Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures.

Original 36 founders of the Academy

Actors

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• Richard Barthelmess
• Jack Holt
• Conrad Nagel
• Milton Sills
• Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
• Harold Lloyd

Directors

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• Cecil B. DeMille
• Frank Lloyd
• Henry King
• Fred Niblo
• John M. Stahl
• Raoul Walsh

Writers

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• Joseph Farnham
• Benjamin F. Glazer
• Jeanie MacPherson
• Bess Meredyth
• Carey Wilson
• Frank Woods

Technicians

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• J, Arthur Ball
• Cedric Gibbons
• Roy J. Pomeroy

Producers

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• Fred Beetson
• Charles H. Christie
• Sid Grauman
• Milton E. Hoffman
• Jesse L. Lasky
• M. C. Levee
• Louis B. Mayer
• Joseph M. Schenck
• Irving Thalberg
• Harry Warner
• Jack Warner
• Mary Pickford
• Harry Rapf

Lawyers

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• Edwin Loeb
• George W. Cohen