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Viola Davis and Walter Murch were awarded with honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees by the American Film Institute.
Award-winning actress Viola Davis and film editor/sound designer Walter Murch were presented with honorary degrees by the ...
Today, the American Film Institute (AFI) celebrated the commencement of the AFI Conservatory Class of 2023 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The event was a culmination of two years of ...
The American Film Institute (AFI) has appointed producer and educator Susan Ruskin as dean of the AFI Conservatory, AFI announced on Tuesday. The former dean, Richard Gladstein, stepped down from ...
When the AFI Center for Advanced Film Studies — now known as the AFI Conservatory — opened 50 years ago, the students included cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and filmmakers Terrence Malick ...
The 50th anniversary of the American Film Institute Conservatory drew a storied array of graduates from its inaugural Class of 1969 back to the film school’s original campus, Beverly Hills ...
The AFI Conservatory, one of the crown jewels of the American Film Institute celebrated its 50th anniversary in style Thursday night at the place where it all started, the fabled Greystone Mansion ...
“The conservatory model is not like a college or university — it’s very different,” says producer Marshall Herskovitz, a member of the AFI class of ’75 who now sits on its board.
The flagship initiative under this partnership is The Canva Fellowship, which as of this year will begin providing annual scholarships to Fellows at the AFI Conservatory, based on merit and ...
The four-day intensive, spearheaded by AFI Conservatory Cinematography Discipline Head Stephen Lighthill, ASC, will begin July 15 on the AFI campus in Los Angeles.