ABOUT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE

 

 

At the world-renowned AFI Conservatory, a dedicated group of working professionals from the film and television communities serve as mentors in a hands-on, production-based environment nurturing the talents of tomorrow's storytellers.

 

With an emphasis on narrative visual storytelling and personal expression, each class breaks into teams that mirror a real production environment. Those teams collaborate on and produce more

 

Established in 1969, the two-year Master of Fine Arts program provides training in six filmmaking disciplines: Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting. Admission to AFI Conservatory is highly selective, with a maximum of only 140 graduates per year

 

AFI NOTABLE ALUMNI

 

 

 

• David Lynch (Dir.)

  Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Dune

• Terrence Malick (Dir.)

  Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, Tree of Life

• Darren Aronofsky (Dir.)

  Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Black Swan

• Steve Golin (Pro.)

  Babel, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine

• Dana Lustig (Pro.)

  Brick, Dancing at the Blue Iguana, Kill Me Later

• Wally Pfister (Cin.)

  Inception, The Prestige, Memento, Batman Begins

• Robert Richardson (Cin.)

  Kill Bill, The Aviator, Inglorious Basterds

• Janusz Kaminski (Cin.)

  Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Munich

• Steven Rosenblum (Edit.)

  Braveheart, X-Men, Blood Diamond, Defiance

• Victor Du Bois (Edit.)

  The Last Samurai, Profiler, Roswell

• Susannah Grant (Scr.)

  Erin Brockovich, Unfaithful, Everafter, 28 Days

• Paul Shrader (Scr.)

  Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Bringing Out The Dead

• Todd Cherniawsky (Des.)

  Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, Armageddon

• Joe Garrity (Des.)

  Sunshine Cleaning, Waiting for Guffman, My Girl