Meet the Academy

Never Too Early Movie Predictions has a nifty page of the breakdown of Academy’s numbers. But the data is from 1984. I have updated the numbers and built a new pie chart.

And the handy pie chart of voting members. Look at all those actors! This is why, often, when there’s a split vote the SAG ensemble has always, 100% of the time, figured in (even when Traffic won for Soderbergh, it had won the SAG ensemble heading into the race). Crash, Shakespeare in Love – those famous splits the SAG ensemble was always in play. Ergo, if this were in keeping with those trends, as in, the actors cockblocked the favorite, American Hustle would be your surprise winner.

Full breakdown after the jump.

Actors Branch: 1,172 Members.
Art Directors Branch: 367 Members. Includes art directors, production designers, set decorators and costume designers.
Cinematographers Branch: 228 Members.
Directors Branch: 377 Members.
Documentary Branch: 166 Members
Executives Branch: 450 Members
Film Editors Branch: 224 Members
Makeup Artists And Hairstylists Branch: 121 Members
Music Branch: 232 Members
Producers Branch: 479 Members
Public Relations Branch: 377 Members
Short Films And Feature Animation Branch: 366 Members
Sound Branch: 418 Members.
Visual Effects Branch: 323 Members
Writers Branch: 378 Members
Casting Directors: 54 Members