Chair, AFI Jury for Television
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AFI Board of Trustees
Actor
Northwestern University
American Film Institute
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University of California, Santa Cruz
AFI Board of Trustees
The Los Angeles Times
TV Guide
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University of Southern California
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Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
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Historian
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Historian
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University of Southern California
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NPR
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Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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Director/Screenwriter/Producer
American Film Institute
Director/Cinematographer
University of California, Santa Cruz
AFI Board of Trustees
The Los Angeles Times
TV Guide
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Vanity Fair
Syracuse University
Actor/Producer
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
Actor/Director/Screenwriter/Producer
American Film Institute
Historian
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Historian
NPR
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Rolling Stone
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Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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NPR
SAG-AFTRA
AFI Board of Trustees
American Film Institute
Director
University of California, Santa Cruz
BET Networks
AFI Board of Trustees
The Los Angeles Times
TV Guide
Variety
University of Texas, Austin
Syracuse University
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
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American Film Institute
The Washington Post
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Historian
NPR
Rolling Stone
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
American Film Institute
Actor/Director/Producer
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Cruz
Screenwriter/Producer
BET Networks
AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
The Los Angeles Times
TV Guide
Variety
Syracuse University
Director/Screenwriter/Producer
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Actor/Director/Producer
Wesleyan University
AFI Board of Trustees
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American Film Institute
Historian
The Denver Post
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Historian
Cinematographer
MTV News
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Rolling Stone
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Screenwriter/Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
Harvard University
American Film Institute
Director/Producer
The Los Angeles Times
TV Guide
Variety
University of Southern California
Director/Producer
University of California, Los Angeles
Syracuse University
Screenwriter/Producer
DreamWorks Studios
AFI Board of Trustees
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
American Film Institute
Historian
Historian
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
The Denver Post
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Director
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Director/Screenwriter
Producer
Rolling Stone
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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American Film Institute
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University of California, Santa Cruz
TIME
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TV Guide
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ICM Partners
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Michael Wright
AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
American Film Institute
Historian
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AFI Board of Trustees
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Denver Post
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Cinematographer
University of Southern California
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USA Today
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Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
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Senior Lecturer, AFI Conservatory
American Film Institute
Entertainment Weekly
Princeton University
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ICM Partners
AFI Board of Trustees
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Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
Editor
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American Film Institute
Entertainment Weekly
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AFI Board of Trustees
The Denver Post
Historian
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University of Southern California
USA Today
Rolling Stone Magazine
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
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AFI Board of Trustees
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American Film Institute
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University of California, Los Angeles
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International Creative Management
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American Film Institute
Entertainment Weekly
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AFI Board of Trustees
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"Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide"
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Rolling Stone Magazine
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AFI Board of Trustees
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American Film Institute
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International Creative Management
AFI Board of Trustees
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Entertainment Weekly
Tom Pollock
Producer
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
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AFI Board of Trustees
American Film Institute
Actor
Entertainment Weekly
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AFI Board of Trustees
Jim Hosney
University of Southern California
"Leonard Maltln's Movie Guide"
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USA Today
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Rolling Stone Magazine
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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American Film Institute
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
AFI Board of Trustees
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Henry Jenkins
New York University
Los Angeles Times
Time Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
AOL
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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AFI Board of Trustees
University of Texas at Austin
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
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AFI Board of Trustees
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Editor
Producer/Screenwriter
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Columbia University
American Film Institute
University of Southern California
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
"Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide"
THE TREATMENT
USA Today
Entertainment Weekly
Princeton University
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
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Producer
Arizona State University
University of California, Santa Cruz
Variety
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University of California, Santa Barbara
Actor
TV Guide Magazine
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University of Southern California
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Syracuse University
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
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Actor
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
University of Southern California
Entertainment Weekly/New York Magazine
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Producer/Director
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
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AFI Board of Trustees
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Entertainment Weekly
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University of California, Los Angeles
AFI President Emerita
Los Angeles Times
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Time Magazine
AFI Conservatory
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TV Guide
University of Southern California
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
University of Arizona
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Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
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University of California, Los Angeles
Entertainment Weekly
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American Film Institute
University of Southern California
THE TREATMENT
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Time Magazine
AFI Trustee Emerita
University of California, Los Angeles
Variety
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Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Board of Trustees
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
AFI Board of Trustees
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University of California, Santa Barbara
The New Yorker
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AFI Trustee Emerita
University of Georgia
AFI Conservatory
Screenwriter
TV Guide
Chicago Tribune
Syracuse University
Producer/Director/Screenwriter
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
AFI Conservatory
Director/Screenwriter
Newsweek
AFI Conservatory
Director/Editor
University of California, Los Angeles
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AFI Trustee Emeritus
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Hosftra University
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Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
AFI Board of Trustees
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Los Angeles Times
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The Hollywood Reporter
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University of Southern California
TV Guide
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AFI Board of Trustees
Columbia University
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
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AFI Board of Trustees
Directors Guild of America
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Spyglass Entertainment
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University of California, Los Angeles
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National Public Radio
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AFI Trustee Emeritus
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AFI Board of Trustees
The Hollywood Reporter
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Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
AFI Board of Trustees
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Tribune Entertainment Company
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Producer
Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Time Magazine
AFI Conservatory
TV Guide
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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The New Yorker
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Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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Entertainment Weekly
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AFI Board of Trustees
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Los Angeles Times
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Laura Ziskin
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
The Firm
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Tribune Entertainment Company
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The Daily News
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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George Foster Peabody Awards
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Chicago Sun-Times
EBERT & ROEPER
Newsweek
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AFI Trustee Emerita
University of Southern California
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Producer
AFI Board of Trustees
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Entertainment Weekly
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Former President & CEO, UPN
Newsday
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ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
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Wesleyan University
AFI Trustee Emerita
Orlando Sentinel
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AFI Board of Trustees
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AFI Conservatory
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AFI Board of Trustees
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The Seattle Times
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George Foster Peabody Awards
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AFI Board of Trustees
Writers Guild of America
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TV Guide
Former President, ABC Entertainment
Media Arts Group, Inc.
