Kris Bowers Elected to Motion Picture Academy’s Board of Governors – Billboard

Following this election, the board comprises 47% women and 32% from underrepresented communities. (L-R) Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers, winners of the Best Documentary Short Film award for “The Last Repair Shop”, pose in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images Trending on Billboard Kris Bowers, who has received Oscar nominations for both film scoring (The Wild Robot) and documentary short films (A Concerto Is a Conversation and The Last Repair Shop, each in collaboration with Ben Proudfoot; winning for the latter film), has been elected to the board of governors of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He will join composers Lesley Barber and Carter Burwell, who are both midterm, in representing the music branch. The governors will take office at the first scheduled board meeting of the new term. Related Bowers, 37, replaces Richard Gibbs, whose term ended. Bowers has scored such films as Green Book, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Respect, King Richard, The Color Purple and Bob Marley: One Love and such TV shows as Bridgerton. In addition to his three Oscar nods, Bowers has received
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