Besides "Slumdog Millionaire", ambassador Christian Colson has been cited for "The Descent", cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle for "The Last King of Scotland" and blur editor Chris Dickens called for "Shaun of the Dead".

They are a part of 134 artists and admiral who acquire acclaimed themselves by their contributions to affected motion pictures. Those who acquire the allurement will be the alone additions in 2009 to the Academy's agenda of voting members.

"These filmmakers have, over the advance of their careers, captured the acuteness of audiences about the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis in an advertisement from Beverly Hills, California.

"It's this affectionate of aptitude and adroitness that accomplish up the Academy, and I acceptable anniversary of them to our ranks."

The Academy's associates would acquire accustomed a best of 166 new associates in 2009, but as in the antecedent years, the several branchcommittees accustomed beneath candidates than were proposed to them.

Voting associates in the organisation has now captivated abiding at just beneath 6,000 associates back 2003.

New associates will be accustomed into the Academy at an invitation-only accession at the Academy's Fairbanks Centre for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills in September.