy Tale Daniel Goldhaber – Faces of Death, How to Blow Up a Pipeline Guan Hu – Black Dog, The Eight Hundred Tom Harper – Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, The Aeronauts Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Kim Jee-woon – Cobweb, I Saw the Devil Oliver Laxe* – Sirāt, Fire Will Come Rashid Masharawi – Passing Dreams, Laila’s Birthday James Ponsoldt – The End of the Tour, The Spectacular Now Haider Rashid – Europa, It’s About to Rain Nicole Riegel – Dandelion, Holler Alonso Ruizpalacios – La Cocina, A Cop Movie Benny Safdie* – The Smashing Machine, Uncut Gems Josh Safdie* – Marty Supreme, Uncut Gems Julia Solomonoff – Nobody’s Watching, The Last Summer of La Boyita Anocha Suwichakornpong – Come Here, By the Time It Gets Dark Tusi Tamasese – One Thousand Ropes, The Orator Fernanda Valadez – Sujo, Identifying Features
Documentary
Juan Arredondo – Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, The Prosecutors David Borenstein – Mr. Nobody against Putin, Can’t Feel Nothing Isabel Castro – Selena y Los Dinos, Mija Kahane Corn Cooperman – The Antidote, Joe’s Violin Jessica Edwards – Eno, Mavis! Mohammadreza Eyni – Cutting through Rocks, Convergence: Courage in a Crisis Helle Faber – Mr. Nobody against Putin, Mummy’s Boys Amber Fares – Coexistence, My Ass!, The Devil Is Busy Maxyne Franklin – The Edge of Democracy, Virunga Jeff Gilbert – Holding Liat, Boys State Lizzie Gillett – Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, The Territory Ingvil Giske – The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, The Painter and the Thief Anna Godas – Every Little Thing, McEnroe Christalyn Hampton – The Devil Is Busy, Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story Oli Harbottle – Every Little Thing, McEnroe Andrew Jarecki – The Alabama Solution, Capturing the Friedmans Conall Jones* – All the Empty Rooms, Stranger at the Gate Shalini Kantayya – TikTok, Boom., Coded Bias Alžběta Karásková – Mr. Nobody against Putin, Blix Not Bombs Charlotte Kaufman – The Alabama Solution, Occupy Cannes! Sara Khaki – Cutting through Rocks, Convergence: Courage in a Crisis Paweł Łoziński – The Balcony Movie, Father and Son Michelle Mizner – 2000 Meters to Andriivka, 20 Days in Mariupol Jenni Morello – The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, Victim/Suspect Peter Murimi – The Battle for Laikipia, I Am Samuel Iris Ng – There Are No Words, One of Ours Camilla Nielsson – President, Democrats David Osit – Predators, Mayor Joseph Patel – SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Alisa Payne – The Perfect Neighbor, Stamped from the Beginning Craig Renaud* – Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, Shelter Marcia Rock – I Remember, Duet Afsaneh Salari – Writing Hawa, The Silhouettes Alicia Sams – Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse, By the People: The Election of Barack Obama Radovan Síbrt – Mr. Nobody against Putin, Blix Not Bombs Sky Sitney – Life and Debt Robert Stengård – The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, The Painter and the Thief Audrius Stonys – Bridges of Time, Woman and the Glacier Rea Tajiri – Wisdom Gone Wild, Lordville Catalina Villar – Ana Rosa, The New Medellín Jeremy Workman – Secret Mall Apartment, Lily Topples the World Dorottya Zurbó – Agent of Happiness, The Next Guardian
Executives
Angel An Carolyn Bernstein Farhana Bhula Josh D’Amaro Daniela Elstner John Friedberg Michael Heimler Fionnuala Jamison Liz Jenkins Janine Jones-Clark Nathanaël Karmitz Natalie Rae Lehmann Christina Leotis Matt Levin Dennis Lim Theresa Steele Page Mike Polydoros Rayne Roberts Andrea Scrosati Shary Shirazi Daniel Steinman Lorna Tee Jason Wald Kevin Michael Wilson Alex Almogabar Zahn Zhang Xin
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Film Editors
