Jacqueline Stewart to lead Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart has been named the next director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

The organisation’s board of trustees said on Wednesday that Stewart, who previously served as the museum’s chief artistic and programming officer, will succeed Bill Kramer to guide the vision of the museum from July 18.