Sources claim that the Emmy-winning casting director beat Oscar-winning make-up artist Lois Burwell, who has been appointed as First Vice President, to the AMPAS role.
- August 8, 2019
AceShowbiz - David Rubin has been elected as the next president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Members of the Academy's Board of Governors elected Rubin to succeed outgoing president John Bailey on Tuesday, August 6.
Rubin, who becomes the first casting director to lead the Academy, is beginning his first term as president and his seventh year as a Governor representing the Casting Directors branch.
AMPAS presidents can be elected to four one-year terms, but must step down for at least one year if they spend nine years on the Board of Governors.
The casting director has more than 100 film credits to his name, including for work on "The English Patient", "Men in Black", "Hairspray", "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Get Shorty", and "My Best Friend's Wedding".
The Academy does not give out Oscars to casting directors, but Rubin has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, the most recent in 2017 for his work on "Big Little Lies". He is also nominated again this year for "Sharp Objects".
Sources tell Deadline that he beat Oscar-winning British make-up artist Lois Burwell to the role, as the pair were the only two to put their name forward to lead the Academy. Burwell will serve as First Vice President.
