May 31, 2023
What is Film Directing and What Does a Film Director Do?
JUMP TO SECTION What is Film Directing? What does a Film Director do? Who becomes a Film Director? What are the career paths for Film Director? What is the Directing program at the AFI Conservatory film school? 10 Film Director Terms to Know Recent Projects by AFI Conservatory Directing Alumni What is Film Directing? Film...
May 1, 2023
Spotlight on BEING MARY TYLER MOORE Director James Adolphus
After watching the acclaimed documentary VISIONS OF LIGHT, AFI Alum James Adolphus (AFI Class of 2011) became inspired to change the trajectory of his career and pursue cinematography – which ultimately led him to the AFI Conservatory where he received the prestigious Fisher Fellow Scholarship. Now a three-time Peabody Award-winning cinematographer and an Emmy Award®-winning...
February 1, 2023
Spotlight on the AFI Filmmakers Behind WE WERE MEANT TO
This month, we spoke to the AFI Alumni behind the short film WE WERE MEANT TO, the first AFI Thesis film to be named an official selection at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in 12 years. A coming-of-age story set in a world where Black men have wings, the film serves as a searing allegory...
December 1, 2022
A Conversation With EMILY THE CRIMINAL Writer/Director John Patton Ford
This month, we are revisiting a Harold Lloyd Master Seminar featuring Directing Alum John Patton Ford (AFI Class of 2009) who recently visited campus to talk to AFI Conservatory Fellows about his feature directorial debut EMILY THE CRIMINAL which stars Aubrey Plaza and was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards, including Best First Screenplay and...
February 17, 2022
AFI Filmmakers Win Top Honors at DGA Student Awards
On February 17, the 27th Annual DGA Student Film Awards were announced by the Directors Guild of America with AFI filmmakers taking home more top awards than any other film school, winning top honors in Best Latin and Best African American Student Filmmakers (Western Region) categories. DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter (AFI DWW Class of...
February 1, 2022
AFI Spotlight Interview with the Sundance Filmmakers Behind HALLELUJAH
The 38th annual Sundance Film Festival came to a close this past weekend, finishing its 10-day run of celebrating independent film and emerging and established artists. This year’s impressive lineup comprised 33 works by 41 AFI Alumni, including HALLELUJAH, the brainchild of writer/director Victor Gabriel (AFI Class of 2020, Screenwriting) which he made alongside fellow...
September 2, 2021
Catching up with Director and AFI Alum San-San Onglatco
Born in California and raised in the Philippines, San-San Onglatco (AFI Class of 2020) spent over ten years as a producer before deciding to apply to the AFI Conservatory where she became the first Filipina accepted into the Conservatory’s Directing program. On the cusp of graduating from AFI, Onglatco has shown determination, resourcefulness and tenacity...
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