The honorary society of the American film industry, founded in 1927, whose Academy Awards, presented since 1929, are the most watched film prizes in the world. Beyond the Oscars it maintains a major film archive, library and museum in Los Angeles.
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Received an Honorary Academy Award from the Academy in 1993 for his body of work.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced AM-pass; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures.
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