There is provided an active matrix organic EL display including a drive control element which includes a first terminal connected to a power supply terminal, a control terminal, and a second terminal, an organic EL element connected between the second terminal and a power supply terminal, a capacitor connected to the control terminal, a first switch which executes switching in accordance with a scan signal to set the video signal input terminal and the second terminal in a connected state during a signal write period and set them in a disconnected state during a light emission period, and a second switch which executes switching to set the control terminal and the second terminal in the connected state during the signal write period and set them in the disconnected state before the first switch changes to the disconnected state.