This section will attempt to link only a sampling of preeminent major associations, guilds, and industry publications.

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences <Oscars.org> - (details later)
  
  
• American Film Institute <AFI.com> - (details later)
  
  
• The American Society of Cinematographers <TheASC.com> - (details later)
  
  
• Director's Guild of America <DGA.org> -
  web site excerpts: "Today, through the collective voice of more than 13,400 members that the DGA represents, the Guild seeks to protect directorial teams' legal and artistic rights, contend for their creative freedom, and strengthen their ability to develop meaningful and credible careers."
  
  
• International Cinematographers Guild <CameraGuild.com> - (details later) Has large link collection.
  
  
• International Documentary Assn. <Documentary.org> -
  web site excerpts: "to promote nonfiction film and video around the world by:
  - Supporting and recognizing the efforts of documentary film and video makers
  - Increasing public appreciation and demand for the documentary
  - Providing a forum for documentary makers, their supporters and suppliers"
  
  
• The Motion Picture Association of America <MPAA.org> - (details later)
  
  
• Motion Picture Editors Guild <EditorsGuild.com> -
  web site excerpts: "national labor organization currently representing over 6,000 freelance and staff post-production professionals..... As Local 700 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), an international union over 100 years old, we are allied with some 500 affiliated locals in the United States and Canada with a combined membership of more than 104,000. This strength increases our collective power at the bargaining table and results in better contracts with superior benefits. MPEG negotiates new collective bargaining agreements (union contracts) and enforces existing agreements with employers involved in post-production."
  
  
• Screen Actors' Guild <SAG.org> - (details later)
  
  
• The Society of Camera Operators <SOC.org> -
  web site excerpts: "a nonprofit organization, advances the art and creative contribution of the operating cameraman in the motion picture and television industries. The Society serves the purpose of bringing into the closest confederation Industry leaders in their fields..... In our efforts to recognize the excellence in American film production, the Society has initiated the Heritage Film Series"
  
  
• The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers <SMPTE.org> -
  web site excerpts: "founded in 1916 to advance theory and development in the motion imaging field. Today, as the leading technical society for the motion imaging industry, SMPTE provides its members many benefits.
  * Participation in development of industry standards
  * Continuing education through seminars, exhibitions and conferences
  * Communications on the latest technology developments
  * A connection to a network of like-minded individuals"
  
  
• Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers <StillPhotographers.com> - This appears to be a small organization judging by the home page, but the credits of members are quite impressive enough..
  
  
• Writers' Guild of America West Registry <WGARegistry.org> -
  web site excerpts: "The WGAw registry assists writers and other creators in establishing the completion dates of material written for the fields of radio, film, television, video and interactive media."

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