Viola Davis and Walter Murch were awarded with honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees by the American Film Institute.

The American Film Institute is honoring Viola Davis! The How to Get Away With Murder actress was bestowed with an Honorary ...

Award-winning actress Viola Davis and film editor/sound designer Walter Murch were presented with honorary degrees by the ...

A wave of faculty firings and resignations has thrown the AFI Conservatory into turmoil as the famed Los Angeles-based film school begins a new term today. A longtime senior lecturer who resigned ...

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 ...

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 AFI didn’t offer any explanation for the surprise development and declined further comment. “It was my honor to serve as dean of the AFI Conservatory,” Gladstein said in a statement.

The American Film Institute (AFI), in partnership with Anthony and Joe Russo's studio AGBO, has named Christina Kelly Holmes as this year’s recipient of the AGBO/AFI Conservatory Development Grant.

Said AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale today: “Jan’s devotion to the high standards of AFI will ensure the Conservatory remains a foremost training ground for the artists of tomorrow.