Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been re-elected as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It will be her fourth term in the position.
The decision comes after a set of changes to the Academy to increase diversity. In June, a record 683 new members were invited to join, with 46% women and 41% people of colour. The list included Idris Elba, Tina Fey, Emma Watson and John Boyega.
“There’s a newness and a vibrancy about this issue of inclusion,” Boone Isaacs told the Los Angeles Times last month. “This industry has been changing, evolving, expanding in many different areas. And we have led the way.”
The newer, more diverse academy has been implemented after a second year of #OscarsSoWhite controversy over another all-white set of nominees.
Boone Isaacs is the first African American president of the Academy, and due to internal limits, she won’t be eligible for re-election again when her one-year term ends.
While the nominations for the 2017 won’t be out until next year, early favourites include the interracial marriage drama Loving, which premiered at Cannes, and Kenneth Lonergan’s Sundance hit Manchester by the Sea.
