Written and directed by AFI Conservatory Alum – and recipient of the Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal – Patty Jenkins (AFI Class of 2000), MONSTER (2003) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2003, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official...

Now an unstoppable force behind the contemporary renaissance of prestige television – with credits including TWIN PEAKS, FREAKS & GEEKS, THE WEST WING, THE NEWSROOM, WEEDS, THE WALKING DEAD, HOMELAND and THE LEFTOVERS – AFI Directing Workshop for Women alumna Lesli Linka Glatter (AFI DWW Class of 1982) made her theatrical feature film debut with...

This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on July 8, 2021. Now an unstoppable force behind the contemporary renaissance of prestige television – with credits including TWIN PEAKS, FREAKS & GEEKS, THE WEST WING, THE NEWSROOM, WEEDS, THE WALKING DEAD, HOMELAND and THE LEFTOVERS – AFI Directing Workshop for Women alumna...

Now an unstoppable force behind the contemporary renaissance of prestige television – with credits including TWIN PEAKS, FREAKS & GEEKS, THE WEST WING, THE NEWSROOM, WEEDS, THE WALKING DEAD, HOMELAND and THE LEFTOVERS – AFI Directing Workshop for Women alumna Lesli Linka Glatter (AFI DWW Class of 1982) made her theatrical feature film debut with...

MONSTER, the harrowing story of real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos, was directed Patty Jenkins – an alum of the AFI Conservatory – and awarded an AFI AWARD in 2003, recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving…