The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) is a trade association based in
Sherman Oaks
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,
California
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, that represents over 350
American television and
film production companies in
collective bargaining
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negotiations with entertainment industry
trade union
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s that include, among others,
SAG-AFTRA
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, the
Directors Guild of America
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, the
Writers Guild of America, West, the
Writers Guild of America, East
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The Writers Guild of America, East is affiliated with the Writers Guild of America West. Together the guilds admin ...
, the
American Federation of Musicians, and the
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
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.
Overview
As the entertainment industry's official collective bargaining representative, the AMPTP, like the
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), is a key trade association for major film and television producers in the United States. The AMPTP currently negotiates 80 industry-wide collective bargaining agreements on behalf of over 350 motion picture and television producers. AMPTP member companies include the
major motion picture studios (including
Paramount Pictures,
Sony Pictures,
Universal Pictures
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,
Walt Disney Studios and
Warner Bros. Pictures
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), the principal
broadcast television networks (including
ABC,
CBS
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,
FOX and
NBC
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), streaming services like
Netflix
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,
Apple TV+,
&
Amazon
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,
certain
cable television networks, and other
independent film and television production companies.
History
The AMPTP was founded in 1924 as the Association of Motion Picture Producers, or AMPP.
According to ''The Film Encyclopedia'', "it was renamed the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers in 1964 to reflect its merger with the Alliance of Television Film Producers. In 1975, two members of the Association, Paramount and Universal, left to form a new organization, the Alliance. In 1982, the Alliance and AMPTP merged to form the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers."
Nick Counter
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(March 21, 1940 - November 6, 2009) was president of the AMPTP from 1982 until March 2009.
Other former presidents and chairmen have included
Joseph Schenck
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Life and career
Schenck was born to a Jewish family in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian Empire. He emigrated to New York City ...
,
Lew Wasserman
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,
Jack Valenti,
Y. Frank Freeman and
Richard Jencks
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.
the current president of the group is
Carol Lombardini
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People with the name
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.
Post Production Guild
In 2022,
post-production workers in
New York City
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, represented by
Communications Workers of America (CWA) using the name The Post Production Guild, signed union cards and asked AMPTP for voluntary union recognition. AMPTP declined to voluntarily recognize the union, saying they support "a secret ballot election process by which a union can become certified as the collective bargaining representative of employees". The CWA referred to AMPTP as "anti-union", alleging the workers are "supervisors" and ineligible for representation by the
National Labor Relations Board
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. The group filed for a union election on March 8, 2022.
See also
*
2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
From November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) went on strike.
The Writers Guild of America ...
*
1988 Writers Guild of America strike
Notes
References
External links
*
Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) records Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930
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Non-profit organizations based in Los Angeles
Organizations established in 1924
Trade associations based in the United States
Communications and media organizations based in the United States
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
1924 establishments in the United States