International Federation of Actors
Federation Internationale des Acteurs
AbbreviationFIA
Founded1952
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
President
Gabrielle Carteris
General secretary
Dominick Luquer
AffiliationsInternational Arts and Entertainment Alliance
Websitefia-actors.com

The International Federation of Actors (French: Fédération Internationale des Acteurs, FIA) is a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing actors.

History

The federation was established in 1952, on the initiative of the British Actors' Equity Association, and the Syndicat Français des Artistes-Inteprètes.[1] The organisation's logo was designed by Jean Cocteau.[2] In 1970, the International Federation of Variety Artists joined the organisation.[3]

For many years, the secretariat was independent of both the main international federations of trade unions, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Federation of Trade Unions, and as such, by the 1980s, it represented both unions in capitalist countries, and in communist countries.[4]

In 1997, the organisation affiliated with the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance.[5]

Leadership

General Secretaries

1952: Pierre Chesnais
1968: Rolf Rembe
1974: Gerald Croasdell
1983: Rolf Rembe
1991: Michael Crosby
1996: Katherine Sand
2001: Dominick Luquer

Presidents

1952: Jean Darcante / Gérard Philipe
1956: Gordon Sandison
1958: Fernand Gravey
1964: Rodolfo Landa
1967: Vlastimil Fisar
1970: Pierre Boucher
1973: France Delahalle
1982: Peter Heinz Kersten
1992: Tomas Bolme
2008: Agnete Haaland
2012: Ferne Downey
2021: Gabrielle Carteris

References

  1. ^ "Introduction". International Federation of Actors. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. ^ Alméras, Catherine. "FIA's logo" (PDF). International Federation of Actors.
  3. ^ Fattmann, Rainer (2002). The Long Road Towards Cooperation (PDF). Bonn: Hans Böckler Foundation. ISBN 3-89892-047-X. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  4. ^ Alexander, Robert (2009). International Labor Organizations and Organized Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santa Barbara: ABC CLIO. p. 262. ISBN 978-0275977399.
  5. ^ Verity Burgmann, Globalization and Labour in the Twenty-First Century, pp.122-123
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