Sherak is beginning his ninth year as a governor representing the executives branch. He had previously also served as treasurer for the Academy.
In addition, producers branch governor Hawk Koch was elected first vice president. Executives branch governor Robert Rehme was elected to one vice president post and writers branch governor Phil Robinson was re-elected to the other vice president post. Short films and feature animation branch governor John Lasseter was elected treasurer; and actors branch governor Annette Bening was re-elected secretary.
Sherak, a marketing, distribution and production executive with more than four decades of experience in the motion picture industry, is currently a consultant for Skydance Productions and Relativity Media.
Previously, Sherak was a partner at Revolution Studios where he oversaw the release of more than 30 films including Black Hawk Down, Anger Management, Rent and Across the Universe.
Prior to joining Revolution, Sherak was chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Domestic Film Group and served as senior executive vice president of Fox Filmed Entertainment. Previously, he held various positions at Fox, including senior executive vice president, where he oversaw the distribution and postproduction of Mrs. Doubtfire, Speed, and Independence Day, among others.
In 1990 Sherak was named executive vice president of Twentieth Century Fox. Prior to that he was president of domestic distribution and marketing for Fox, where he launched such films as Romancing the Stone, Aliens, Wall Street, Die Hard and Working Girl. He began his career in the industry at Paramount Pictures in 1970.
