19世纪20年代,美国电影制片业已经在南加州奠基生根,以洛杉矶为中心的九大公司:华纳、哥伦比亚、雷电华、共和、派拉蒙、米高梅、联美、福斯、环球等纷纷成立,影片不断地生产,无论美国国内或国外都普受欢迎,各大公司为了拍片需要,又希望以最廉价的薪资掌握属下,以赚取更多利润,而演职员却希望得到更高的待遇,因此,导演及演员们都有成立工会的意图。影片公司老板们深恐一旦工会成立,有了组织便难以驾驶,于是由米高梅总裁路易·梅耶创议之下,于一九二六年十一月成立了美国影艺学院(Academy of Ma-tion Picture Arts and Sciences)。 虽然梅耶率先创立影艺学院的目的另有所图,可是多数的会员们却有更高的理想:期望影艺学院能够促进电影艺术与科学的水准, The 1820s, the United States film and television industry has laid the foundation stone in southern California, Los Angeles as the center of nine companies: Warner, Columbia, Raytheon, Republic, Paramount, MGM, United, Fox, Universal Have been established one after another, the film continues to produce, both the United States and the United States are popular, major companies in order to film needs, but also hope that the cheapest salary to master their subordinates, to make more profits, but the credits are hoping to get Higher treatment, therefore, the directors and actors have the intention to establish a trade union. The boss of the film company was afraid that once the trade union was established and organized, it was hard to drive. Under the proposal of MGM President Louis Mayer, in November 1926, the Academy of Ma -tion Picture Arts and Sciences). Although Meyer pioneered the creation of the School of the Arts, as another illustration, most of the members have even higher ideals: they expect the Academy to promote the art and science of cinema,