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This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...
The Costume Designer
A behind-the-scenes look at the responsibilities of the cinematographer. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
The Cinematographer
Morgan Neville breaks down the documentary filmmaking process.
A Documentary on Documentaries
A behind-the-scenes look at all the responsibilities (and headaches) a director assumes when making a motion picture.
The Screen Director
Agnès Varda shares her career and life story on the eve of receiving her Honorary Oscar in 2017: from her childhood and early influences to...
A Visual History with Agnès Varda
What goes in to the phrase, "Let's go to the movies"? An off-screen narrator takes us back to the earliest days of film: clips remind us of early...
Let's Go to the Movies
Produced in association with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as part of a twelve part series called The Industry Film Project, meant...
This Theatre and You
This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.
The Screen Writer
This short on movie sound men starts with a short history of sound in the movies. We then see how the different jobs in the sound department...
The Soundman
A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors'...
The Art Director
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Screen Actors
This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him...
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
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