Daniel Radcliffe Invited to Join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences

Daniel Radcliffe and our recently announced Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts, Eddie Redmayne, are just two of the famous faces who have been invited to join the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In total, 322 people have been invited to become members, with many coming from various technical fields. Other names from behind the scenes with links to Potter alumni include:

Casting Directors:

Lucy Bevan (Cinderella with Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh)
Victoria Burrows (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with Stephen Fry)

Designers:

Suzie Davies (Mr. Turner with Timothy Spall)
Tatiana Macdonald (The Imitation Game with Eduardo Lima; The Invisible Woman with Ralph Fiennes)
Chris Spellman (This Is the End with Emma Watson)
Charlotte Watts (Mr. Turner with Timothy Spall)

Directors:

Bong Joon-Ho (Snowpiercer with Sir John Hurt)
Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn with Toby Jones, Eddie Redmayne, and Emma Watson)
Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game with Eduardo Lima)

Cinematographers:

Christopher Blauvelt (The Bling Ring with Emma Watson)

Costume Designers:

Jany Temime

Film Editors:

Jinx Godfrey (The Theory of Everything with Eddie Redmayne and David Thewlis)
Barney Pilling (The Grand Budapest Hotel with Ralph Fiennes)

Make-up artists/hairstylists:

Victoria Down (Rise of the Planet of the Apes with Tom Felton)
Frances Hannon (The Grand Budapest Hotel with Ralph Fiennes; The King’s Speech with Helena Bonham Carter)
Jerry Popolis (Noah with Emma Watson)

Music:

Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything with Eddie Redmayne and David Thewlis)
Chris McGeary (RoboCop with Gary Oldman)
Gary Yershon (Mr. Turner with Timothy Spall)

Producers:

Wyck Godfrey (The Fault in Our Stars with Eduardo Lima)
Eric Newman (RoboCop with Gary Oldman; Children of Men with Alfonso Cuarón)

Sound:

Jason Canovas (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies with Stephen Fry)
Stephanie Flack (Jupiter Ascending with Eddie Redmayne)
David Lee (Unbroken with Domhnall Gleeson)
Juan P. Peralta (Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Toby Jones)
Mark Taylor (Edge of Tomorrow with Brendan Gleeson)

Visual Effects:

Daniel Barrett (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes with Gary Oldman)
Dan DeLeeuw (Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Toby Jones)
Matt Kutcher (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes with Gary Oldman)
Gray Marshall (Captain America: The First Avenger with Toby Jones)
Erik Winquist (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes with Gary Oldman)

Writers:

Christopher Markus (Captain America: The First Avenger with Toby Jones)
Stephen McFeely (Captain America: The First Avenger with Toby Jones)
Graham Moore (The Imitation Game with Eduardo Lima)

To view the full list of invitees, click here. A huge congratulations to Daniel, Eddie, and all of the invitees.