The following is a partial list of unions, guilds, associations, and entertainment-industry organizations of interest to actors, performers, and media professionals.
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Entertainment-Industry Unions & Professional Organizations:
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
- Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Actors' Equity Association (AEA)
- The Actors Fund
- Alliance for Women in Media
- Alliance of Motion Pictures & Television Producers (AMPTP)
- American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
- American Cinema Editors, Inc. (ACE)
- American Cinematheque at the Egyptian & Aero Theatres
- American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
- American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA)
- American Humane Association Film & TV Unit
- American Screenwriters Association (ASA)
- American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)
- American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP)
- American Society of Young Musicians (ASYM)
- Art Directors Guild & Scenic, Title, and Graphic Artists
- The Association of Celebrity Personal Assistants
- Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP)
- Association of Talent Agents (ATA)
- BMI
- California Arts Council (CAC)
- CineStory
- Commercial Casting Directors Association (CCDA)
- Costume Designers Guild (CDG)
- Directors Guild of America (DGA)
- Doculink
- Film Festival Group
- Film Independent
- Filmmakers Alliance (FA)
- Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA)
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA)
- Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS)
- Horror Writers Association
- The HUMANITAS Prize
- Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
- Independent Filmmaker's Project (IFP)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
- International Documentary Association
- Location Managers Guild of America
- Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
- Motion Picture Editors Guild
- Multicultural Motion Picture Association (MMPA)
- Music Video Production Association (MVPA)
- National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS)
- National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA)
- National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)
- National Conference of Personal Managers (NCOPM)
- National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
- New York Women in Film & Television
- The Norman Lear Center
- The Organization of Black Screenwriters (OBS)
- PEN
- Producers Guild of America (PGA)
- SAG-AFTRA
- Scriptwriters Network
- Society of Camera Operators (SOC)
- Stage Directors & Choreographers Society (SDC)
- Talent Managers Association (TMA)
- The Black Filmmaker Foundation (BFF)
- Women In Film (WIF)
- Writers Guild of America (WGA)
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