AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
John Amos
Actor
Aymar Jean Christian
Northwestern University
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Lesli Linka Glatter
Director/Producer
L.S. Kim
University of California, Santa Cruz
Debra Lee
AFI Board of Trustees
Mary McNamara
The Los Angeles Times
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Maureen Ryan
Critic/Journalist
Ellen Seiter
University of Southern California
Betty Thomas
Actor/Director/Producer
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Renee Graham
The Boston Globe
Mark Harris
Historian
Ann Hornaday
The Washington Post
Annette Insdorf
Historian
Callie Khouri
Director/Screenwriter/Producer
Delroy Lindo
Actor/Producer
Akira Mizuta Lippit
University of Southern California
Leonard Maltin
Historian
Amy Nicholson
NPR
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Paris Barclay
Director/Producer
David Benioff
Director/Screenwriter/Producer
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Ernest Dickerson
Director/Cinematographer
L.S. Kim
University of California, Santa Cruz
Debra Lee
AFI Board of Trustees
Mary McNamara
The Los Angeles Times
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Maureen Ryan
Critic/Journalist
Sonia Saraiya
Vanity Fair
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
Courtney B. Vance
Actor/Producer
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
Joan Chen
Actor/Director/Screenwriter/Producer
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Mark Harris
Historian
Ann Hornaday
The Washington Post
Lisa Kennedy
The Denver Post
Akira Mizuta Lippit
University of Southern California
Leonard Maltin
Historian
Amy Nicholson
NPR
Claudia Puig
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
Alfre Woodard
Actor/Producer
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Paris Barclay
Director/Producer
David Bianculli
NPR
Gabrielle Carteris
SAG-AFTRA
AFI Board of Trustees
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Jennifer Getzinger
Director
L.S. Kim
University of California, Santa Cruz
Debra Lee
BET Networks
AFI Board of Trustees
Mary McNamara
The Los Angeles Times
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Maureen Ryan
Variety
Janet Staiger
University of Texas, Austin
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Judd Apatow*
Director/Screenwriter/Producer
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
Halle Berry
Actor/Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jay Cassidy
Editor
Jamie Lee Curtis
Actor/Director/Producer
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Ann Hornaday
The Washington Post
Lisa Kennedy
The Denver Post
Leonard Maltin
Historian
Amy Nicholson
NPR
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Jon Hamm
Actor/Director/Producer
Darnell Hunt
University of California, Los Angeles
L.S. Kim
University of California, Santa Cruz
Michelle King
Screenwriter/Producer
Debra Lee
BET Networks
AFI Board of Trustees
Lori McCreary
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Mary McNamara
The Los Angeles Times
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Maureen Ryan
Variety
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
Diane English
Director/Screenwriter/Producer
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Elizabeth Banks
Actor/Director/Producer
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
Robert Benton
Director/Screenwriter
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Mark Harris
Historian
Lisa Kennedy
The Denver Post
Akira Mizuta Lippit
University of Southern California
Leonard Maltin
Historian
Rachel Morrison
Cinematographer
Amy Nicholson
MTV News
Patricia Riggen
Director
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Neal Baer
Screenwriter/Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Harvard University
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Michelle MacLaren
Director/Producer
Mary McNamara
The Los Angeles Times
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Maureen Ryan
Variety
Ellen Seiter
University of Southern California
Renee Tajima-Peña
Director/Producer
University of California, Los Angeles
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
Matt Williams
Screenwriter/Producer
Michael Wright
DreamWorks Studios
AFI Board of Trustees
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Mark Harris
Historian
Molly Haskell
Historian
Marshall Herskovitz
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Lisa Kennedy
The Denver Post
Leonard Maltin
Historian
Bennett Miller
Director
Carrie Rickey
The Philadelphia Inquirer
John Ridley
Director/Screenwriter
Emma Thomas
Producer
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Anne Garefino
Producer
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Vince Gilligan
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
L.S. Kim
University of California, Santa Cruz
James Poniewozik
TIME
Phylicia Rashad
Actor
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Maureen Ryan
The Huffington Post
Ellen Seiter
University of Southern California
Chris Silbermann
ICM Partners
AFI Board of Trustees
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
Michael Wright
Michael Wright
AFI Board of Trustees
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Mark Harris
Historian
Marshall Herskovitz
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Patty Jenkins
Director/Screenwriter
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
Kasi Lemmons
