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The Hays Code, in effect from 1934 to 1968, was a set of self-imposed industry guidelines for major U.S. film studios.

Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, is among the most prolific film industries globally.

Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or is awarded to the best film of the festival's main competition.

Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg, won seven Academy Awards in 1994 including Best Picture.

Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Cinematography is the art and craft of motion picture photography, with the cinematographer credited as director of photography.

Ingmar Bergman, a Swedish director, made The Seventh Seal (1957) and Persona (1966), among many influential works.

Federico Fellini directed La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8 1/2 (1963), winning four Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

Greta Gerwig directed Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019), and Barbie (2023).

Wes Anderson is known for his distinctive visual style and films including The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

Stanley Kubrick directed 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), and The Shining (1980).

Anime is a style of animation originating in Japan, with global recognition through works like Studio Ghibli's films.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe began with Iron Man in 2008.

The first Lord of the Rings film, The Fellowship of the Ring, was released in December 2001.

Avatar (2009) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) have alternated as the highest-grossing film of all time at various points.

The Lion King (1994) is one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time.

Color motion pictures became commercially viable with Technicolor's three-strip process in the 1930s.

Martin Scorsese directed Taxi Driver (1976), Goodfellas (1990), and The Departed (2006).

Hayao Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed Spirited Away, which won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean filmmaker whose film Parasite won four Academy Awards in 2020 including Best Picture.

Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles in 1941, is widely cited as one of the greatest films ever made.

Walt Disney co-founded the Walt Disney Company with his brother Roy in 1923.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was released in 1977 and directed by George Lucas.

The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was released in 1972 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.

Casablanca, released in 1942, won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker known for films including Seven Samurai (1954) and Rashomon (1950).

Alfred Hitchcock was a British filmmaker known as the Master of Suspense, with films including Psycho (1960) and Vertigo (1958).

The first feature-length animated film was Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released in 1937.

Pixar Animation Studios was founded in 1986 and released its first feature film, Toy Story, in 1995.

The Lumiere brothers held the first public screening of projected films on December 28, 1895, in Paris.

The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, first held in 1929.

Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio, was founded in 1985 and is closely associated with director Hayao Miyazaki.

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, was released between 2001 and 2003.

Steven Spielberg directed Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Schindler's List (1993), among many other films.

Charlie Chaplin was a silent film comedian and director whose Tramp character became a global icon.

Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, released in 1954, has had enormous influence on subsequent cinema worldwide.

The first feature-length sound film, The Jazz Singer, was released in 1927.

Marvel Studios is a film production company owned by The Walt Disney Company since 2009.

Quentin Tarantino directed Pulp Fiction (1994) and Kill Bill (2003-2004), among other films.

Christopher Nolan directed The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), and Oppenheimer (2023).

The film Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020.

The Cannes Film Festival has been held annually in Cannes, France, since 1946.