Rickey Minor will return as music director of the 2024 Oscars, set to air dwell on ABC on Sunday, March 10, on the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Minor additionally served as music director final yr.
Minor has acquired 15 Primetime Emmy nominations for excellent music course, successful twice. He has been nominated 3 times for his work on the Oscars, 3 times for The Kennedy Heart Honors, twice for the Grammy Awards and twice for “Grammy Salutes” specials to the Bee Gees and Aretha Franklin. He has additionally been nominated for the next specials: Genius: A Evening for Ray Charles, An Night of Stars: Tribute to Chaka Khan, Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Efficiency on the White Home, Taking the Stage: African American Music and Tales That Modified America and Celebrating America – An Inauguration Evening Particular.
The Oscars’ government producer and showrunner is Raj Kapoor, who has been related to the Oscars telecast for seven years. Kapoor has been one in all three government producers (together with Ben Winston and Jesse Collins) of the Grammy Awards the final three years. Kapoor gained his first Primetime Emmy two years in the past as an government producer of Adele: One Evening Solely, which gained as excellent selection particular (pre-recorded).
The Oscars’ director is Hamish Hamilton, who has directed the Grammys in three of the final 4 years. Hamilton gained his first Primetime Emmy final month when he gained excellent directing for a range particular (together with Jay-Z) for The Apple Music Tremendous Bowl LVII Halftime Present Starring Rihanna.
Kapoor and fellow government producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan additionally introduced different key members of their manufacturing workforce for the 96th Oscars, which Jimmy Kimmel is internet hosting for the fourth time.
Rob Paine returns as co-executive producer, and Taryn Hurd returns as expertise producer. Producers Sarah Levine Corridor, Erin Irwin and Jennifer Sharron and lighting designers Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz additionally rejoin the workforce. The workforce additionally consists of manufacturing designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley.
The Academy introduced that there might be 24 (depend ’em) writers on this yr’s Oscar telecast (so the present had higher be humorous). The platoon of writers consists of Kimmel, so it most likely might be.
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