Gloria Rolando, Cuban filmmaker, invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States

July 5, 2019

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to join the organization to 842 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves through their contributions to cinematographic films.

The class of 2019 is 50% women, 29% people of color, and represents 59 countries. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2019.

Multiple branches have invited six people (marked with an asterisk) to join the Academy. These people must select a branch upon accepting membership.

New members will be welcomed to the Academy at invitation-only receptions in the fall.

Gloria Rolando is found on the list of invited directors in 2019, which are:

Directors
Zoya Akhtar – "Gully Boy," "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara"
Raja Amari – "Foreign Body," "Les Secrets"
Jon Baird – "Stan & Ollie," "Filth"
M. Neema Barnette – "Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day," "Civil Brand"
Julie Bertuccelli – "Dernières Nouvelles du Cosmos," "Since Otar Left…"
Laís Bodanzky – "Como Nossos Pais," "Bicho de Sete Cabecas"
Zero Chou – "Ching's Way Homes," "Spider Lilies"
Jonathan M. Chu – "Crazy Rich Asians," "Now You See Me 2"
Sergey Dvortsevoy – "Ayka," "Tulpan"
Pernille Fischer Christensen – "Becoming Astrid," "Someone You Love"
Lucía Gajá – "Batallas Intimas," "Mi Vida Dentro"
Nisha Ganatra – "Late Night," "Chutney Popcorn"
Matteo Garrone – "Dogman," "Tale of Tales"
Will Gluck – "Peter Rabbit," "Easy A"
Eva Husson – "Girls of the Sun," "Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)"
Liza Johnson – "Elvis & Nixon," "Return"
Tunde Kelani – "The Lion and the Jewel," "The Narrow Path"
Jennifer Kent* – "The Nightingale," "The Babadook"
Mélanie Laurent – "Galveston," "Breathe"
Phil Lord* – "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," "21 Jump Street"
Alison Maclean – "The Rehearsal," "Jesus' Son"
Christopher Miller* – "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," "21 Jump Street"
Carol Morley – "Out of Blue," "The Falling"
Ulrike Ottinger – "Under Snow," "Twelve Chairs"
Gloria Rolando – "Dialogue with My Grandmother," "1912: Breaking the Silence, Chapter 1"
Amr Salama – "Sheikh Jackson," "Tahrir 2011"
Shamim Sarif – "Despite the Falling Snow," "The World Unseen"
Ivan Sen – "Goldstone," "Toomelah"
Maryse Sistach – "Moon Rain," "The Girl on the Stone"
Frances-Anne Solomon – "Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life and Times of Mr. Ulric Cross," "Peggy Su!"
David E. Talbert – "Almost Christmas," "First Sunday"
Yim Soon-rye – "Little Forest," "Whistle Blower"
Jasmila Žbanić – "One Day in Sarajevo," "Grbavica"