
Photo Credit: ©Academy Museum Foundation, Photo by: Andrew Ge
About the Exhibition
Stories of Cinema is presented in the Spielberg Family Gallery and located in the museum’s Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby. Free and open to the public, this 16-minute media installation travels from the very beginnings of film to the groundbreaking movies of today. Pulling from more than 700 films, the revelatory moments presented here are a prelude to the cinematic stories continued in the rest of the museum.
Explore the full list of films featured in the gallery here.
This gallery is curated by Jenny He, senior exhibitions curator, with support from Esme Douglas and Manouchka Kelly Labouba, former curatorial assistants, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.


Supported By
Dolby is the exclusive audio sponsor of this gallery.
Stories of Cinema is presented by PwC. Major funding is provided by Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman. Generous support is provided by Amazon MGM Studios, Ruderman Family Foundation, FotoKem, Barbara Roisman Cooper and Martin M. Cooper, Jocelyn R. Katz, John Ptak and Margaret Black, Lauren Shuler Donner, Randy E. Haberkamp, Kevin McCormick and A. Scott Berg, and John and Lacey Williams. Technology solutions generously provided by Panasonic and Sony Electronics Inc. Powered by Dolby. Academy Museum digital engagement platform sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies.