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The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was an American non-profit fraternal organization formed by twenty-six film directors on June 18, 1915 in Los Angeles, California. The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ...
1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Griffith Observatory and the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ...
Its articles of incorporation stated as that the organization existed to:
- To maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of motion picture directors;
- To cultivate the usefulness and exert every influence to improve the moral, social and intellectual standing of all persons connected with the motion picture producing business;
- To cultivate social intercourse among its members;
- To aid and assist all worthy distressed members of this association, their wives, widows and orphans.
The following year MPDA members helped their fellow directors working in New York City to form their own branch association. It was officially incorporated in January of 1917 with Allan Dwan elected as its first head. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...
Allan Dwan (April 3, 1885 – December 21, 1981) was a Canadian born pioneering motion picture director, producer and screenwriter. ...
The organization lasted until 1936 when members of the MPDA helped create the Screen Directors Guild, an official craft union. Craft unionism, or sometimes trade unionism, is a labor union organizing method by which labor unions are divided along the lines of workers specific trades, regardless of what industry they work in. ...
Some of the founders and early members of the MPDA were:
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