{"id":53882,"date":"2025-08-08T06:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53882\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T06:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T06:25:09","slug":"marlon-west-brooke-breton-join-academy-foundation-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53882\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlon West, Brooke Breton Join Academy Foundation Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its new 2025\u20132026 Academy Foundation Board members and officers, with notable appointments from the animation and visual effects worlds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marlon-West.jpg\" class=\"colorbox\" data-gallery=\"\" rel=\"gal[250244]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-250252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marlon-West.jpg\" alt=\"Marlon West\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\"  \/><\/a>Marlon West<\/p>\n<p>Among the newly elected officers is Annie-winning animator and vfx supervisor Marlon West, who previously served as a governor of the Academy\u2019s short films and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonbrew.com\/feature-film\/the-academy-has-finally-created-a-dedicated-animation-branch-238498.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">animation branch<\/a>. He will take over as secretary.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran effects animator and head of effects at Walt Disney Animation Studios, West\u2019s credits include blockbuster features such as The Princess and the Frog, Moana, and Frozen II.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brooke-Breton.jpg\" class=\"colorbox\" data-gallery=\"\" rel=\"gal[250244]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-250253 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brooke-Breton.jpg\" alt=\"Brooke Breton\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\"  \/><\/a>Brooke Breton<\/p>\n<p>Also elected was Brooke Breton, representing the Visual Effects Branch, who will take on the role of vice president. Breton has a long history in visual effects, with producing credits at major studios including Digital Domain and DreamWorks. Her extensive filmography includes Avatar, The Road to El Dorado, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Isis-Mussenden.jpg\" class=\"colorbox\" data-gallery=\"\" rel=\"gal[250244]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-250251 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Isis-Mussenden.jpg\" alt=\"Isis Mussenden\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\"  \/><\/a>Isis Mussenden<\/p>\n<p>Joining them on the board is Isis Mussenden, Costume Designers Branch, as vice president. While primarily a live-action costume designer, her work can be seen across the Shrek franchise.<\/p>\n<p>The Academy Foundation is responsible for all of the Academy\u2019s educational, archival, and cultural programs, including the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and the Academy Film Archive.<\/p>\n<p>Academy Foundation Board members serve one-year terms. As part of their duties, West and Breton will also support the Foundation\u2019s educational and preservation initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Full list of new board members:<\/p>\n<p>Casting director Kim Taylor-Coleman was elected president of the Academy Foundation Board.<\/p>\n<p>Board officer positions:<\/p>\n<p>Brooke Breton (Visual Effects Branch), Vice President<br \/>\nSimon Kilmurry (Documentary Branch), Treasurer<br \/>\nIsis Mussenden (Costume Designers Branch), Vice President<br \/>\nMarlon West (Animation Branch), Secretary<\/p>\n<p>Additional board members include:<\/p>\n<p>Paul Cameron (Cinematographers Branch)<br \/>\nPatricia Cardoso (Directors Branch)<br \/>\nPeter Devlin (Sound Branch)<br \/>\nLynette Howell Taylor (Producers Branch)<br \/>\nLarry Karaszewski (Writers Branch)<br \/>\nStephen Rivkin (Film Editors Branch)<br \/>\nDana Stevens (Writers Branch)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its new 2025\u20132026 Academy Foundation Board members and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-53882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}