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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, more commonly known as the Oscars, are awards based on artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry, predominantly centered around films produced in Hollywood.
20th Century Studios
American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly referred to as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, commonly shortened to MGM) is an American film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Culver City, California. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and has been owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon since 2022.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
professional honorary organization
United Artists
American moving image production and distribution company (founded 1919)
American Film Institute
American nonprofit educational arts organization devoted to film
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animation studio
RKO Pictures
American film production and distribution company
Walt Disney Studios
American film studio, one of the four major businesses of The Walt Disney Company
Amblin Entertainment
American film production company
Studio system
method of film production
Hollywood blacklist
mid-20th century banning of people from American entertainment for suspected Communism
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
film critics association
Essanay Studios
American film production company
Palm Springs International Film Festival
annual film festival held in Palm Springs, USA
Monogram Pictures
American film studio
Goldwyn Pictures
former American motion picture production company
Pre-Code Hollywood
US cinema before the Motion Picture Production Code introduction
San Diego Film Critics Society
organization of film reviewers from San Diego-based publications
Amblin Partners
American entertainment company
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
annual film festival held in Santa Barbara, USA
Hollywood Film Awards
American motion picture award
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Los Angeles museum dedicated to films and filmmaking
Samuel Goldwyn Theater
movie theater in Beverly Hills, California, United States, at headquarters of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
L.A. Outfest
Outfest is an LGBTQ-oriented nonprofit that produces two film festivals, operates a movie streaming platform, and runs educational services for filmmakers in Los Angeles. Outfest is one of the key partners, alongside the Frameline Film Festival, the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, and the Inside Out Film and Video Festival, in launching the North American Queer Festival Alliance, an initiative to further publicize and promote LGBT film.
movie ranch
ranch that is used for filming purposes
Hollywood Museum
Film and television history museum
Hollywood Creative Alliance
film critic organization
Consolidated Film Industries
film-processing company that developed film for many Hollywood motion pictures
Gramercy Pictures
American production company label owned by Comcast through Focus Features
Committee for the First Amendment
action group formed in September 1947 by actors in support of the Hollywood Ten during the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
Academy Film Archive
part of the Academy Foundation
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
1979-1996
AFI Conservatory
private film school in Los Angeles, California, USA
Jay Ward Productions
animation studio
Chaplin Studios
film and recording complex
ASIFA-Hollywood
ASIFA-Hollywood, an American non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, is a branch member of the International Animated Film Association. Its purpose is to promote the art of film animation in a variety of ways, including its own archive and an annual awards presentation, the Annie Awards. It is also known as the International Animated Film Society.