Director/Actor
Matthew Libatique
Cinematographer
Akira Mizuta Lippit
University of Southern California
Leonard Maltin
Historian
Claudia Puig
USA Today
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone Magazine
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jon Avnet
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Dorothy Fontana
Screenwriter
Senior Lecturer, AFI Conservatory
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Melissa Maerz
Entertainment Weekly
Jeff Nunokawa
Princeton University
Frederick S. Pierce
AFI Board of Trustees
Matt Roush
TV Guide Magazine
Maureen Ryan
The Huffington Post
Ellen Seiter
University of Southern California
Chris Silbermann
ICM Partners
AFI Board of Trustees
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
Noah Wyle
Producer/Actor
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
Anne V. Coates
Editor
Roman Coppola
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Mark Harris
Entertainment Weekly
Marshall Herskovitz
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Lisa Kennedy
The Denver Post
Leonard Maltin
Historian
Nancy Meyers
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Akira Mizuta Lippit
University of Southern California
Claudia Puig
USA Today
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone Magazine
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Chris Carter
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Marta Kauffman
Producer/Screenwriter
L.S. Kim
University of California, Los Angeles
Mary McNamara
Los Angeles Times
James Poniewozik
Time Magazine
Matt Roush
TV Guide Magazine
Maureen Ryan
The Huffington Post
Katey Sagal
Chris Silbermann
International Creative Management
AFI Board of Trustees
Janet Staiger
University of Texas at Austin
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
Angela Bassett
Actor
Brad Bird
Director/Screenwriter
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Mark Harris
Entertainment Weekly
Marshall Herskovitz
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Lisa Kennedy
The Denver Post
Leonard Maltin
"Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide"
Akira Mizuta Lippit
University of Southern California
Claudia Puig
USA Today
Octavia Spencer
Actor
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone Magazine
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Anna Everett
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Tim Goodman
The Hollywood Reporter
Marde Gregory
University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen Kronish
Producer/Screenwriter
Janet Murray
Georgia Institute of Technology
Fred Pierce
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
James Poniewozik
Time Magazine
Matt Roush
TV Guide Magazine
Chris Silbermann
International Creative Management
AFI Board of Trustees
Betsy Thomas
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Ken Tucker
Entertainment Weekly
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Producer
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Whoopi Goldberg
Actor
Mark Harris
Entertainment Weekly
Marshall Herskovitz
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Jim Hosney
Jim Hosney
Akira Mizuta Lippit
University of Southern California
Leonard Maltin
"Leonard Maltln's Movie Guide"
Diana Ossana
Producer/Screenwriter
Claudia Puig
USA Today
Suzanne Todd
Producer
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone Magazine
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Steven Bochco
Producer/Screenwriter
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Marshall Herskovitz
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Producer/Actor
Henry Jenkins
Henry Jenkins
Anna McCarthy
New York University
Mary McNamara
Los Angeles Times
James Poniewozik
Time Magazine
Matt Roush
TV Guide Magazine
Maureen Ryan
AOL
John Shaffner
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Production Designer
AFI Board of Trustees
Janet Staiger
University of Texas at Austin
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
Donn Cambern
Editor
Diablo Cody
Producer/Screenwriter
Lee Daniels
Producer/Director
Jane Gaines
Columbia University
Bob Gazzale
American Film Institute
Akira Mizuta Lippit
University of Southern California
Leonard Maltin
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
"Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide"
Elvis Mitchell
THE TREATMENT
Claudia Puig
USA Today
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Michael Wood
Princeton University
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Neal Baer
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer/Screenwriter
Stanley Brooks
Producer
Bambi Haggins
Arizona State University
L.S. Kim
University of California, Santa Cruz
Brian Lowry
Variety
David Milch
Producer/Screenwriter
Lisa Parks
University of California, Santa Barbara
CCH Pounder
Actor
Matt Roush
TV Guide Magazine
Maureen Ryan
Chicago Tribune
Ellen Seiter
University of Southern California
John Shaffner
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Robert J. Thompson
Syracuse University
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Norman Jewison
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer/Director
Sean Astin
Actor
Dustin Lance Black
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Leo Braudy
University of Southern California
Mark Harris
Entertainment Weekly/New York Magazine
Author
Patty Jenkins
Producer/Director
Leonard Maltin
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
