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The California Film Commission (CFC) was founded in 1985 by then California Governor George Deukmejian [1] to act in an economic development capacity for the state. [2] It is a part of the California Trade and Commerce Agency, [3] formerly the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency. Its purpose is to enhance California's position as the ...
Awards have been divided into four major categories: critics' awards, voted on (usually annually) by a group of critics; festival awards, awards presented to the best film shown in a particular film festival; industry awards, which are selected by professionals working in some branch of the movie industry; and audience awards, which are voted ...
Its membership comprises film critics from Los Angeles–based print and electronic media. In December of each year, the organization votes on the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring members of the film industry who have excelled in their fields over the calendar year.
The association was founded in 1943, [9] by Los Angeles-based foreign journalists who wanted a more organized distributing process for cinema news to non-U.S. markets. [9] [10] The first Golden Globes awardees were for the cinema industry in early 1944 with a ceremony at 20th Century Fox. [11]
The Golden Laurel Awards (subsequently renamed the Producers Guild of America Awards, a.k.a. PGA Awards) were first held in 1990, establishing the Guild Awards as one of the bellwethers for the Academy Awards. 20 of the 29 winners of the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture have gone on to win the Academy Award ...
The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, are presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and is run through the Africa Film Academy. The awards are aimed at ...
It was founded in 1909 as the West Coast production unit of the Centaur Film Company located in Bayonne, New Jersey. [ citation needed ] While not the first movie studio in Los Angeles , Nestor made great strides on October 27, 1911, by establishing the first permanent motion picture studio in Hollywood, California , and producing the first ...
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography is one of the annual film awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. [1]