David Hill and Reginald Hudlin have been named producers of the 88th Oscar telecast, Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said Tuesday.
Hill, an Emmy Award winner and former senior vice president of 21st Century Fox, and director Hudlin will mount the live show from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016.
Hudlin directed last year’s Governors Awards, which honored the likes of Harry Belafonte, and is said to be a longtime favorite of Boone Isaacs.
He was nominated for Best Picture in 2012 as a producer of “Django Unchained,” and also directed the 1992 Eddie Murphy comedy “Boomerang.”