Elvis Mitchell
THE TREATMENT
Chon Noriega
University of California, Los Angeles
Tom Pollock
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Claudia Puig
USA Today
Richard Schickel
Historian/Author/Documentary Filmmaker
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Neal Baer
Producer/Screenwriter
John Caldwell
University of California, Los Angeles
Jean Picker Firstenberg
AFI President Emerita
Mary McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Kathleen Nolan
Actor
James Poniewozik
Time Magazine
Del Reisman
AFI Conservatory
Screenwriter
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Ellen Seiter
University of Southern California
John Shaffner
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Beretta E. Smith-Shomade
University of Arizona
Tony To
Producer/Director
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Leonard Maltin
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
Mary Corey
University of California, Los Angeles
Mark Harris
Entertainment Weekly
Author
Jim Hosney
American Film Institute
Rick Jewell
University of Southern California
Elvis Mitchell
THE TREATMENT
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Richard Schickel
Time Magazine
Vivian Sobchack
AFI Trustee Emerita
University of California, Los Angeles
Anne Thompson
Variety
Robert Towne
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Tom Pollock
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Rich Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
AFI Board of Trustees
Dick Askin
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
AFI Board of Trustees
Neal Baer
Producer/Screenwriter
Anna Everett
University of California, Santa Barbara
Nancy Franklin
The New Yorker
Barry Garron
The Hollywood Reporter
Melissa Gilbert
Producer/Director/Actor
AFI Trustee Emerita
Horace Newcomb
University of Georgia
Del Reisman
AFI Conservatory
Screenwriter
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Maureen Ryan
Chicago Tribune
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
Ron Underwood
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Frank Pierson
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
AFI Conservatory
Director/Screenwriter
David Ansen
Newsweek
Donn Cambern
AFI Conservatory
Director/Editor
Mary Corey
University of California, Los Angeles
Lawrence Kasdan
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Leonard Maltin
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
Tara McPherson
University of Southern California
Diana Ossana
Producer/Screenwriter/Novelist
David Picker
Producer
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Tom Pollock
AFI Board of Trustees
Richard Schickel
Time Magazine
Gary Winick
Producer/Director
Kristal Brent Zook
Hosftra University
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
AFI Board of Trustees
Dick Askin
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
AFI Board of Trustees
Steven Bochco
Producer/Screenwriter
Kevin S. Bright
Producer/Director
Paul Brownfield
Los Angeles Times
Michael Dinner
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Barry Garron
The Hollywood Reporter
Amanda D. Lotz
University of Michigan
Brian Lowry
Variety
Tara McPherson
University of Southern California
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Vivian Sobchack
University of California, Los Angeles
AFI Board of Trustees
Kristal Brent Zook
Columbia University
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Robert G. Rehme
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Michael Apted
Directors Guild of America
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Roger Birnbaum
Spyglass Entertainment
AFI Board of Trustees
Leo Braudy
University of Southern California
James L. Brooks
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Mary Corey
University of California, Los Angeles
Jane Gaines
Duke University
Elvis Mitchell
National Public Radio
Diana Ossana
Producer/Screenwriter
David V. Picker
Producer
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Tom Pollock
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Anne Thompson
The Hollywood Reporter
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Marshall Herskovitz
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
AFI Board of Trustees
Dick Askin
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Tribune Entertainment Company
AFI Board of Trustees
Lionel Chetwynd
Producer/Screenwriter
Mary Corey
University of California, Los Angeles
Tony Jonas
Producer
Jeffrey Kramer
Producer
Melanie McFarland
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Tara McPherson
University of Southern California
Dorothea Petrie
Producer
James Poniewozik
Time Magazine
Del Reisman
AFI Conservatory
Matt Roush
TV Guide
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Robert G. Rehme
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Martha Coolidge
Director
David Denby
The New Yorker
Anna Everett
University of California, Santa Barbara
Norman Jewison
Producer/Director
Tom Pollock
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Jay Roach
Producer/Director
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Vivian Sobchack
University of California, Los Angeles
AFI Board of Trustees
David Thomson
Film Historian
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
Stephen Ujlaki
San Francisco State University
Laura Ziskin
Laura Ziskin
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
The Firm
AFI Board of Trustees
Richard Askin, Jr.