Martin Bernfeld – Little Wing, Saban’s Power Rangers Deepa Bhatia – Skater Girl, Taare Zameen Par Daysha M. Broadway – Ricky, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody Ronald Bronstein* – Marty Supreme, Uncut Gems Nena Hsu Erb – Joy Ride, Dealin’ with Idiots Amir Etminan – It Was Just an Accident, No Bears Matheus Farias – The Secret Agent, Pictures of Ghosts Cristóbal Fernández – Sirāt, Mimosas Paola Freddi – Another End, Monica Ahmed Hafez – El Sett, Clash Jean-Christophe Hym – Four Daughters, Stranger by the Lake Andy Jurgensen – One Battle after Another, Licorice Pizza Dimitri Komm – The Master and Margarita, T-34 Joseph Krings – Captain Fantastic, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon Parker Laramie – Train Dreams, Sing Sing Viridiana Lieberman – The Perfect Neighbor, Born to Play Melody London – Novocaine, Down by Law Rebekka Lønqvist – Mr. Nobody against Putin, Mr. Graversen Bret Marnell – Ultraman: Rising, Smurfs: The Lost Village Nicolaj Monberg – Mr. Nobody against Putin, Riders of Justice Olivia Neergaard-Holm – The Chronology of Water, The Apprentice A. Sreekar Prasad – RRR, Dil Chahta Hai Jane Rizzo – The Hunt, Leave No Trace Laurent Rouan – Case 137, The Night of the 12th Josh Safdie* – Marty Supreme, Daddy Longlegs Evan Schiff – Frankenstein, Nobody Eduardo Serrano – The Secret Agent, Bacurau Michael P. Shawver – Sinners, Black Panther Rosario Suárez – Kill the Jockey, The Last Summer of La Boyita
Makeup Artists and Hairstylists
Marisa Amenta – The Secret Agent, I’m Still Here Jana Carboni – Gladiator II, Napoleon Orla Carroll – The Banshees of Inisherin, Cinderella Cliona Furey – Frankenstein, Nightmare Alley Stephen Kelley – Bill & Ted Face the Music, John Wick Jordan Samuel – Frankenstein, Crimson Peak Anne Cathrine Sauerberg – The Ugly Stepsister, The Girl with the Needle Shunika Terry – Sinners, The Matrix Resurrections Kyoko Toyokawa – Kokuho, The Great Passage Chiara Tripodi – Send Help, The Naked Gun
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Marketing and Public Relations
Emily Lu Aldrich Susie Arons Thomas Beatty Sharon Black Ben Carlson Rocío Chicharro Gutiérrez Tom Cunha Harris Dew David Gray Edwards Jonathan David Epstein Andrew Ferguson Danielle Freiberg Madelyn Hammond Josh Haroutunian Teri Kane Amanda Levin Joey Monteiro Megan Moss Claire-Marie Murphy Ben Proctor Rachel Rosen Tolley Shields Hugh Kashnor Spearing Kara Spector Telly Wong
Music
Sara Bareilles – Come See Me in the Good Light, Battle of the Sexes
Vishal Bhardwaj – Crazxy, Gustaakh Ishq
Suad Bushnaq – Yunan, Hobal
Arturo Cardelús – Dragonkeeper, Black Beach
Angela Rose Claverie – Silent Night, The Nun 2
EJAE – KPop Demon Hunters
Karim Sebastian Elias – Cutting through Rocks, Of Fathers and Sons
James Fauntleroy – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Dolemite Is My Name
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe – Seeds, Candyman
Haim Mazar – Self-Help, Desperation Road
Denise Okimoto – Dead Man’s Wire, First They Killed My Father
Felipe Pacheco – Sinners, Oppenheimer
Laetitia Pansanel-Garric – Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, Hola Frida
Nicolas Rabæus – Hello Betty, Thunder
Hania Rani – Sentimental Value, The Summer Book
Ryan Romeyn Rubin – F1, Dune
Batu Sener – Atatürk 1881-1919, Better Man
Glenn Evan Slater – Spellbound, Tangled
Mark Sonnenblick – KPop Demon Hunters, Spirited
Daniel Waldman – Knives Out, Joker
DeVaughn Watts – The Wild Robot, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Oren Yaacoby – KPop Demon Hunters, Spirited
Ben Zales – Freakier Friday, Ballerina
Producers
