Bruce Davis, Longtime AMPAS Executive Director, Dies at 83

Bruce Davis, who served as Executive Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, died on September 5 in Los Angeles at the age of 83.

• Bruce Davis died on September 5 in Los Angeles.
• He was 83 years old at the time of his death.
• Davis served as Executive Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
• He helped develop the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive.
• Davis started at the Academy overseeing public programming.

Davis had a notable tenure at the Academy, helping develop the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, and overseeing public programming before being named Executive Director in 1989.