The Academy Taps Emmy-Winning Duo to Come Back as Executive Producers of the 2025 Oscars

Contemporary off the telecast’s first Emmy win for Excellent Selection Particular (Reside), the Oscars will as soon as once more be helmed by government producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, with the previous additionally returning as showrunner, and Hamish Hamilton again because the director of the 2025 Academy Awards.

The award-winning producers could have a number of members of their 2024 workforce again with them for the 2025 broadcast, together with manufacturing designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, who additionally received Emmys for his or her work on the 96th Oscars, and pink carpet present government producer David Chamberlin. They may all be joined by Michael Bearden, who might be serving as music director of the Oscars for the primary time. 

Notably lacking is the top author of “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” Molly McNearney, who informed IndieWire in August that she and companion Jimmy Kimmel pulled away from being government producers of the Oscars once more to be able to deal with protecting the 2024 election on their late night time present.

The information was introduced on Monday, October 28, by Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences CEO Invoice Kramer and president Janet Yang, who mentioned by way of assertion, “We’re delighted to announce the return of our extremely dynamic and inventive Oscars workforce, Raj, Katy, Hamish, Misty, Alana and Dave. And we’re thrilled to announce the addition of the good Michael Bearden.” The pair added, “Their love for cinema, their collective inventive imaginative and prescient and their unparalleled experience in dwell tv make them the right workforce to create an distinctive present for our world viewers on the movie business’s largest night time.”

For his or her half, Kapoor and Mullan mentioned, “We’re thrilled to guide the good Oscars manufacturing workforce once more and work alongside the Academy and Disney/ABC to assist create an unforgettable night time of tv for film lovers worldwide,” as a part of the announcement. “We hope to proceed to encourage and join new generations to share our love for the artwork of filmmaking and have fun all of the unimaginable artists who’re Oscar-nominated this yr.”

Lastly, Rob Mills, government vp, Unscripted and Different Leisure, Walt Disney Tv, reacted to the information by saying, “Final yr’s present was an amazing success in no small half to the inventive imaginative and prescient of Raj, Katy, Hamish and their groups. We’re excited to have them again and might’t await what’s in retailer for the 97th telecast.”

The 97th Oscars will air dwell on ABC and broadcast retailers worldwide on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official dwell pink carpet present airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.