Birthday of the American Film Academy

This public organization for filmmakers was founded by Louis B. Mayer, the head of the company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and initially it included only 36 people, today in its ranks are more than six thousand cinematographers.

The Film Academy was created with the goal of increasing the prestige of this new art at that time, and also in order to resolve disputes arising between representatives of this industry.

Two years later, in Los Angeles, the first Oscar ceremony took place, its laureates were selected in 12 categories, now the number of nominations has increased to 24.

At the moment, the president of the Academy is the producer Cheryl Bun Isaacs, the first African American woman president of the Academy in history.

According to materials ofcalend.ru