Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Presidents of The Academy

Presidents of The Academy

Presidents are elected for one-year terms and may not be elected for more than four consecutive terms.

• Douglas Fairbanks 1927–1929
• William C. deMille 1929–1931
• M. C. Levee 1931–1932
• Conrad Nagel 1932–1933
• J. Theodore Reed 1933–1934
• Frank Lloyd 1934–1935
• Frank Capra 1935–1939
• Walter Wanger 1939–1941, 1941–1945
• Bette Davis 1941 (resigned after two months)
• Jean Hersholt 1945–1949
• Charles Brackett 1949–1955
• George Seaton 1955–1958
• George Stevens 1958–1959
• B. B. Kahane 1959–1960 (died)
• Valentine Davies 1960–1961 (died)
• Wendell Corey 1961–1963
• Arthur Freed 1963–1967
• Gregory Peck 1967–1970
• Daniel Taradash 1970–1973
• Walter Mirisch 1973–1977
• Howard W. Koch 1977–1979
• Fay Kanin 1979–1983
• Gene Allen 1983–1985
• Robert Wise 1985–1988
• Richard Kahn 1988–1989
• Karl Malden 1989–1992
• Robert Rehme 1992–1993, 1997–2001
• Arthur Hiller 1993–1997
• Frank Pierson 2001–2005
• Sid Ganis 2005–2009
• Tom Sherak 2009–2012
• Hawk Koch 2012–present