Marshalling an all-star cast led by Matt Damon, AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Robert De Niro stepped behind the camera to produce and direct THE GOOD SHEPHERD (2006) – photographed by AFI Alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979) and executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola, who served among the founding Trustees of AFI in...

Adapted by David Mamet from his own Pulitzer Prize winning play, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992) features a powerhouse ensemble of some of the art form’s most esteemed actors, including Jack Lemmon and Al Pacino – both recipients of the highest honor for a career in film, the AFI Life Achievement Award. Visit the AFI Catalog...

Directed by AFI Alum John McTiernan (AFI Class of 1975), THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990) features a starring performance by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sean Connery as a Russian submarine commander hoping to defect, as well as a supporting role from AFI Honorary Degree recipient James Earl Jones. Visit the AFI Catalog to...

A brilliantly demented look at life in the afterlife from director Tim Burton, BEETLEJUICE (1988) takes an outrageous kitchen sink approach to depicting the dead – finding visual fascination with every hilariously morbid aspect of being “recently deceased.” Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about BEETLEJUICE. Have Get The Picture delivered to your inbox...

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...