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
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