Academy Gold - Internship
2026 INTERNSHIPS
Below are descriptions of our partner companies.
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's premier film organization and is home to a global membership of more than 11,000 of the most accomplished film industry artists and leaders. The Academy connects global audiences – its members, the film industry, and film fans – through their shared passion for making and watching films. The Academy does this by recognizing and celebrating the arts and sciences of moviemaking through renowned awards for cinematic achievement, including the Oscars®, the Governors Awards, and the Scientific and Technical Awards. The Academy’s affiliated charitable organization, the Academy Foundation, serves a public benefit through its robust educational, preservation and cultural activities. This includes the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the world's largest global film museum, the Academy Collection, the largest film-related collection in the world, and talent development programs for emerging artists. Year-round, the Academy creates opportunities for all communities to engage with the film world.
THE BLACK LIST INTERN
The Black List is a technology startup and a film/television production company whose mission is to identify and celebrate great screenwriting and the people who do it, wherever they may be. The company does so via its annual list of the industry's most-liked unproduced screenplays, its technology platform offering writers and industry professionals a marketplace for great material, its diversity lists, our screenwriter labs, and its film and television productions. Numerous Black List scripts have gone on to be produced and several have turned into Oscar-nominated and Oscar winning films such as "The Imitation Game," "Argo," "The King's Speech," and "Juno."
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MONKEYPAW PRODUCTIONS INTERN
Monkeypaw Productions cultivates artistic, thought-provoking projects across film, television, and digital platforms and champions highly specific perspectives and artistic collaborations with unique and traditionally underrepresented voices. The company's productions challenge the conventional architecture of genre storytelling from horror to science fiction to social satire, while balancing avant garde visual language with undeniably contagious fun.
SHOUT! FACTORY, LLA, A RADIAL ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY INTERN
Beloved by fans and filmmakers, Shout! Studios is a unique producer and distributor of new and original independent films, classic and contemporary TV, music, animation and comedy. The founders pioneered the careful curation and marketing of pop culture music with their first company, Rhino Records. They brought the same passion for quality content to the video space when founding Shout! Studios (formerly Shout! Factory) in 2003, and today we are a company of just under 100 dedicated employees who love to bring to the public the film and TV content they love themselves – documentaries, drama, comedy, horror, animation, nostalgia and fan favorites, delivered thru theatrical release, digital streaming, downloads, broadcast television and Blu-ray.
STARZ INTERN
STARZ is the leading premium entertainment destination for women and underrepresented audiences, and home to some of the most popular franchises and series on television. STARZ offers a robust programming mix for discerning adult audiences, including boundary-breaking originals and an expansive lineup of blockbuster movies, and is embodied by its brand positioning “We’re All Adults Here.” Complementary to any platform or service, STARZ is available across a wide range of digital OTT platforms and multichannel video distributors and is a bundling partner of choice. STARZ is powered by an industry-leading advanced technology, data analytics and digital infrastructure and the highly rated and first-of-its-kind STARZ app.
Some partner companies require you to apply directly through their website. When applying, be sure to mention your interest in Gold Rising. More partner companies to come.
GROUP EFFORT INITIATIVE
MOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE
NBC UNIVERSAL FILMED ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY