Producers Marcia Nasatir and Bonnie Arnold suggest rapid pace of change at voting body could undermine requirement for high standard of professional achievement Two high-profile members of the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have said the body which organises the Oscars must take great care not to sacrifice standards in its ongoing efforts to improve diversity. Marcia Nasatir, formerly the first female vice president of production at studio United Artists, and Oscar-nominated DreamWorks Animation producer Bonnie Arnold, signalled concern at the rapid pace of moves to improve the number of ethnic minority, female and younger members. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs last month oversaw the induction of 322 new “invitees”, the largest in the body’s history.

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