Film academy museum names building for donor of $50M gift

LOS ANGELES — The film academy is naming its main museum building in honour of Cheryl and Haim Saban, who have donated $50 million to the project.

Officials from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures said Wednesday that the historic May Company building on Wilshire Boulevard’s Miracle Mile will now be known as the Saban Building.

The Sabans’ gift brings the museum’s fundraising campaign within $100 million of its $388 million goal.

The museum honouring the history and art of film is set to open in 2019.