“The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a global organization and is deeply committed to celebrating our international film industry. I am thrilled to be joining the 4th edition of the KF Washington DC Polish Film Festival to honor and support the vital Polish filmmaking community.”

– Bill Kramer 

Chief Executive Officer 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 

Bill Kramer is the CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the world's preeminent organization devoted to cinema. In this role, he oversees a budget of $180MM and a team of over 700. He is responsible for all of the Academy's global operations and programs, including the Oscars, the Academy Foundation, services for the organization's 11,000 global members, and the $500MM Academy100 revenue diversification campaign. Most recently, Kramer negotiated historic and forward-looking deals with Google/YouTube and AEG for the Academy. 

Prior to his position as Academy CEO, Kramer was the Director and President of the Academy Museum, which he successfully opened in September 2021. In this role, Kramer oversaw all aspects of the project’s management, staffing, design, curation, fundraising, and creative direction. 

He previously served as the museum’s Managing Director of Development and External Affairs, successfully raising $250MM to move the project into construction and managing its public approvals and planning process. In addition, Kramer has led capital and comprehensive fundraising campaigns for the Columbia University School of the Arts and the California Institute of the Arts and has served in senior external affairs and fundraising positions at the Sundance Institute, the Rhode Island School of Design and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 

Bill holds a Master of Urban Planning and Public Administration degree from New York University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

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