You’ll find some decent books on the legal end of the business here.
Movie Industry Directories
- Directory of Film Schools
- Hollywood Creative Directory Online
- International Film and TV Resources
- Internet Movie Database
- MovieBytes
- Wiki List of Film Festivals
- Wiki List of Film Distributors
Performance Rights Licensing Companies
- Church Video Licensing International.
- Criterion Pictures
- Motion Picture Licensing Corporation
- Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.
Clip Licensing
- 20th Century-Fox Licensing and Merchandising
- Disney Consumer Products
- Footage.net -Searches Multiple Content Providers
- MGM Clip+Still
- Paramount Clip Licensing
- Shutter Stock Footage
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Clip & Still Licensing
- Universal Studios Media Licensing
- Warner Bros.
Movie Unions and Guilds
- AFTRA – The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
- Animation Guild
- The Art Director’s Guild
- ASCAP- The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- The Costum Designer’s Guild
- The Director’s Guild of America
- Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
- Motion Pictures Editor’s Guild
- The Screen Actor’s Guild
- SAG Indie
- Society of American Fight Directors
- The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
- Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures
- Visual Effects Society
- The Writer’s Guild of America
- Writer’s Guild of America East
- Writer’s Guild of America West
Other Movie Organizations
- Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences
- Actors Equity Association
- AIVF – the Independent
- The American Film Institute
- The Association of Film Commissioners International
- EIF – The Entertainment Industry Foundation
- Filmmaker.com
- Frameline Online -GLBT
- Gen Art
- IFTA – Independent Film and Television Alliance
- Independent Feature Project
- International Documentary Association
- ITVS – Independent Television Service
- The Motion Picture Association of America
- National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture
- Women in Film