Karim Aïtouna – Poisonous Roses, Where the Wind Comes From Andrea Berentsen Ottmar – Sentimental Value, The Worst Person in the World Yulia Evina Bhara – Autobiography, Tiger Stripes Olha Bregman – Timestamp, Stop-Zemlia Eli Bush – Marty Supreme, Lady Bird Mark Ceryak – Sorry, Baby, Aftersun Lamia Chraïbi – Mica, The End Robert Connolly – Paper Planes, Emily Sylvain Corbeil – Falcon Lake, It’s Only the End of the World Andrew D. Corkin – Rosemead, The Desperate Hour Ben Cosgrove – The Good German, Rumor Has It… Rodolfo Cova – The Family, Fortitude Liz Destro – Clerks III, The Little Hours Marta Donzelli – The Last One for the Road, Sworn Virgin Maria Ekerhovd – Sentimental Value, The Ugly Stepsister Tania El Khoury – Backstage, The River Negar Eskandarfar – Careless Crime, A Separation Nicolas Gonda – Hamnet, The Tree of Life Adrián Guerra – The Penguin Lessons, Buried Marianela Illas – The Family, El Amparo Oleg Kokhan – Animals in War, Eternal Homecoming Nataliya Libet – Timestamp, Stop-Zemlia Kevin Loader – My Cousin Rachel, The Personal History of David Copperfield Liza Marshall – Hamnet, The End We Start From Matthew Miller – Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, Blackberry Mason Novick – Juno, Lisa Frankenstein Chad Oman – F1, Top Gun: Maverick Leontine Petit – Sweet Dreams, Mr. K Igor Savychenko – When the Trees Fall, Brothers. The Final Confession Shan Zuolong – Resurrection, Long Day’s Journey into Night Alexandru Teodorescu – Dracula, Kontinental ’25 Volodymyr Yatsenko – U Are the Universe, Reflection
Production and Technology
Alicia Accardo Jeff Barnes Derek Bradley Gregory Brentin Marguerite Derricks David Eubank Maxine Gervais Jillian Giacomini Geoffrey Haley Josh Haynie Jim Helman Farah Khan Theodore Kim Lori Korngiebel Mark Meyer John Moyer Domonkos Párdányi Alexandra Patsavas Karyn Ruth Rachtman Rajesh Ramachandran Christopher Russell Christopher Paul Scott Steven S. Shapiro Jamal Sims Andrea Wertheim
Production Design
Serge Archambault – Dune: Part Two, Beau Is Afraid Mohamed Attia – Al Aref, Al Feel Al Azraq Andrew Bennett – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, No Time to Die Anthony Carlino – One Battle after Another, Babylon Monique Champagne – Sinners, Nickel Boys Gina Louise Sara Cromwell – Downton Abbey, Mary Queen of Scots Tamara Deverell – Frankenstein, Nightmare Alley Kelsi Ephraim – Everything Everywhere All at Once, Palm Springs Zachary Fannin – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Avatar: The Way of Water Thales Junqueira – The Secret Agent, Baby Jason Kisvarday – Everything Everywhere All at Once, Swiss Army Man Carlos Lagunas – Cabrini, Sound of Freedom Elizabeth Linn – West Side Story, Joker Florencia Martin – One Battle after Another, Babylon Caty Maxey – Civil War, Jurassic World Brad Ricker – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Dune Clint Schultz – Top Gun: Maverick, Star Trek Lisa Scoppa – Caught Stealing, The Whale Hugues Tissandier – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Simon Weisse – Asteroid City, The Grand Budapest Hotel Jane Wuu – Star Trek, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Short Films
Scott Aharoni – Money Talks, Leylak David Atrakchi – Five to One, Rise of a Star Arvin Belarmino – Agapito, Hinakdal Miguel Angel Caballero – The Ballad of Tita and the Machines, Acuitzeramo Bruno Carnide – Memories of an Empty House, The Girl Who Walked on Snow Chiang Wei Liang – Kaohsiung City, Yancheng District, Fubei Rd., No.31, Luzon Akinola Davies – Lizard, Contactless Dani Feixas Roca – Tito, Paris 70 Andrew Freedman – Retirement Plan, Undressing My Mother Kryzz Gautier – Chimera, Keep Delete Conall Jones* – All the Empty Rooms, Stranger at the Gate Abby Lynn Kang Davis – The Queen of Basketball, A Concerto Is a Conversation Mickey Lai – WAShhh, The Cloud Is Still There Tamika Lamison – Superman Doesn’t Steal, The Magic Bracelet Chris Lavis* – The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Madame Tutli-Putli Andrew Stephen