The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has added three industry heavyweights to its governing board, electing Broadway producing titan John Gore, blockbuster producer Gale Anne Hurd and Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro to its Board of Trustees.
The trio joins the body that steers the museum’s long-term financial health and governance, with their terms taking effect as of July 1.
Gore, the founder and executive chairman of John Gore Studios, holds 27 Tony Awards, the most in history, alongside two Olivier Awards and two Emmys. His London-based studio builds on the John Gore Organization, the Broadway and live-theater powerhouse whose holdings include Broadway Across America and Broadway.com and which presents touring productions of “Wicked,” “Hamilton” and Disney’s “The Lion King” across North America. He has landed among Variety’s 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in Media for five consecutive years.
Hurd brings a filmography stacked with genre classics, having produced “Aliens,” “The Abyss,” “Armageddon” and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” the last of which joined “The Terminator” on the National Film Registry. On television, she serves as an executive producer of the AMC zombie franchise “The Walking Dead” and its expanded universe. A former member of the Academy’s Board of Governors, Hurd most recently collected the WomanInFan Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sitges Film Festival.
