MARY PICKFORD INSTITUTE FOR FILM EDUCATION

MARY PICKFORD INSTITUTE FOR FILM EDUCATION continues the Foundation’s goal to serve the public and increase awareness of Mary Pickford’s legacy of creativity and charity. Her belief in artistic independence and the need to provide opportunities for talent, regardless of gender or ethnicity, is an important part of this legacy.

The Institute is open to the public. There you will find a research library based on Ms. Pickford's personal collection of films and photographs from her career. The MPI also actively raises funds for a number of initiatives in filmmaking and film education.

The Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education is housed in the historic Washington Building in downtown Culver City. Charles E. Lindblade built this Beaux Arts style structure, circa 1924, from a design by architects Orville Clark and Arthur Scholz. For a time it was commonly known as "The Flat Iron Building,” and could be glimpsed in some of the early comedies filmed in Culver City by film luminaries like Hal Roach and Laurel and Hardy. On May 28, 1991, it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

For more information about the ongoing projects and workshops held at the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education, please contact Keith Lawrence, Andi Hicks or Dianne Prutch.