Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

Release : 1940.07.31
Popularity : 2.701

A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film...

Release : 1951.03.12
Popularity : 2.562

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Release : 1950.05.13
Popularity : 1.841

A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors'...

Release : 1949.11.12
Popularity : 1.138

Agnès Varda shares her career and life story on the eve of receiving her Honorary Oscar in 2017: from her childhood and early influences to...

Release : 2017.11.09
Popularity : 1.113

This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him...

Release : 1987.03.11
Popularity : 1.026

Produced in association with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as part of a twelve part series called The Industry Film Project, meant...

Release : 1948.09.08
Popularity : 0.988

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...

Release : 1950.07.13
Popularity : 0.881

This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.

Release : 1950.09.13
Popularity : 0.87

Produced in association with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as part of a twelve part series called The Industry Film Project, meant...

Release : 1948.12.31
Popularity : 0.68

What goes in to the phrase, "Let's go to the movies"? An off-screen narrator takes us back to the earliest days of film: clips remind us of early...

Release : 1949.05.13
Popularity : 0.378

A behind-the-scenes look at the responsibilities of the cinematographer. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Release : 1951.01.13
Popularity : 0.329

This short on movie sound men starts with a short history of sound in the movies. We then see how the different jobs in the sound department...

Release : 1950.01.13
Popularity : 0.284