THE AKSM PRESS

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release | February 20, 2020

Andrew McKeough Makes Official Donation to the Academy Museum

LOS ANGELES - AKSM Media and AKSM Film Studios is proud to announce that actor and filmmaker Andrew McKeough has made an official gift to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

The gift which was presented to the Academy on February 12, will serve as one of many expected gifts to the museum. The exact amount of the gift is not being released at this time.

With this donation, McKeough becomes a Founding Supporter of the Academy Museum as it is slated to open on December 14, 2020 as announced at the 92nd Academy Awards program on February 9, 2020.

McKeough’s gift adds to an ambitious fundraising goal of $388 million, 95% of which the Academy has already raised.

Official Statement by Andrew McKeough

I would like to say thank you to the Academy for creating something that will ensure that generations to come will know the history and art of film. When I was in second grade, I saw Steven Spielberg’s Jaws for the first time. I - as many before me and many after me - found the film and cinematography to be a piece of art. Spielberg became my hero and I knew from then that I wanted to have something to do with film. I hope that this small gift is able to benefit the larger goal of the Academy Museum to educate and showcase all that makes film great as both an art form and as a piece of history. I hope that with this donation, I am able to let the future learn from the past.