Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas

Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas
The Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) is a professional honorary organization founded on July 3, 1946, in Mexico City to promote the dissemination, research, preservation, development, and defense of the cinematographic arts and sciences. Currently, the president of the AMACC is producer Mónica Lozano Serrano.
The AMACC is committed to making Mexican cinema known and valued in Mexico and abroad. It organizes meetings between filmmakers, annually rewards the films exhibited during each year, in addition to publishing books that talk about the development of the Mexican film industry, and participates in the conservation of cinematographic works in Mexico. At the same time, it defends the creative and labor freedom of Mexican filmmakers from censorship and labor grievances.
The AMACC is endorsed by the cinematographic trajectory of its members and by their willingness to selflessly defend the present and the future of Mexican cinema.
History
The following people were present before a notary public during the signing of the document:
Celestino Gorostiza, screenwriter and director
Felipe Gregorio Castillo, cinematographer
Raúl de Anda, producer
Carlos Carriedo Galván, lawyer
César Santos Galindo, lawyer
Fernando Soler, actor
Manuel Fontanals, scenographer
Ignacio Fernández Esperón “Tata Nacho”, composer
Eduardo Hernández Moncada, pianist and composer
Oswaldo Diaz Rúanova, journalist
Fernando Morales Ortiz, journalist
Eugenio Maldonado, lawyer
José María Sánchez García, journalist
Antonio Castro Leal, lawyer
Adela Formoso de Obregón Santacilia film instructor
Carlos Pellicer, screenwriter
Alejandro Galindo, director and screenwriter
Juán Manuel Torrea
Jorge Fernández, scenographer
Francisco de P. Cabrera, producer
Ángel Garasa Bergés, actor
Adolfo Fernández Bustamante, director
Gabriel Figueroa cinematographer, among others.
This was a moment where the movie industry in Mexico was going through its peak. The year before, alone, 85 movies had been made, a record figure even today. The purpose of creating the Academy was to promote advancements in the arts and sciences of film-making, as well as to give public recognition and to outstanding film productions and promote future research.
In practice, however, most of the efforts of the Academy went on to recognize the best films with its award: the Ariel. Every year, from 1947 to 1958, the Ariel was awarded. After 1958 the number of productions fell considerably and it was not until 1972 when the ceremony was held again, and it has every year until the present year.
Current Administration
Members
Active members
Mónica Lozano Serrano
Marina Stavenhagen Vargas
Flavio González Mello
Rodrigo Herranz Fanjul
Ernesto Contreras Flores
Everardo González
Lucía Gajá Ferrer
Nerio Barberis Occhione
Guadalupe Ferrer Andrade
Jorge Michel Grau
Leticia Huijara
Adela Cortázar
Alberto Cortés
Alejandro García
Arcelia Ramírez
Armando Casas Pérez
Axel Muñoz
Bárbara Enríquez
Daniel Hidalgo
Francisco Vargas
Francisco X. Rivera
Gloria Carrasco
Guillermo Granillo
Ignacio Ortiz
Inna Payán
Isabel Muñoz Cota
Jorge Zárate
José Sefami
Juan Carlos Colombo
Juan José Saravia
Karina Gidi
Kenya Márquez Alkadif Cortés
Laura Imperiale
Mariana Rodríguez
Mariestela Fernández
Miguel Hernández
Nicolás Echevarría
Omar Guzmán
Roberto Fiesco
Samuel Larson
Serguei Saldívar Tanaka
Sofía Carrillo
Tatiana Huezo
Verónica Langer
Víctor Ugalde
Emeritus Members
Bertha Navarro
Blanca Guerra
Carlos Carrera
Diana Bracho
Dolores Heredia
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Felipe Cazals
Jorge Fons
Jorge Sánchez Sosa
Juan Antonio de la Riva
Lucía Álvarez
Toni Kuhn
Honorary Members
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, represented by Alfredo Loaeza
Cineteca Nacional, represented by Alejandro Pelayo
Dirección General de Actividades Cinematográficas – Filmoteca de la UNAM, represented by Hugo Villa Smythe
Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas (UNAM), represented by Manuel López Monroy
Fernando Pérez Gavilán
References
External links
Official site
AMACC UNAM
Historia
Premio Ariel - IMCINE
La AMACC surgió para respaldar la búsqueda de un cine más ambicioso: Juan Antonio de la Riva
Academia Mexicana de Cine, trayectoria de 68 años de trabajo
Film organizations in Mexico
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1946 establishments in Mexico
Organizations established in 1946