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Entertainment Weekly
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AFI Trustee Emeritus
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Wesleyan University
AFI Trustee Emerita
Newsweek
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AFI Board of Trustees
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Loeks-Star Theatres
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Salon.com
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Los Angeles Times
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People Magazine
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Entertainment Weekly
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Newsweek
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Independent Features Project
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Movieline
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Chair, AFI 2000 Jury
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The annual AFI AWARDS luncheon opens with the Institute’s signature March of Time montage – a unique cross-section of cinematic milestones from decades past, which places the year’s motion picture and television honorees into an historical context and provides a perspective on the evolution of the narrative arts.
is a story amazing – and in no good way. Director Steve McQueen shines a bright light on the horrors of the past – a time when caged and tortured humans were fuel to the machine that is America. Ultimately, this true tale is one of survival, a screenplay written by John Ridley and resting firmly upon the shoulders of Chiwetel Ejiofor, who delivers a strong and soulful performance as Solomon Northup – a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery. His injustice is set against the breathtaking beauty of Southern landscapes, which only serve to enhance atrocities disgracefully forgotten – and never before depicted with such raw intensity. Read the AFI Catalog entry
is eight-track entertainment from the feet up – exposing the question, “What is façade and what is for real?” With no detail overlooked, no hair out of place, David O. Russell’s masterful period piece wires audiences into the exhilarating cons of Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper. Enter Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner, with all players playing against type, and you have a tale of ambition that is rollicking and emotionally raw – and an anthem to the notion that the art of survival is a story that never ends. Read the AFI Catalog entry
sails the high seas of heroism in this adrenaline-fueled thriller, where a blinking dot on a radar screen signals the collision of two worlds. Melding documentary realism with pure action filmmaking, Paul Greengrass’ pulse-pounding narrative is anchored by a taut script from Billy Ray and a commanding performance from Tom Hanks, who again captures a character that we all live and breathe. Explosive turns by Barkhad Abdi and other first-time Somali actors ignite the film’s urgent telling of a true tale – an extraordinary effort to save the life of one man and preserve an American ideal. Read the AFI Catalog entry
illustrates the power of an art form to find the humanity in a headline. With a steady hand, Ryan Coogler conducts this haunting chronicle of injustice to its inevitable final destination by allowing audiences to share an intimate, bittersweet day with Oscar Grant. Michael B. Jordan brings a delicate, raw nuance to his portrayal of the struggling but hopeful youth, and Octavia Spencer’s big-hearted mom adds to the power of the message – that change will come when we understand and appreciate each other as fellow passengers on a train toward tomorrow. Read the AFI Catalog entry
holds audiences with the power of a force of nature. Reaching skyward with pioneering ambition, Alfonso Cuarón paints with a canvas so vast and visuals so breathtaking, that the film instantly rockets into the heavens of unforgettable achievements. A theatrical spectacle humbling beyond words, it is at its core a human drama that floats between wonder and terror, with a beating heart provided by two of America’s brightest stars – Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Bullock’s lead role is so deeply felt and epic in emotion that we stand with her at film’s end, grateful to have experienced one helluva ride. Read the AFI Catalog entry
asks what it is to connect – and what it means to love. This near-future romance is a profoundly relevant valentine to today’s world – a modern fairy tale written and directed by the mind-soaring talents of Spike Jonze. Deeply personal, vulnerable performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson tell the story of one man’s passion for an operating system and her shared joy for him. The inevitability of human evolution is a concept scary to some and embraced by others, but this is art at its most powerful – to imagine “what if?” – and present it with a pure, beating heart. Read the AFI Catalog entry
embodies the spirit of a great American folk tale – but finds the power of a lyrical odyssey when told by the talents of Joel and Ethan Coen. With T Bone Burnett as their musical muse, the Coens brilliantly encapsulate the saturated soul of the early sixties, as they play this cyclical ballad sparked by a bar fight and a cat on an incredible journey. Oscar Isaac’s finely tuned performance is inseparable from character as he wanders down the road to redemption; lost between undeniable talent and hopeless abjection, he sees his music as we see the film – it’s never new and it never gets old; it’s a folk song. Read the AFI Catalog entry
