Michael Moore CC 2.0 Nicolas Genin

A trio of Oscar® recipients – director Kathryn Bigelow, film editor Anne Coates and documentarian Michael Moore – make up the year’s first-time electees to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors.

Fourteen of the Academy’s 15 branches are represented by three governors, who may serve up to three consecutive three-year terms, which may be more than you ever wanted to know.  Terms are staggered so that each branch elects or reelects one governor each year, and important if you’re ever asked that question on a game show.  The Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch is represented by a single governor - in case you were wondering.

The Academy may be the only venue Michael Moore wishes to serve as an elected official.   The fiery populist might rather be a modern Thomas Paine than just a mere politician.