Bruce Davis, Ron Yerxa top Acad's foreign-language committee
Former film academy exec director Bruce Davis and Ron Yerxa have become co-heads of the foreign-language committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
The pair will assume the role previously held by Mark Johnson, who was not reelected to the Academy's Board of Governors. Davis retired from his post as exec director last year after more than 20 years of service.
Davis and Yerxa, the producer with such credits as "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Little Children," will face ongoing questions about the foreign-language category's voting methodology and eligibility requirements for the Oscars.
A native of Los Angeles raised by two parents and "Hill Street Blues," Jon Weisman ankled his scriptwriting career and began working for Variety in 2004, subsequently serving as associate editor of features and television reporter before becoming awards editor. He promises not to use this platform to retroactively campaign for Oscars for “The Misfits,” though he’d feel justified in doing so.
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