Lee – At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago, Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy Noëlle Lévénez – The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, Alarms Vea Mafile’o – I Am Not Your Dusky Maiden, Lea Tupu’ Anga (Mother Tongue) Florence Miailhe* – Butterfly, Urban Tale Natalie Musteata – Two People Exchanging Saliva, The Appointment Sharon S. Park – The Unreachable Star, Soak Jack Piatt – The Singers, Lolo & The Barbershop Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir – A South Facing Window, Snow in September Christopher Radcliff – We Were the Scenery, Jonathan’s Chest Craig Renaud* – Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, Between Borders: American Migrant Crisis Alexandre Singh – Two People Exchanging Saliva, The Appointment Maciek Szczerbowski* – The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Madame Tutli-Putli Peter Tscherkassky – Train Again, The Exquisite Corpus Tom Van Avermaet – Hearts of Stone, Death of a Shadow Loren Waters – Tiger, Udeyonv (What They’ve Been Taught)
Sound
Eric Beam – The Novice, Justice League Laia Casanovas – Sirāt, Parallel Mothers Greg Chapman – Frankenstein, Nightmare Alley Ryan Delavan Cole – Deadpool & Wolverine, Miss Juneteenth Ron Eng – The Nun, Mulholland Drive Victoria Franzan – Belén, Heroic Losers Trevor Gates – Twinless, Doctor Sleep Abdolreza Heidari – It Was Just an Accident, Terrestrial Verses Warren Keith Hendriks – Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Better Man Rawad Hobeika – Palestine 36, Goodbye Julia Kim Eun-jung – Concrete Utopia, Decision to Leave Patrushkha Mierzwa – Killers of the Flower Moon, Ad Astra Michael Miller – Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Nosferatu Rodrigo Ortiz – Primate, Patriots Day Jessie Pariseau – Superman, Wicked Yasmina Praderas – Sirāt, A Perfect Enemy Nina Rice – The Sheep Detectives, Barbie Jacob Riehle – Project Hail Mary, The Batman Nathan Robitaille – Frankenstein, The Shape of Water Steve Schatz – Project Hail Mary, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Tetsuo Segawa – Matinee, Akira Hassan Shabankareh – The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Finding Farideh Bernardo Uzeda – My Name Is Daniel, Good Manners Tony Villaflor – One Battle after Another, Vice Amanda Villavieja – Sirāt, Mimosas Chris Welcker – Sinners, Bill & Ted Face the Music Jack Whittaker – Smurfs, Seberg Alexa Zimmerman – Black Phone 2, Little Women Brad Zoern – Frankenstein, The Shape of Water
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Visual Effects
Stephen Aplin – Jurassic World Rebirth, Aladdin Christopher Batty – Transformers One, Aquaman Daniel Bethell – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Flash Jelmer Boskma – Eternals, Ant-Man and the Wasp Russell Bowen – The Lost Bus, Venom: Let There Be Carnage Gavin Boyle – Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force, Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms Mike Brazelton – Madame Web, Bullet Train Stuart Bullen – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 TJ Burke – Project Hail Mary, Ballerina Charmaine Chan – Jurassic World Rebirth, The Creator Nicolas Chevallier – F1, The Fall Guy Amy Beth Christenson – Transformers One, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Sonia M. Contreras – Tron: Ares, The Irishman Keith Dawson – F1, Ready Player One Donnie Dean – Sinners, Nickel Boys Tara DeMarco – The Marvels, The Bronze Raul Essig – Wicked: For Good, Wicked Bill Georgiou – Twisters, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Becky Graham – Death on the Nile, Bhoot: Part One – The Haunted Ship Pablo Grillo – Paddington in Peru, The Little Mermaid Robert Harrington – F1, Thunderbolts* Nicole Herr – The Lion King, The Jungle Book Christian