paints a stark portrait of Midwestern America – a Rockwell drained of both color and nostalgia, but nonetheless infused with astounding depth and sentiment. Shadows cast with austere beauty by director Alexander Payne reveal innumerable shades of gray in the film’s characters – evoking empathy, if not sympathy, for an embittered family on an unlikely pilgrimage. Bruce Dern’s million-dollar performance as wayward patriarch Woody Grant creates a quietly stirring and darkly comic study on aging, and Will Forte shines as the son who helps Woody look to the future as the long, open road of memory disappears in the rear-view mirror. Read the AFI Catalog entry
soars to the highest heights, elevating the memory of one of American film’s most celebrated stories. Magic leaps from the pages of Sue Smith and Kelly Marcel’s script, as director John Lee Hancock brilliantly blends the story and the back story of MARY POPPINS’ flight to the silver screen. Icons as icons, Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks spar deftly and delightfully as P.L. Travers and Walt Disney, beautifully embodying the struggle inherent in creating a character so deeply personal and then sharing it with the world. Like Poppins herself, the film is practically perfect in every way. Read the AFI Catalog entry
howls at a moon hanging high above an atavistic America. This cinematic exploration of excess is a cautionary tale, administered like a dangerously addictive drug by a master of cinema. Here, Martin Scorsese and his talented team – with Terence Winter’s script as guide – write another chapter in the history of New York crime families, with Leonardo DiCaprio’s fearless performance hypnotizing those who believe that money matters above all else. Complicit in his transgressions is an all-star ensemble – with Jonah Hill emerging as his colorful partner in crime. Read the AFI Catalog entry
embeds audiences into a seductive study of the conflicting loyalties between undercover Soviet spies and their adopted American suburbs. Joe Weisberg’s taut Cold War thriller doubles as a portrait of a troubled middle-class marriage – with stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys providing the glowing core to this new take on the nuclear family.
held the world captive in its addictive final episodes – breathlessly waiting for word on Walter White’s cancerous descent from sympathetic family man to the darkest of villains. Vince Gilligan and his crack creative ensemble missed no opportunity for conflict and character development as they cooked up an epic conclusion worthy of the series’ undeniable place in the pantheon.
soars to new heights on dragons’ wings. Rare are the moments when a series so thoroughly shakes its audience with a grim marriage of shock and bloodshed – but in an epic feat, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss execute an exquisite betrayal, turning a strategic alliance into a red wedding so infamous that the world was left gasping for breath.
raises the bar in its fifth year with an audacious act of reinvention. Creators Michelle and Robert King upset the status quo with the dissolution of the series’ core legal team – making politics deeply personal in a delicious dance played out by a sparkling, sophisticated ensemble led by Julianna Margulies.
has built a monument to revenge with the careful hand of Beau Willimon. With equal parts bravado and bluff, Kevin Spacey flourishes as a mastermind of Shakespearean ambition – one whose instantly iconic asides reveal the darkly comic and deeply cynical underbelly of the American political system.
cuts a fashionable figure in its impeccably tailored sixth year – which finds Jon Hamm’s Don Draper and a stellar ensemble careening through the dark days of 1968. Creator Matt Weiner’s stylish stories serve as both a poetic recreation of America’s past and a sobering reminder that nothing endures but change.
remembers a time before the world was awash in images of sex – and in doing so, finds the ground to become the rare work actually about sex. Michelle Ashford’s lushly produced period piece embraces both the kinky and clinical aspects of Masters and Johnson’s pioneering research, allowing the series to lay bare its subject with candor and humor – raising consciousness as it raises eyebrows.
escapes conventional TV models with a liberating look at life inside a women’s prison. Jenji Kohan’s fearlessly funny and intensely dramatic stories navigate a new world, where fiercely original characters remind audiences that gender and race should be explored and celebrated – on the inside and the outside.
is a grand opera of passionate political delights – amplified for modern day by maestro Shonda Rhimes. Hot topics are handled with a matter-of-fact approach to diversity that makes the series incisively relevant. Operating on all cylinders is Kerry Washington, who dazzles each week as she leads her gladiators into the world to fix the lives of all but their own.
is second to none in today’s television comedies. Armando Iannucci’s satiric eye peers into the office of the Vice President – embodied by the hilariously deadpan Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her oafish entourage of snakes and sycophants. This incisive indictment of government dysfunction finds humor in bureaucratic bad behavior – a political reality that’s so painfully funny because it might just be true.
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.
Honorees are selected based on works which:
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.
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.
