THE GOLDEN GLOBES® ANNOUNCES VOTING BODY FOR 81ST ANNUAL AWARDS SHOW
10/2/23Voting Body Now Totals 300 Voters and Reflects 60% Diversity
The Live Ceremony Will Take Place on Sunday, January 7, 2024
Submission website now open HERE | Awards Timetable, Rules and Categories HERE
Los Angeles, CA – (October 2, 2023) – Today, the Golden Globes® announced the full list of voters for the 81st Golden Globe Awards, now totaling 300 journalists from around the world, making it the most ethnically diverse of all the major award shows. The 81st Golden Globe Awards will take place on Sunday, January 7, 2024.
“Our commitment to maintaining the diversity of our voting body continues,” said Helen Hoehne, President, Golden Globes. “Our voters represent 76 countries bringing a unique international perspective on nominating the best in motion pictures and television this year.”
“I was very impressed by the number of global applicants and the quality of their work,” said Tim Gray, Executive Vice President, Golden Globes. “The membership committee had a tough time narrowing down the field, but we’re all pleased with the results.”
The voting body includes international voters from countries including Armenia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Serbia and Tanzania. The new breakdown is 47% female, and 60% racially and ethnically diverse, with 26.3% Latinx, 13.3% Asian, 11% Black, and 9% Middle Eastern.
Please find this year’s newly added voters below:
Trinidad Barleycorn (Switzerland)
Paola Casella (Italy)
Ankit Jhunjhunwala (Canada)
Sona Karapoghosyan (Armenia)
Elsa Keslassy (France)
Wael Khairy (Egypt)
Juan Claudio Matossian Güell (Spain)
Zac Ntim (United Kingdom)
Naman Ramachandran (United Kingdom)
Mohammed Rouda (Egypt)
Amon Warmann (United Kingdom)
A complete list of all 300 voting members can be found HERE. Voters underwent a rigorous review and accreditation process with the newly implemented Membership Board of Directors composed of a diverse panel of a majority of outside media professionals reviewing and selecting new voters.
The Golden Globe Awards submission website is now open HERE. The awards timetable, rules and categories can be found HERE, and nominations are set to be announced on Monday, December 11, 2023. Distribution of the show is being finalized and details will be announced soon.
Multi-Emmy Award®-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (WCE) will serve as executive producing showrunners for the 81st Golden Globe Awards, with Weiss also set to direct. Dick Clark Productions will plan, host and produce the annual Golden Globe Awards, which has been viewed in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide and is one of the few awards ceremonies to include both motion picture and television achievements.
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As a premier entertainment award since 1944, the annual Golden Globe Awards has honored achievements in both television and film. Over the last three decades, the licensing fees from the Golden Globe Awards have enabled donations of more than $55 million to entertainment-related charities including scholarship programs, film restoration projects and humanitarian efforts. This funding has also supported diverse programs in partnership with advocacy groups aimed at promoting greater access in Hollywood for underserved communities. Dick Clark Productions is the owner and producer of the Golden Globe Awards. For more information on the Golden Globe Awards, please visit www.GoldenGlobes.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and in Spanish on Twitter, and Facebook.
About Dick Clark Productions
Dick Clark Productions is the world’s largest producer and proprietor of televised live event entertainment programming including the “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “American Music Awards,” “Billboard Music Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” “Golden Globe Awards,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” from 19 Entertainment and DCP, and “Streamy Awards.” Dick Clark Productions owns one of the world’s most extensive and unique entertainment archive libraries with more than 60 years of award-winning shows, historic specials, performances, and legendary programming. Dick Clark Productions is a Penske Media company. For more information, please visit www.DickClark.com.
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