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| Abbreviation | AMPTP |
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| Founded | 1924; 102 years ago (1924) |
| Type | Trade association |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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President | Greg Hessinger |
| Affiliations | MPA |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | Association of Motion Picture Producers |
TheAlliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)[a] is atrade association based inSherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, that represents over 350American television andfilm production companies incollective bargaining negotiations with entertainment industrytrade unions that include, among others,SAG-AFTRA, theDirectors Guild of America, theWriters Guild of America West andEast, theAmerican Federation of Musicians, and theInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.[2]
As the entertainment industry's official collective bargaining representative,[3] the AMPTP, like theMotion Picture Association (MPA), 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 themajor motion picture studios (includingParamount Pictures,Sony Pictures,Universal Pictures,Walt Disney Studios andWarner Bros.), the principalbroadcast television networks (includingABC,CBS,FOX andNBC), streaming services likeNetflix,Apple,[4] andAmazon,[4][5] certaincable television networks, and otherindependent film and television production companies.[citation needed]
The AMPTP was founded in 1924 as theAssociation of Motion Picture Producers (AMPP).[1] It merged with the Alliance of Television Film Producers (ATFP) in 1964[b] and was renamed the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers.[7] In 1966, it also merged with the Society of Independent Producers (formed in 1964).[8] In September 1975,Universal quit the Association during craft negotiations andUnited Artists andWalt Disney Productions also notified the Association of their intention to withdraw the following month.[9] Paramount and Universal formed a new organization, the Alliance. In 1982, the Alliance and the AMPTP merged to form the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.[7][10]
Since its formation, the AMPTP has only had two presidents, beginning withNick Counter from 1982 until 2009.[11] With Counter's retirement in March 2009, Carol Lombardini took over on an interim basis until becoming permanent president seven months later in October.[12][13]
Jarryd Gonzales served as AMPTP's spokesperson from 2015 to 2023.[14][15]
The AMPTP was an affiliate of theMotion Picture Association of America (MPAA).Jack Valenti, former topWhite House aide toLyndon Johnson, started his long tenure as MPAA president in 1966.[16][9]
Other key 20th-century film industry executives who helped shape producer associations wereJoseph Schenck,[17]Lew Wasserman,[18]Sid Sheinberg,[9]Y. Frank Freeman[19] andRichard Jencks.[20]
In October 2023, it was announced that over 2300 film and TV producers signed a petition to drop the word "Producers" from the AMPTP acronym (so that it would be AMPT), saying it was "left over from a long-gone era." They claimed that the alliance no longer reflected the interests of working producers, but rather the interests of studio CEOs.[21][22]
In 2022,post-production workers inNew York City, represented byCommunications Workers of America (CWA) under 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 theNational Labor Relations Board. The group filed for a union election on March 8, 2022.[23]
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