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
127 HOURS
is a breathtaking, pulse-pounding journey into the mind of a man lost and alone. James Franco’s bravura performance drives this gripping true story of a young adventurer whose will to live in the most unsettling of circumstances proves a triumph of sacrifice. That a fast-paced, expansive film is found at the bottom of a claustrophobic crevice is a tribute to director Danny Boyle’s inventive mind and cements his stature as one of the world’s most exciting filmmakers. 127 HOURS will echo for years like cries from a red rock canyon, reminding of the power of cinema to set us free. Read the AFI Catalog entry
BLACK SWAN
leaps and soars in a haunting dance as timeless as Tchaikovsky. Director Darren Aronofsky’s fever-dream blurs the fine line that separates high art from high insanity, and his prima ballerina Natalie Portman captures the beauty and the pain of a dancer’s commitment in a transformative performance. Lifted to even greater heights by virtuoso visuals from cinematographer Matthew Libatique, BLACK SWAN embodies both a spellbinding portrait of an artist striving for perfection and a horror film about the monster in the mirror. Read the AFI Catalog entry
THE FIGHTER
packs a punch with such power that it smashes through the boxing genre and into a higher class. This true American tale is celebrated by director David O. Russell as an exploration of competitive dysfunction, while championing the fighter in each of the film’s characters. Mark Wahlberg stands tall and proud as the significant heart of a film filled with knockout performances from Melissa Leo, Amy Adams and Christian Bale’s Dicky, “The Pride of Lowell,” who spars with inner demons, but finds the will to be in his brother’s corner when it counts. Read the AFI Catalog entry
INCEPTION
is the most rare of movie miracles — an art film that succeeds as blockbuster entertainment. This achievement is born from the gifts of writer/director Christopher Nolan, who displays such a love for filmmaking that audiences cannot help but be enveloped by his rapture. Leonardo DiCaprio proves once again to be America’s leading man, guiding us through a mind-bending movie-within-a-movie, within-a-movie, within-a-movie — and cinematographer Wally Pfister’s dazzling images create an indelible dream that demands to be relived again and again. Read the AFI Catalog entry
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
embraces “My Generation” and “Generation Y” in one big group hug. Director and co-writer Lisa Cholodenko delivers a fresh, funny and vibrant film that not only keenly observes a family in modern day, but also asks its characters to consider the timeless meaning of a promise made. Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson act and live as one in this brilliant indie gem that sparkles with studio-sized talent. Read the AFI Catalog entry
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
captures the zeitgeist of 2010, a world defined by the difference between “friending” and being a friend. A whip-smart screenplay by Aaron Sorkin unfolds at a pace as lightning-quick as the creation of the society-changing technology it chronicles. David Fincher’s beautifully realized direction syncs all the talents and tools at his fingertips to provide a penetrating look at the dark undercurrents of monumental success and the discontent it can ensnare in its web. Jesse Eisenberg’s deeply resonant performance as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg updates his status to America’s fastest rising star. Read the AFI Catalog entry
THE TOWN
carries all the essential tools of the great American heist movie and breaks into the classics of the genre with its own unique authenticity. Smart, sassy and tough entertainment, the film confirms the arrival of Ben Affleck as a director of distinction, a storyteller whose deft touch gives action, character and performance equal weight. Outstanding performances by Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall and Jon Hamm inhabit the film’s deeply rooted, rich atmosphere of Charlestown, Massachusetts, where we learn from a new generation that crime does pay, if your heart is true. Read the AFI Catalog entry
TOY STORY 3
is a landmark film in America’s cultural legacy. An exclamation point to a story that has spanned fifteen years, this instant classic marshals all the forces of American film — character, story and computer wizardry — as Woody, Buzz and all of our friends grapple with mortality when Andy comes of age. Creator John Lasseter, director Lee Unkrich and the wizards of Pixar give the world the gift of a film both hilarious and heartbreaking, and one that ensures generations will be united to infinity and beyond. Read the AFI Catalog entry
TRUE GRIT