Kaestner – Gladiator II, Alien: Covenant Shawn Kelly – Venom: The Last Dance, Avengers: Infinity War Andy Kind – How to Train Your Dragon, The Little Mermaid Brandon K. McLaughlin – The Lost Bus, Killers of the Flower Moon Jay Mehta – Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms, Maharshi Glenn Joseph Melenhorst – How to Train Your Dragon, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Espen Nordahl – The Electric State, Sinners Thomas Proctor – Mortal Kombat II, Justice League Michael Ralla – Sinners, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Joshua Keir Simmonds – The Sheep Detectives, Together Fausto Tejeda – Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, The Ambush Marjolaine Tremblay – The Shack, Game Night Guido Wolter – Sinners, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Clement Yip – Atlas, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 David Zaretti – The Lost Bus, The Running Man
Writers
Jesse Andrews – Elio, Luca Ronald Bronstein* – Marty Supreme, Uncut Gems Cheo Hodari Coker – Creed II, Notorious Gary Dauberman – It Chapter Two, It Santiago Fillol – Sirāt, Fire Will Come Dan Fogelman – Cars 2, Crazy, Stupid, Love. Holly Gent – Nouvelle Vague, Where’d You Go, Bernadette Tearepa Kahi – Muru, Hunt for the Wilderpeople Alireza Khatami – The Things You Kill, Terrestrial Verses Oliver Laxe* – Sirāt, Fire Will Come Lee Kyoung-mi – No Other Choice, The Truth Beneath Satoko Okudera – Kokuho, Rebirth Vince Palmo – Nouvelle Vague, Where’d You Go, Bernadette Shadmehr Rastin – It Was Just an Accident, As Simple as That Klaudia Reynicke – Reinas, Love Me Tender Benny Safdie* – The Smashing Machine, Uncut Gems Josh Safdie* – Marty Supreme, Uncut Gems Nader Saïvar – It Was Just an Accident, The Witness Tarik Saleh – Eagles of the Republic, Cairo Conspiracy Joe Shrapnel – The Woman in Cabin 10, Rebecca Will Tracy – Bugonia, The Menu Aslihan Unaldi – Afloat, Skate Kitchen Anna Waterhouse – The Woman in Cabin 10, Rebecca Christopher Makoto Yogi – I Was a Simple Man, August at Akiko’s Nathan Zellner – Damsel, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter Sameh Zoabi – Tel Aviv on Fire, The Idol
We’re used to people using shows like The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent to launch themselves into the spotlight – but what you might not realise is that plenty of household names made their TV debuts in a very different way.
Long before shows like Cutting It, Wild At Heart and Britain’s Got Talent came calling, Mandy made her TV debut when Cilla Black tried to find her a match on Blind Date.
During her 1991 appearance on the show, Amanda introduced herself as a drama student who loved singing the blues as well as classics like Knees Up Mother Brown (??), as well as confessing her ultimate celeb crush was Jack Nicholson.
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Sadly, though, it wasn’t to be, with the future BGT star going home without a date… which her potential suitor seemed more than a bit gutted about when he clapped eyes on her for the first time.
But Mandy isn’t the only member of the BGT panel with a surprising game show appearance near the top of her CV.
Simon Cowell’s very first TV appearance was as a contestant on Sale Of The Century, two years before his eventual co-star’s stint on Blind Date.
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He may be best known now for his business decisions, but his time on Sale Of The Century ended in him leaving with 20 quid’s worth of cooking utensils. We wonder when the last time he picked them up was…
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Olly Murs’ optimism came back to bite him somewhat when he was a contestant on Deal Or No Deal, during which he turned down an offer of £26,000 and ended up pocketing just a tenner.
