Almost 100 filmmakers – including Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee – have signed an open letter to the Academy of Motion Pictures criticising their decision to present four awards during advert breaks in the Oscars ceremony.
The 91st Academy Awards will take place on 24 February in Los Angeles.
For future ceremonies, four to six categories will be selected on rotation not be shown live, with this year’s categories being exempt in 2020.
On Monday (11 January), the awards body announced that live-action shorts, make-up and hairstyling, cinematography and editing would all be handed out during breaks in the telecast.