A trick design category comes to the Academy Awards.
The Council of Governors of the Academy of Arts and Motion Sciences announced today the establishment of an annual competitive academy award for achievement in the design of stun, starting from the 100th Academy Awards in 2028 for films that were released in 2027.
Director and producer David Lech led the “” The Fall Guy “,” Bullet Train “and” Deadpool 2 “) the initiative on behalf of the stun community to create a new Oscar. Leitch started as a ruse and coordinator before jumping into the guidance, as well as establishing a 87 North Productions banner with Kelly McCormick. Leich, coordinator, designer and designer Chris Uhar presented from counterfeit works and others many presentations to the academy, which led to the approval of the Conservative Council for the new prizes category today.
“Since the first days of the cinema, STUT’s design has been an integral part of filmmaking,” said Janet Yang. “We are proud to honor the innovative work of these artistic and creative artists, and we congratulate them on their commitment and dedication to reaching this important occasion.”
In a statement, Leich said: “The exciting works are necessary for every type of film and takes the depths of our history – from the leading work of the first pioneers such as Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Carlie Chaplin, to the inspiring art of Stant designers today, coordinators, performance, and technical materials.” “This was a long journey for many of us. I spent Chris Uhar years to work to bring this moment to life, and to stand on the shoulders of the narrow professionals who fought tirelessly to recognize the decades. We are incredibly grateful. Thank you, academy.”
He told Chad Stelinsky (“John Wake”) diverse, “It is modest and we feel very honorable to be honored to be some of the best in this industry.” “I think it is much more achieved. You are talking more than 100 years of exciting shows. The administration has been present since the beginning of the films. The departments.”
Category Rules for Civil and Voting for the Opening Award will be announced in 2027 with the rules of the full Oscars. Details of the award’s presentation will be determined by the Governor Council at the Academy and Executive Command on a future history.
More than 100 professional tricks are members of the production and technology branch in the academy. The last category of a new prize was created in the achievement, which was created in 2024. It will start with the Oscars 98 for the next year of films that were released in 2025.
In a statement to diverse, “I cannot express the extent of our happiness and pride to see the academy recognizes the art and craft of work design with its Oscar category. This is a historical moment for our society. For decades, I played performance artists, coordinators and work designers an important role in shaping the cinematic experience, often on their line. Appreciation of passion, innovation, creativity and hard work that falls in every fall, fighting, and winning.
Another main prize player, The Sag Awards, a similar category for the first time, presented a great performance by the trick band, in 2007. Leitch got “The Fall Guy” on the latest cup. During the film’s journalistic tour, actor Winston Duke called for adding an Oscar -related category, and he told diverse“We are allies from the stun community, and we make this film to try to bring you as allies as well, as consumers, as films, and people who participate in your own way of film industry. There can be no films without an audience, and we need you to amplify the voice of these people as well. It takes allyship to change.”
The community has strengthened the increasing momentum of recognition in recent years. In 2024, the Screen Representatives and Managers Syndicate agreed to Guild of Americana on the first ever credit for the “STUT designer” (used for the first time in “The Fall Guy”).