The future chart-topper appeared on the Channel 4 game show two years before shooting to fame on The X Factor, and after becoming a household name, he was invited back to compete in a celebrity special.
Unfortunately, he fared even worse second time around, ending up with just 50p. To make it up to his chosen charity, Olly pledged to donate £5000 of his own money.
We know him best as a member of JLS, who became one of The X Factor’s most successful acts ever in 2007, but Aston has actually been singing on screen for a lot longer than that.
As a teenager, he appeared on Stars In Their Eyes Kids, telling host Matthew Kelly: “Tonight, Matthew, I’m going to be Michael Jackson.”
He performed a cover of The Jackson 5’s Rockin’ Robin, ultimately finishing in second place.
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And speaking of celebs who appeared on TV classics as teenagers, let’s talk about Michael Underwood, who was a contestant on a kids’ special of The Crystal Maze when he was 15.
The presenter was the first of the young contestants to take on a challenge, but failed to win his team any crystals in either of the physical or skill-based tasks he took on.
Michael’s presenting career began almost a decade later, when he began hosting the dream-fulfilment show Whatever You Want.
Minus his trademark beard, Joe Wicks suffered a very stressful blunder when his buzzer appeared to not be working, leaving him rather vexed, as you can see in the video above.
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Just four years before The Office would achieve huge success, Stephen Merchant was a contestant on Blockbusters back in 1997.
Despite getting off to a good start, it wasn’t ultimately a strong showing for the comedy writer and actor, finishing with 15 points to his opponents’ 50.
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Another comedy star with a previous game show appearance in their past is Taskmaster favourite Alex Horne.
Alex did a great job on Countdown, winning three consecutive shows in 2008 during Des O’Connor and Carol Vorderman’s tenure, before he was eventually bested.
Having gone on to become a popular comic, Alex has returned to Countdown several times, appearing as a guest in Dictionary Corner as well as a panellist on the show’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats specials.
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Mark “The Beast” Labbett is one of the UK’s most famous quizzing experts, so it’s probably no great surprise that before finding fame on The Chase, he gave a few game shows a go, including Mastermind and Fifteen To One.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? was perhaps his most successful attempt. Having failed to land in the hot seat when he played Fastest Finger First in 2005, Mark – who was then working as a supply teacher – returned a year later, leaving with an impressive £32,000.
Much later, he made an appearance on the rebooted version of the show in 2020, serving as Charlotte Church’s “phone a friend” during a celebrity special.
Her specialist subject was “The Life And Works Of Lorenz Hart”, the lyricist behind standards including Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered, The Lady Is A Tramp and My Funny Valentine. Sadly, no clip exists of Anne in action, but enjoy this snap of her looking ever-so-80s in the Mastermind studio all the same.
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Then in his early 20s, comedian and actor Stephen Fry appeared as a contestant on University Challenge in 1980, representing Queen’s College, Cambridge.
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He’d later achieve huge success as a quiz show host, when he began presenting the hit panel show QI.
Miriam Margolyes – University Challenge
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Another iconic Cambridge alum to compete on University Challenge was the always-outrageous Miriam Margolyes.
We say “always-outrageous” because Miriam has long claimed that this appearance on University Challenge was the first case of anyone saying the f-word on the BBC after struggling to contain her disappointment about a botched answer.
The moment itself was censored, though Miriam has insisted it was very much apparent what she was saying – though sadly a clip of the explicit outburst doesn’t appear to exist.
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Around the celebrations for Sir Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday, the BBC dug out this old clip of him competing on Blankety Blank, where he tried to match his answers to celebrity panellists like Freddie Starr, Ruth Madoc and Roy Kinnear.
He went out on the first round during a 1983 Christmas special – but at least he got to keep the iconic Blankety Blank cheque book and pen, eh?
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Deal Or No Deal worked a little differently in America, where contestants had briefcases opened by models, rather than boxes being unveiled by their fellow players.
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One such model was the future Duchess of Sussex, then an aspiring actor by the name of Meghan Markle. She would, of course, later achieve success as part of the cast of Suits, before her humanitarian work led her to meeting (and, indeed, marrying) Prince Harry.
