'Decision to Leave' Park Hae-il Invited as New Member of the US Academy

Announcement of 398 Invitees... Including Writer Jeong Seokyung

Actor Park Hae-il has been invited as a new member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which hosts the American Academy Awards (Oscars).

On the 28th (local time), AMPAS announced 398 new members invited this year.

Park Hae-il [Photo by Yonhap News]

Park Hae-il was the only Korean actor to be named.

Screenwriter Jung Seo-kyung, who has collaborated multiple times with director Park Chan-wook, including the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Best Director-winning film "Decision to Leave" (2022), as well as "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" (2005), "Thirst" (2009), and "The Handmaiden" (2016), was also invited as a new member in the screenwriter category.

If they accept the Academy's invitation and become official members, they will be able to exercise voting rights for the Oscars in the future.

Additionally, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directors of "Everything Everywhere All at Once," which won seven Oscars last year, along with actors Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu, were also included on the invitation list.

If all of them accept the invitation, the total number of Academy members will reach 10,817.

Previously, starting with Song Kang-ho and Choi Min-sik, directors Bong Joon-ho and Im Kwon-taek, directors Park Chan-wook, Lee Chang-dong, Hong Sang-soo, and Lim Soon-rye, as well as actors Lee Byung-hun, Bae Doona, Ha Jung-woo, Kim Min-hee, and Cho Jin-woong, have earned membership in the Academy.

Following "Parasite" sweeping four awards including Best Picture and Best Director at the 92nd Academy Awards, Choi Woo-shik, Jang Hye-jin, Cho Yeo-jeong, Lee Jung-eun, and Park So-dam were invited. The following year, Youn Yuh-jung, who won Best Supporting Actress for "Minari," also became a member.

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