Cheryl Boone Isaacs Named Director Of The Sidney Poitier New American Film School At Arizona State University

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By Okla Jones ·Updated November 16, 2021

Cheryl Boone Isaacs—the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—has been named the new director for The Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University.

Boone Isaacs‘ tenure as director of the three-campus film school will begin on Jan. 1, 2022, and she will head the university’s center in Los Angeles, along with its Tempe and Mesa locations.

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