February 24, 2026
2026 Hollywood Guild Awards Honor AFI Conservatory Alumni
As awards season draws to a close, it’s the perfect time to celebrate the projects recognized by Hollywood’s major guilds and the year’s most outstanding achievements in film and television. Join us in congratulating the exceptional graduates of the AFI Conservatory, whose remarkable creative work has earned well-deserved recognition from their peers. Explore the AFI...
February 28, 2025
2025 Hollywood Guild Awards Honor AFI Conservatory Alumni
As awards season comes to a close, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on the projects nominated by the major Hollywood guilds, recognizing the year's top achievements in film and television. Join us in congratulating the exceptional graduates of the AFI Conservatory, whose outstanding creative work has earned well-deserved recognition from their peers. Check out...
December 19, 2024
AFI Conservatory Alumni Triumph at DGA Student Film Awards
As awards season unfolds, we’re excited to celebrate the accomplishments of five recent AFI Conservatory graduates who have won DGA Student Film Awards! From the classes of 2023 and 2024, these talented filmmakers earned recognition for their exceptional AFI thesis films, which made a lasting impression and distinguished themselves from the competition. Their achievements highlight...
February 23, 2024
AFI Alumni Winners and Nominees for 2024 Hollywood Guild Awards
With the 96th Academy Awards® right around the corner, there is no better time to take a look at the projects that the major Hollywood Guilds have recognized with their nominations for the year’s best achievements in film and television. These nominations are often prognosticators of the Oscars® race. Congratulations to the remarkable graduates of the AFI Conservatory who were honored by their peers...
January 13, 2023
AFI Alumni Nominees and Winners for 2023 Hollywood Guild Awards
Each year the Hollywood Guilds recognize some of the most outstanding work in film and television production. This past year, the ACE, ADG, ASC, DGA, PGA and WGA honored many of our remarkable AFI Conservatory Alumni, acknowledging their achievements and extraordinary talent and dedication to their craft. We are excited to share the AFI filmmakers...
March 23, 2022
Congratulations to the AFI Alumni who are Guild Award Winners!
AFI is excited to celebrate the outstanding work of our Alumni and the incredible stories they’ve shared with audiences around the world this year. Congratulations to all of the extraordinary members of the AFI community who have been nominated by the guilds this year. We especially enjoy seeing AFI Alumni lifting one another up as...
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...
March 2, 2020
AFI Member Spotlight: Paris Barclay
Paris Barclay is one of television’s most prolific directors. His credits include episodes of NYPD BLUE, ER, THE WEST WING, LOST, THE GOOD WIFE, CSI, SONS OF ANARCHY, HOUSE, GLEE, IN TREATMENT, SCANDAL, EMPIRE and PITCH. Throughout his career, he has garnered two Emmy® awards, ten DGA nominations, three NAACP Image awards, four Peabody Awards…
March 17, 2016
Meet the Next Generation of Film and TV Storytellers
Pictured above — THE ICEBOX team, L to R: Ariel Vida (production designer), Steph Perez (editor), Dani Medeiros (production designer), Daniel Sawka (director), Ian Holliday (cinematographer) On Tuesday night at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, the AFI Conservatory Showcase presented the extraordinary storytelling talents of the Class of 2015, with screenings of three jury-selected thesis films,...
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