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17th Screen Actors Guild Awards
17th Screen Actors Guild Awards, held January 30, 2011 at the Shrine Exposition Center, honored 2010 performances; The King's Speech won cast and Colin Firth lead actor, Boardwalk Empire and Modern Family took TV ensembles, Ernest Borgnine received the Life Achievement Award.
19th Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards), held January 27, 2013 at the Shrine Exposition Center, first ceremony of merged SAG-AFTRA; Argo won cast, Day-Lewis and Lawrence lead film acting, Downton Abbey drama ensemble, Dick Van Dyke Life Achievement.
2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
The 2007–08 WGA strike: 100-day walkout, November 5, 2007 to February 13, 2008, by about 12,000 Writers Guild members against the AMPTP over new media residuals, ending with near-unanimous ratification.
2023 SAG-AFTRA strike
The 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike was a 118-day work stoppage by the actors union SAG-AFTRA against Hollywood studios from July 14 to November 9, 2023, the first time actors and writers struck together since 1960.
2023 Writers Guild of America strike
The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike was a 148-day walkout by about 11,500 film and TV writers, lasting from May 2 to September 27, 2023.
21st Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, held January 25, 2015 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, honored 2014 performances; Birdman won the film cast award, Redmayne and Moore won lead film acting, and Debbie Reynolds received the 51st Life Achievement Award.
25th Screen Actors Guild Awards
25th Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards), silver-anniversary ceremony held Jan. 27, 2019 at the Shrine Auditorium, hosted by Megan Mullally; Black Panther won cast, Malek and Close won lead film acting, Alan Alda received the 55th Life Achievement Award.
26th Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards (January 19, 2020, Shrine Auditorium, TNT/TBS) honored 2019 performances; Parasite won the ensemble prize, De Niro received the 56th Life Achievement Award.
27th Screen Actors Guild Awards
27th Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards 2021): virtual, pre-taped TNT/TBS ceremony on April 4, 2021; Trial of the Chicago 7 won ensemble; Davis, Boseman, Kaluuya and Youn made SAG history.
29th Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards honored 2022 film and television performances on February 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, with Everything Everywhere All at Once the top film winner.
7th Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards, held March 11, 2001 at the Shrine Exposition Center and broadcast on TNT, honored 2000 performances; Traffic, Julia Roberts, Benicio Del Toro, The West Wing, and Life Achievement honorees Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee won.
8th Screen Actors Guild Awards
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held March 10, 2002 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition on TNT, honoring 2001 performances; Gosford Park won film cast, Crowe and Berry won lead acting, Edward Asner received the Life Achievement Award.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the nonprofit founded in 1927 that presents the Oscars; 11,000+ members in 19 branches, led by CEO Bill Kramer and President Lynette Howell Taylor, also running the Academy Museum and Academy Collection.
Alan Smithee
Alan Smithee (Allen Smithee) is the official DGA pseudonym used by film directors to disown films whose final cut they lost control of, first used on Death of a Gunfighter (1968) and retired in 2000 after Burn Hollywood Burn.
American Cinema Editors
American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film and television editors founded in 1950, distinct from the Motion Picture Editors Guild; members use the ACE credit and it presents the annual ACE Eddie Awards.
Art Directors Guild
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) is a Hollywood labor union founded in 1937 as the Society of Motion Picture Art Directors, representing about 3,300 production designers, art directors, scenic, title, graphic, set, and model-making artists.
Creative Artists Agency
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), founded 1975 by five ex-William Morris agents including Michael Ovitz, is a leading Hollywood talent and sports agency. TPG held a majority stake from 2014 until François-Henri Pinault's Artémis bought it for about $7 billion in 2023.
Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America (DGA), formerly Screen Directors Guild: US labor guild founded 1936, 19,500+ members, bargaining agent for directors, ADs, and UPMs under the 2023–2026 Basic Agreement with the AMPTP.
Film Workers for Palestine
Film Workers for Palestine is an international coalition of film workers formed in early 2024, known for its Pledge to End Complicity, signed by more than 5,000 members of the film industry.
International Federation of Actors
International Federation of Actors (FIA, Fédération Internationale des Acteurs), global federation of performers' trade unions founded 1952 by British Equity and the French SFA; about 80 member organisations in over 60 countries; president Gabrielle Carteris; Secretariat in Brussels.
Motion Picture Sound Editors
Motion Picture Sound Editors is a professional honorary society founded in 1953. Unlike unions, it is a worldwide network welcoming artists in dialogue, ADR, sound effects, and music.
Nadigar Sangam (நடிகர் சங்கம்)
Nadigar Sangam (நடிகர் சங்கம்), formerly the South Indian Artistes' Association, is a Chennai-based union representing more than 3,000 film, television, and drama artistes in Tamil Nadu, India.
Negro Actors Guild of America
Negro Actors Guild of America (NAG), welfare and benevolent organization for Black performers founded in New York City in 1936-1937 by Fredi Washington, W. C. Handy, Paul Robeson, and Ethel Waters; gave financial aid, fought stereotyping, published The Negro Actor, and dissolved in 1981-1982.
SAG Awards records and statistics
The SAG Awards records and statistics cover the Screen Actors Guild Awards, presented since 1995 and renamed the Actor Awards in 2026, and their record for predicting Oscars.
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, is the AFL-CIO union formed March 30, 2012 by merging SAG (founded 1933) and AFTRA (1937), representing about 160,000 performers across 25 US locals; notable for the 1960 residuals strike, the 118-day 2023 strike, and the 2026 TV/Theatrical Agreement with pension merger and AI protections.
Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Hollywood performers' union founded 1933, won its first studio contract in 1937; merged with AFTRA on March 30, 2012, forming SAG-AFTRA; its awards show became the Actor Awards in 2026.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the ensemble award under the renamed Actor Awards, honors a feature film's full acting cast; voted by 122,000+ SAG-AFTRA members, requires single-card billing, and is a key Oscar bellwether.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, also under the Actor Awards name, is the SAG-AFTRA peer-voted film award for a woman's lead movie performance, first given in 1995; recent winners include Michelle Yeoh, Lily Gladstone, Demi Moore, and Jessie Buckley for Hamnet.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
SAG-AFTRA film award for a male actor in a leading role, presented since 1995; first won by Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump; renamed Actor Awards in 2026; current winner Michael B. Jordan for Sinners.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
SAG-AFTRA honor for a film's stunt performers and coordinators, introduced at the 14th SAG Awards in 2008 with first winner The Bourne Ultimatum; announced on the red carpet, most recently won by Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.