The Governors Awards for the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences has a brand new producer.
Producer and former Academy Producers Department governor Jennifer Todd will take the reins of the seventeenth Governors Awards, Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor stated Monday. It is going to be Todd’s first time producing the occasion, which for the previous seven years has been produced by Jennifer Fox.
This yr, Honorary Oscars might be introduced to actor Glenn Shut, animator Floyd Norman and director Ridley Scott, with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award going to producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler. The occasion will happen November 15, 2026, on the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.
“We’re thrilled to have Jennifer main this yr’s Governors Awards,” stated Howell Taylor. “Her experience in producing will undoubtedly create a gorgeous night celebrating the artistry of this yr’s distinctive honorees.”
“I’m delighted to have the chance to supply this cherished Academy occasion,” stated Todd. “I’m wanting ahead to honoring the exceptional achievements of 5 artists with a tribute that displays the lasting cultural influence they’ve made.”
Todd has produced quite a lot of movies during the last 30 years together with Christopher Nolan’s breakthrough movie Memento, which earned two Oscar nominations. Her movie credit embrace Boiler Room, Should Love Canines, Prime, Throughout the Universe, Alice In Wonderland, Celeste and Jesse Endlessly, Alice By way of the Wanting Glass, Reside By Evening, The Method Again, The Thursday Homicide Membership and the Austin Powers franchise.
She additionally co-produced the 89th and ninetieth Oscars alongside producer Michael De Luca. Each broadcasts had been nominated for Excellent Particular Class Program and Excellent Selection Particular (Reside) on the 69th and seventieth Emmy Awards, respectively.
The Honorary Award is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, distinctive contributions to the state of movement image arts and sciences in any self-discipline, or for excellent service to the Academy.”
The Thalberg award is introduced to a inventive producer whose physique of labor displays a persistently top quality of movement image manufacturing.
