Directed by Noah Baumbach and featuring heartbreaking performances from both Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver – whose struggling single father ends up feeling as invisible as his costume when he’s forgotten on Halloween – MARRIAGE STORY (2019) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2019, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in...

Featuring an all-star cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly and many more, THE AVIATOR (2004) was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Martin Scorsese,  edited by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Thelma Schoonmaker and shot by cinematographer and AFI Conservatory Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979). Chronicling the...

A madcap American odyssey which follows a new father in search of his own birth parents, writer/director David O. Russell’s FLIRTING WITH DISASTER features an all-star cast that includes Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Lily Tomlin, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal and Alan Alda. Russell discussed his creative process (alongside frequent collaborator Mark Wahlberg) with the AFI Conservatory Fellows as part of AFI’S Masterclass: The Art of Collaboration.  HOW TO...