Veteran producer Jennifer Todd was elected over low-budget horror master Jason Blum in a runoff election for the board of the film academy.
Todd and Blum represented the fourth tie in the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences last week, resulting in the runoff election that swayed in Todd’s favor on Wednesday.
“Todd joins incumbents Albert Berger and Mark Johnson in representing the branch and will assume her post as of July 1,” an AMPAS spokesperson said.
Todd has had a diverse and lengthy career, producing films like Johnny Depp’s “Alice in Wonderland” adaptation at Disney, to indies like the Rashida Jones breakthrough “Celeste & Jesse Forever.”