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Tribune Entertainment Company
AFI Board of Trustees
Neal Baer
Producer/Screenwriter
David Bianculli
The Daily News
Alex Ben Block
Television Week
Barbara Corday
Producer/Screenwriter
Mary Corey
University of California, Los Angeles
Melanie McFarland
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tara McPherson
University of Southern California
Janet Murray
Georgia Institute of Technology
AFI Board of Trustees
Horace Newcomb
University of Georgia
George Foster Peabody Awards
Jerry Offsay
Producer
Matt Roush
TV Guide
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Roger Ebert
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Chicago Sun-Times
EBERT & ROEPER
David Ansen
Newsweek
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Trustee Emerita
Leo Braudy
University of Southern California
James Cromwell
Actor
Naomi Foner
Producer/Screenwriter
Tom Pollock
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Robert G. Rehme
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Richard Schickel
Time Magazine
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Joan Micklin Silver
Director/Screenwriter
Michael Wood
Princeton University
Janet Yang
Producer
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Integrated Entertainment Partners
AFI Board of Trustees
Irby Brown
University of Richmond
Mary Corey
University of California, Los Angeles
Chuck Fries
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Ted Harbert
Producer
Helaine Head
University of Southern California
Brian Lowry
Variety
Horace Newcomb
University of Georgia
George Foster Peabody Awards
Dorothea Petrie
Producer
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Penelope Spheeris
Director
Dean Valentine
Former President & CEO, UPN
Diane Werts
Newsday
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Leonard Maltin
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
John Badham
Director
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
AFI Trustee Emerita
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel
Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter
Glenn Kenny
Premiere Magazine
Curtis Marez
University of Southern California
Ted Perry
Middlebury College
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Tom Pollock
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Richard Schickel
Time Magazine
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Leonard Schrader
AFI Conservatory
Director/Screenwriter
Vivian Sobchack
University of California, Los Angeles
AFI Board of Trustees
Anne V. Coates
Editor
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Richard Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Neema Barnett
Director
Barbara Corday
Producer
Lesli Linka Glatter
Producer/Director
Kay McFadden
The Seattle Times
Horace Newcomb
University of Georgia
George Foster Peabody Awards
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Producer/Director/Screenwrite
AFI Board of Trustees
Victoria Riskin
Writers Guild of America
Screenwriter
Matt Roush
TV Guide
Anthony Thomopoulos
Former President, ABC Entertainment
Media Arts Group, Inc.
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
Ken Tucker
Entertainment Weekly
Peter Werner
Director
AFI Trustee Emeritus
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Jeanine Basinger
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Wesleyan University
AFI Trustee Emerita
David Ansen
Newsweek
Lindsey Doran
Producer
Julie Dash
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Jim Hosney
Film Historian/Scholar
Fay Kanin
Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Leonard Maltin
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
Ted Perry
Middlebury College
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Tom Pollock
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Bob Rehme
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Carrie Rickey
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Tom Schatz
University of Texas, Austin
Saul Zaentz
Producer
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Shirley MacLaine
Actor
Lucy Liu
Actor
Barrie Lawson Loeks
Loeks-Star Theatres
Brian Lowry
Los Angeles Times
Sidney Lumet
Director
Delbert Mann
Director
Dennis Muren
Digital Effects Artist
Joyce Millman
Salon.com
Kay McFadden
The Seattle Times
Chon Noriega
University of California, Los Angeles
Todd McCarthy
Variety
Beverly O’Neill
California Institute of the Arts
Ted Perry
Middlebury College
Polly Platt
Producer/Production Designer
Dale Pollock
N.C. School of the Arts
Dorothy Rabinowitz
The Wall Street Journal
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
Ken Ralston
Digital Effects Artist
Robert Richardson
Cinematographer
Howard Rosenberg
Los Angeles Times
Laurence Rosenthal
Composer
Gena Rowlands
Actor
Leah Rozen
People Magazine
Eva Marie Saint
Actor
Edgar Scherick
Producer
Lisa Schwartzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Jan Scott
Production Designer
John Singleton
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Robert Sklar
New York University
Barbara Smith
American Cinematheque
Penelope Spheeris
Director
Steven Spielberg
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
Rod Steiger
Actor
Jon Storm
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mary Sweeney
Producer/Screenwriter/Editor
Richard Sylbert
Production Designer
Anne Thompson
Premiere Magazine
Robert Thompson
Syracuse University
Steve Tisch
Producer
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
Cinematographer
Amy Vincent
Cinematographer
Joanne Weintraub
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Peter Werner
Director
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
Ethel Winant
Producer
David Wolper
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Saul Zaentz
Producer
Eugenio Zanetti
Production Designer
Hans Zimmer
Composer
David Zurawik
Baltimore Sun
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Debbie Allen
