The Academy is made up of more than a dozen “ branches ” of directors, actors, cinematographers, art directors and so forth. These smaller groups first select five nominees for each prize category within their branch. Those nominations are then sent to all 5500 members of the Academy to vote on. Submitted ballots are given to a firm of accountants, which uses an actuarial formula to calculate the results.
基本上，影藝學院採行會員制，由導演、演員、攝影、美術指導等十多個專業領域工作者組成小組，各自先選出代表自己領域的 5 部入圍影片，至於得獎名單則由全數 5,500 名會員共同投票選出，會員投下票後，再交由會計師事務所透過一套數學公式精算結果。