The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Delays Opening Yet Again
“It doesn’t feel appropriate or prudent to move forward toward an April opening right now,” said Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer.
“It doesn’t feel appropriate or prudent to move forward toward an April opening right now,” said Academy Museum Director Bill Kramer.
The TCM host is not only a respected film scholar but a charismatic public personality who can become the face of the museum.
Many of the storyboards and materials in the exhibit have never been seen outside of Japan before.
The Academy Museum has been dealt a lengthy series of setbacks before its much-delayed opening in April 2021.
Oscar-winning “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir will also collaborate on new exhibitions for the museum, set to open December 14.
Under director Bill Kramer, the Academy Museum has a decisive leader.
Museum trustee Tom Hanks made the announcement during the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 9.
Bill Kramer was an essential and early museum staffer; now he returns to lead the troubled project with skills earned at RISD and BAM.
The Academy Museum, which recently pushed its Los Angeles debut to 2020, also saw the exit of a key lieutenant in April.
The Academy says it is taking the time it needs to make the best version possible of a complex, ambitious new museum. And it has big plans.
The LA Sparks president will join the Academy in January 2019, in a role that’s been vacant for five years.
The creators of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures revealed their architectural and cultural visions for uniting L.A.