Associations/Guilds/Unions

Listed here is an exhaustive source to the most prominent and important professional organizations in the filmmaking industry. Ranging from the academies that bring you the Oscar and the Emmy to the Screen Actors and Directors Guilds of America.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Actors Equity Association American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Independent Film & Television Alliance (fomerly American Film Marketing Association) Association of Film Commissioners International American Society of Cinematographers AssistantDirectors.com American Cinema Editors Cinema Audio Society Casting Society of America Directors Guild of America Screen Actors Guild Writer's Guild of America (West) Writer's Guild of America (East) Motion Picture Association of America (gives ratings to the movies) Filmmakers Alliance Independent Feature Project Women in Film Motion Picture Editors Guild