Producer/Director/Actor
AFI Board of Trustees
Dede Allen
Editor
David Ansen
Newsweek
Darren Aronofsky
Director/Screenwriter
Alan Ball
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Neema Barnette
Director
Ron Bass
Producer/Screenwriter
Robert Benton
Director/Screenwriter
Bob Boyle
Production Designer
Pieter Jan Brugge
Producer
Henry Bumstead
Production Designer
Michelle Byrd
Independent Features Project
Mary Schmidt Campbell
NYU's Tisch School
Marcy Carsey
Producer
Anne V. Coates
Editor
Richard Corliss
Time Magazine
Leslie Dilley
Production Designer
Richard Edlund
Digital Effects Artist
Nora Ephron
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Steven Farber
Movieline
Milos Forman
Director
Stephen Gaghan
Screenwriter
Leslie Linka Glatter
Director
Jerry Goldsmith
Composer
Gary David Goldberg
Producer/Screenwriter
Tim Goodman
San Francisco Examiner
Mary Ann Grasso
National Assoc. of Theatre Owners
Christopher Guest
Director/Screenwriter/Actor
Amy Heckerling
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Leonard Hill
Producer
Tina Hirsch
Editor
Foster Hirsch
Scholar/Historian
Greg Hoblit
Producer/Director
Winnie Holzman
Producer/Screenwriter
Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter
Dawn Hudson
Independent Feature Project West
Annette Insdorf
Columbia University
Mark Johnson
Producer
Shirley Jones
Actor
Spike Jonze
Director/Actor
Glenn Jordan
Producer/Director
Janusz Kamiński
Cinematographer
James Katz
Preservationist
Rita Kempley
The Washington Post
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Callie Khouri
Screenwriter
James V. Kimsey
AFI Board of Trustees
Arnold Kopelson
Producer
Alan Ladd, Jr.
Producer
Martin Landau
Actor
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Tom Pollock
Chair, AFI 2000 Jury
AFI Board of Trustees
David Ansen
Film Journalist/Critic
Jeanine Basinger
Film Scholar
Bill Duke
AFI Board of Trustees
James Katz
Film Preservationist/Historian
Rita Kempley
Film Journalist/Critic
Michael Nesmith
AFI Board of Trustees
Thomas Schatz
Film Scholar
Vivian Sobchack
AFI Board of Trustees
Anne Thompson
Film Journalist/Critic
Saul Zaentz
Filmmaker
Steven Zaillian
Filmmaker
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR
ABOUT A BOY
…is a pure comic pleasure. This mature look at immaturity is witty, smart and heartwarming without being sentimental. In a world where laughs are precious, yet film comedy is undervalued, ABOUT A BOY is a tonic for what ails us. Hugh Grant proves once again that his charm is boundless. Read the AFI Catalog entry
ABOUT SCHMIDT
…puts a new face on film satire, embodied in a towering performance by Jack Nicholson. The movie presents America’s heartland with a richness of detail that brings a unique light to this funny, sad and always captivating tale. Read the AFI Catalog entry
ADAPTATION
… is a film that makes the word “original” seem ordinary. Both entertaining and intelligent, the film mercilessly destroys an audience’s expectations and demands that it keep up…keep laughing…or be cut out of the final draft. Read the AFI Catalog entry
ANTWONE FISHER
…provides a clarion call for all films that strive to bring unspoken topics into the national conversation. For a modern world drowning in cynicism, this is an honest and sincere film that helps us understand that sometimes we have to go home again before we can go forward. Derek Luke’s performance in the title role heralds the arrival of a fresh, new talent. Read the AFI Catalog entry
CHICAGO
… gives contemporary audiences the “old razzle dazzle” with an explosion of talent and energy that dares them not to applaud after each musical number. The film pioneers new ground in this uniquely American art form and reminds us once again of the brilliance of Bob Fosse. Read the AFI Catalog entry
FRIDA
…is a movie about art that is a work of art in itself. The film’s unique visual language takes us into an artist’s head and reminds us that art is best enjoyed when it moves, breathes and is painted on a giant canvas, as only the movies can provide. Read the AFI Catalog entry
GANGS OF NEW YORK
… is a love story that resists the usual tradition of movie romances. When a white prison correction officer and a black single mother are drawn together by a series of tragic events, the result is an unsentimental, complex mixture of sex, race and family that provides no easy answers. Read the AFI Catalog entry
THE HOURS
…provides further proof that film is the language of the 21st Century. A strong adaptation of a difficult literary project, THE HOURS blossoms on-screen in a brilliant, ever-unfolding exploration of madness. Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore create an acting ensemble across time…and for the ages. Read the AFI Catalog entry
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
… is an epic screen experience that will inspire awe in generations of movie lovers for years to come. Though presented on a massive scale, the film’s attention to detail and its emotional depth are the heart of its extraordinary achievement. Whether marching in the shadow of 10,000 warriors or showing two people talking, Peter Jackson’s personal vision for the trilogy fully realizes J. R. R. Tolkien’s boundless literary imagination. Read the AFI Catalog entry
THE QUIET AMERICAN
…gives us an inside look at America’s early involvement in Vietnam at a time when audiences are evaluating how the world perceives the United States’ role in global politics. The film brilliantly captures 1950s Saigon as well as the subtleties of Graham Greene’s novel. Michael Caine continues to prove that he is the most consistently reliable actor in American film. Read the AFI Catalog entry
AFI TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
THE BELIEVER
is proof that television can take the most difficult and disturbing of subject matters and bring them to a national audience with style and grace. Ryan Gosling’s performance stands out among the year’s most extraordinary acting achievements.
