Kathleen Kennedy*
Lucasfilm Ltd.
AFI BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAIR
AFI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR
Robert A. Daly*
Rulemaker, Inc.
AFI BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VICE CHAIRS
Jon Avnet*
Brooklyn Films
Richard Frank*
Marshall Herskovitz*
The Bedford Falls Company
Edward Zwick*
The Bedford Falls Company
AFI TRUSTEES
Pamela Abdy
Warner Bros. Discovery
Cris Abrego
The Television Academy
Wylie A. Aitken, Esq.
Aitken, Aitken, Cohn
Sean Astin
SAG-AFTRA
Jeanine Basinger*
Alan Bergman
Walt Disney Studios
Halle Berry
Gary Birkenbeuel*
Jim Breyer
Breyer Capital
James L. Brooks
Gracie Films
Charlie Collier
Roku Media
Ariana DeBose
Ava DuVernay
ARRAY
Jamie Erlicht
Apple TV
Nancy Collins Fisher*
Josh Grode
Legendary Entertainment
Bonnie Hammer
Dr. Carla D. Hayden
Mellon Foundation
Mike Hopkins
Amazon MGM Studios
& Prime Video
Alan Horn*
Arlene Inch
Patty Jenkins
Wicious Pictures
Michael B. Jordan
Outlier Society
Zach Kitschke
Canva
Donna Langley
Universal Pictures
Debra L. Lee*
Lori Lee
AT&T Inc.
Eva Longoria
UnbeliEVAble Entertainment
Bryan Lourd
Creative Artists Agency
Lori McCreary
Revelations Entertainment
Jonathan Miller
Advancit Capital
Michele Mulroney
Writers Guild of America West
Christopher Nolan
Directors Guild of America
Edward James Olmos
Olmos Productions, Inc.
Shonda Rhimes
Shondaland
Charles Rivkin
Motion Picture Association
Jay Roach
Everyman Pictures
Josh Sapan
Ted Sarandos
Netflix
Chris Silbermann
Creative Artists Agency
Octavia Spencer
Orit Entertainment
Steven Spielberg
Amblin Partners
Lynette Howell Taylor
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Anthony Vinciquerra
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Todd Wagner*
2929 Entertainment
JaHan Wang
City National Bank
FOUNDING DIRECTOR
George Stevens, Jr.*
PRESIDENT EMERITA
Jean Picker Firstenberg*
PRESIDENT & CEO
Bob Gazzale*
HONORARY TRUSTEE
Eddie Murphy
AFI CHAIRS EMERITI
Gregory Peck
Roger L. Stevens
Charlton Heston
George Stevens, Jr.
Richard Brandt
Bonita Granville Wrather
Gene F. Jankowski
Frederick S. Pierce
Tom Pollock
Sir Howard Stringer
COUNSEL
P. John Burke
SECRETARY
P. John Burke
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Todd Hitchcock
*AFI Board of Directors
As of August 2026
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