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Reichert invited to vote for Oscars
Three-time Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning independent filmmaker Julia Reichert is joining the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, whose members vote on the Oscars.
The Yellow Springs resident and Wright State University faculty member is one of 135 actors, producers, directors and others who received 2010 invitations.
Others included Mo’Nique, Bono, Tobin Bell, James Gandolfini, Christopher Waltz and Vera Farmiga.
Reichert, who recently became a first-time grandmother, was in Washington to visit her daughter, Lela Reichert Klein, and grandson, Robert Jacob, when the invitations were mailed out.
“Friends kept calling and writing to congratulate me. I didn’t know why at first,” she said on June 28.
“I have just signed the confirmation card and sealed the envelope to send it back,” she said from her office at WSU.
“I consider this a true honor because I am a filmmaker, as distinct from someone who works primarily for television.. We make cinema. That’s what the Oscars are about.”
Reichert said there are approximately 6,000 members of the academy around the world. Annual dues are $250. She plans to attend an induction ceremony in Hollywood this fall.
“I assume I will be able to vote on everything, but since I am being inducted into the academy’s documentary branch, I think I may be able to have more personal influence there.”
Morgan Spurlock (“Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?” and “Super Size Me”) was among other documentary makers invited to join.
Reichert and Stephen Bognar were nominated for an Academy Award this year for their documentary “The Last Truck.” Earlier, they won an Emmy for their film, “A Lion in the House.”
She is also founder of New Days Films, a cooperative for independent filmmakers.
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By vick
June 28, 2010 12:18 PM | Link to this
Fabulous!
By Max
June 28, 2010 1:07 PM | Link to this
Congrats to Julia; she’s been around for a while and has earned a seat at the Academy table.