Bill Mechanic Blasts Academy Leadership in Farewell Letter

Producer Bill Mechanic issued a blistering broadside against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a letter resigning from the Board of Governors last week.The letter, obtained by Variety, faults the Academy’s diversity push, says the Oscar broadcast is “long and boring,” and takes issue with the handling of sexual harassment allegations against the Academy president, John Bailey.

It also takes swipes at Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, without mentioning her by name, and calls on the remaining board members to “change the leadership” of the institution.“I haven’t had any real impact, so now it’s time to leave,” he wrote.

“I feel I have failed the organization.

I feel we have failed the organization.”Mechanic confirmed to Variety that he wrote the letter, but declined to comment further.“This was a private letter.

It should have stayed private,” he said.

“It says what it says.

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