Sid Ganis

HOLLYWOOD (RushPRNews) 01/20/09-Nominations for the 81st Academy Awards® will be announced on Thursday, January 22, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actor and Academy member Forest Whitaker.Ganis and Whitaker will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 award categories at a 5:30 a.m. news conference at the [...]Read Full Story

Marketing, publicity, distribution, production - Sid Ganis has seemingly done it all. He got his start at 20th Century-Fox in New York City in the early 1960s, and after stints at Fox, Columbia and Seven Arts he became senior VP at Lucasfilm in 1979, and worked with George Lucas in marketing such blockbusters as “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” In the 1980s he segued to prexy at Paramount where he oversaw such hits as “Top Gun...Read Full Story

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Academy Awards President Sid Ganis is positive the 80th Annual Academy Awards will go ahead despite the threat from the current Hollywood writers strike.  In my opinion this is one year to skip them, although I did like Eastern Promises alot. Ganis has fueled speculation the Writers Guild of America (WGA) walkouts could be nearing an end by declaring that “things are looking very, very good now” for the February 24 ceremony to go ahead. Members of the WGA walked out in November in a protest...Read Full Story

Gotham: He joins Sid Ganis on Academy event -- Don Mischer will join Sid Ganis in producing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards, set for Nov. 13.Read Full Story