ISLAMABAD: Stermer, who first came to the Academy 31 years ago, has long presided over member screenings, Oscar nominations announcements and other activities at the organization’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Richard Stermer, one of the longest-serving employees of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is retiring, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. For LA-based members of the Academy, that’s very big news. Why? Because Stermer, since 1994, has been a fixture at the 1,000-seat Samuel Goldwyn Theater within the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters — initially as deputy theater manager, then as theater manager and, since January, as senior theater manager — presiding over everything from weekend screenings for members to early-morning Oscar nominations announcements to premieres hosted by studios who rented the venue from the Academy.