gallops into the Western canon with guns blazing. This spitfire poem by Joel and Ethan Coen springs from the pages of Charles Portis’s novel, but their own mastery of language — the diction and delivery of each line — makes this a classic uniquely theirs. Cinematographer Roger Deakins paints a landscape in awe-inspiring images, providing a proper panorama for Rooster Cogburn, who is brought to life for a new generation by America’s favorite son, Jeff Bridges. Standing toe to toe with him is Hailee Steinfeld, who proves her mettle as one of the bright new faces of American film. Read the AFI Catalog entry
WINTER'S BONE
is a chilling portrayal of the search for truth buried deep beneath the bitter reality of rural poverty in America. Haunting in its authenticity, director and co-writer Debra Granik’s film is part Ozarks gothic, part Shakespearean tragedy, and all American independent filmmaking. Jennifer Lawrence creates one of America’s strongest female protagonists of the year with a wondrous debut performance as a woman on a relentless quest to provide a future for her family. Read the AFI Catalog entry
AFI TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
30 ROCK
still rocks. Creator Tina Fey rewards the TV addict in all of us by doling out what we crave most — laughter. With writing that’s consistently sharp and endlessly inventive, 30 ROCK is rapid-fire entertainment led by an acting ensemble both familiar and fantastic. Alec Baldwin, with each passing year, etches the name “Jack Donaghy” more indelibly into the pantheon of classic American sitcoms.
THE BIG C
dares to say “cancer” out loud, treating terminal illness as one of life’s revelations. Creator Darlene Hunt brings light and laughter to the darkest of subjects, and Laura Linney inspires as a woman both anguished and liberated by life’s cruel turn, insisting on living — and dying — on her own terms.
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
is a sweeping, cinematic recreation of Prohibition-era Atlantic City that harnesses the power of profanity and poetry to retell the tale of America’s past. Creator Terence Winter’s lush mob drama is inhabited by ghosts both historical and fictional, led by Steve Buscemi’s cock-of-the-boardwalk Nucky Thompson, who adds a decidedly eccentric signature to the year’s most dazzling production.
BREAKING BAD
continues to raise hell in its deadly third year. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are television’s dynamic duo of dysfunction, driven to the edge in a world contaminated in all corners. Creator Vince Gilligan continues to mix a combustible moral cocktail that ignites the characters’ struggles each week, and demands us to embrace who they really are, even if that’s less than good.
GLEE
is a musical miracle — singing loud and proud that it’s cool to be a “glee.” Creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan choreograph the most structurally ambitious show on television, and the extraordinary cast never misses a step. This star-packed year mashed appearances by Britney Spears, Gwyneth Paltrow and Carol Burnett with musical classics like SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, uniting viewers across generations in the shared experience of what it is to struggle, embrace and thrive in the daily challenge of being ourselves.
MAD MEN
fourth and finest year saw the wheels come off Don Draper’s formerly golden life, and Jon Hamm rose to new heights in depicting Don’s depths. Creator Matt Weiner is a master of the medium, and our empathy for his characters in a world mad with change is a tribute to the rich, emotional detail of each word, each glance — beautifully realized in the performances of a stellar ensemble cast.
MODERN FAMILY
reframes the portrait of America with so much love and laughter that it hangs in our home with familial pride. Week after week, creators Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd light the fuse for this dynamite acting ensemble, and their stories intersect in such a sophisticated manner that each episode is fresh, funny and filled with love only a family could forgive.
THE PACIFIC
is storytelling on a scale worthy of “The Greatest Generation.” Epic in size and intimately personal, this grueling ten-part mini-series from executive producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman recreates the history and the horror of World War II’s Pacific theatre through the eyes of three United States Marines. With America fighting two wars in 2010, THE PACIFIC landed on airwaves with a powerful question, “What are you willing to sacrifice for your country?”
TEMPLE GRANDIN
opens a door into the mind of an autistic visionary. Director Mick Jackson encourages a story to emerge that is at once unsentimental and emotionally resonant, and Claire Danes’s triumphant performance speaks to the great American story that is Temple Grandin — from “challenged” to “champion.”
THE WALKING DEAD
feeds our hunger for a new take on a classic genre. Zombies have long breathed life into the horror of human nature in an extreme state, but here writer/director/executive producer Frank Darabont smashes the boundaries of terror on television. THE WALKING DEAD also understands the power of silence, as a slowly turning doorknob may reveal our deepest fear — the loss of our own humanity.