BOOMTOWN
In a television world populated with crime dramas, BOOMTOWN explodes with originality. By presenting multiple points-of-view in a non-linear narrative style, BOOMTOWN dares to be gray in a colorful medium that often presents its heroes and villains in black and white. Every week its considerable action unfolds with a sense of moral ambiguity that enriches the storytelling.
DOOR TO DOOR
is a small film with a giant impact. This intimate story knocks on your door, makes itself comfortable in your living room and offers you its life-affirming tale at no cost. William H. Macy’s performance is a work of love, on par with the landmark achievements of Dustin Hoffman in RAINMAN and Cliff Robertson in CHARLY.
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND
This modern classic consistently makes big comedy out of small things, and its laughs are often enriched with insights into family togetherness that many dramas struggle to characterize.
THE GATHERING STORM
utilizes the medium to present epic subject matter on a very intimate scale. This unexplored chapter in the Churchill saga is masterfully brought to life by the performances of Albert Finney and Vanessa Redgrave.
GILMORE GIRLS
fulfills television’s promise to elevate its audience through entertainment. The program creates a beautifully self-contained universe, where the traditional rules of television seem not to apply. The unique mother/daughter relationship drives the drama with heart, virtue and laughter.
THE SIMPSONS
Even as it enters its 14th season, THE SIMPSONS continues to bring television audiences social and cultural satire in the finest of America’s comedic tradition. Irreverent and literate, timeless and timely, this show may be the most comically dense series in the history of television, and one where adults and children alike can enjoy a laugh.
SIX FEET UNDER
breaks new ground every week…literally. This show drags the uncomfortable topic of mortality into the living room and watches television’s most unusual family struggle with matters of life and death in equally unusual ways.
THE SOPRANOS
embraces America in a big family hug…and doesn’t let go. The show has shattered the expectation of what television can be and reminds us this year that compelling drama — like the death of a marriage — is as powerful and painful as murder. James Gandolfini and Edie Falco consistently transcend the art of acting — particularly in the final episode of the season.
THE WEST WING
Week after week, THE WEST WING projects a heroism that America yearns for in its political system. Heightened by its extraordinary use of language, THE WEST WING puts American civic life in a dramatic context, placing the White House in the national conversation and often bringing pertinent global issues to the watercooler on mornings after a broadcast.
Each year, AFI AWARDS honors 10 outstanding films and 10 outstanding TV programs deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image.
AFI AWARDS 2019 honorees will be announced in December 2019, with an invitation-only luncheon to follow on Friday, January 3, 2020.
Unique in its celebration of the film and television arts’ collaborative nature, AFI AWARDS is the only national program that honors creative teams as a whole – recognizing those in front of and behind the camera.
AFI AWARDS was created in 2000 to recognize the films and television programs which contribute to our collective cultural legacy. When placed in an historical context, these stories provide a complex, rich, visual record of our modern world.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Honorees are selected based on works which:
- Best advance the art of the moving image
- Enhance the rich cultural heritage of America’s art form
- Inspire audiences and artists alike
- And/or make a mark on American society
A UNIQUE JURY PROCESS
AFI AWARDS selections are made through AFI’s unique jury process – in which scholars, film and television artists, critics and AFI Trustees determine the most outstanding achievements of the year.
CELEBRATING THE HONOREES
With no winners or losers, honorees gather for recognition at the annual AFI AWARDS private luncheon for an informal, intimate and non-competitive acknowledgement of excellence. On the day of the luncheon, AFI reveals the Jury “rationales,” providing artistic and cultural context for the selection of the respective honorees.
For additional information about AFI AWARDS, contact Josh Kushins at jkushins@AFI.com.
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