SPECIAL AWARDS*
THE KING'S SPEECH
proudly pronounces itself a classic with an eloquence worthy of Great Britain’s royal family. Director Tom Hooper and writer David Seidler tell a deeply emotional tale that achieves the uncommon — empathy for a king. Colin Firth’s brilliant turn as King George VI, whose heavy head wears the crown, is matched in heart by the performances of Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. Rich in detail and regal in manner, THE KING’S SPEECH is a triumph — both for a king whose personal fears must play on a global stage and for all to embrace that our greatest test is yet to come.
WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN"
is a call-to-arms for all who believe in a greater America. Director Davis Guggenheim voices the conscience of a country, using the documentary form to shine a bright light on the dark realities of the American public school system. To see the challenge ahead in young faces — the boys and girls who are often lost in statistics — is heartbreaking, anger-inducing, and yet inspires as to the possibilities. In the end, the simple truth is that when America looks for a solution, the answer will not come from the sky, but from you and me.
*AFI SPECIAL AWARDS are given to outstanding achievements in the moving image that do not fit into AFI’s criteria for the other honorees.
MOMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE
LOST AMERICAN FILMS COME HOME
The ongoing heroic work in film preservation took on a renewed air of international cooperation in 2010 with the repatriation of 75 American silent films from the New Zealand Film Archive through the efforts of the National Film Preservation Foundation and an additional gift of 10 films from Gosfilmofond, the Russian state film archive, to the Library of Congress. These films were previously feared to be among the nearly 80% of American movies from the silent era that were deliberately discarded or lost due to decomposition and neglect.
This moment is significant not only for the global generosity shown by countries who have properly cared for these films, but it also reminds us of the power and reach of American film, even in its earliest days. These movies traveled the world to find an audience in theatres, and now return home to be preserved and distributed digitally through the five major American film archives: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
CONAN O'BRIEN TAKES THE HIGH ROAD
The prime-time/late night world righted itself in 2010 when THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO returned to late night and Conan O’Brien took his talents to TBS, where he launched a new show, CONAN.
The journey to this happy ending was far from happy, and in fact, has left the patina of THE TONIGHT SHOW with a tarnish in 2010. O’Brien, on the other hand, appears to have escaped what had become a public relations circus by touring the country in a sold-out comedy/music extravaganza and then returning to late night as a basic-cable maverick — looking to the future with his head (and hair) held high.
TELEVISION IN A POST "FAIRNESS DOCTRINE" SOCIETY
“News” and “entertainment” have long seen a blurring of the lines since the “Fairness Doctrine” was established in 1949, but in 2010, the two were often presented and seemingly accepted by the greater public as one.
Underscored in a year of American midterm elections, the year’s “anything goes” attitude took a match to the paper-thin wall between politics and popular culture, best illustrated by the following events:
August 28 – Fox News commentator Glenn Beck held a rally in Washington, DC under the banner “Restoring Honor,” and in response, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held a rally on October 30 called “The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” Though more theatre than television, the medium inspired hundreds of thousands of people to march on the nation’s capitol.
September 24 – Stephen Colbert testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee in character on the topic of immigration.
November 14 – Sarah Palin’s ALASKA premiered on cable television. Packaged as a show that will bring “the wonder and majesty of Alaska to all Americans,” it has also created an entirely new template for political campaigning.
November 23 – After nine weeks of consistently scoring poorly among the judges, Bristol Palin performed in the finals of DANCING WITH THE STARS. Week after week, the public vote launched Palin into the next round.
A GLOBAL EMBRACE – THE RESCUE OF THE CHILEAN MINERS
After holding its breath for 69 days, the world let out a collective cheer as the last of 33 trapped Chilean miners came above ground. A cave-in on August 5th left the men 2,300 feet below ground with dim hope for survival. During their ordeal, cameras went underground to show what life was like for these trapped folk heroes, and the wall-to-wall coverage of their final rescue illustrated the power of television to bring the world together as one — reality television for all the right reasons.
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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