Starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Barbra Streisand opposite Kris Kristofferson, A STAR IS BORN (1976) was co-written (alongside Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne) and directed by the legendary Frank Pierson, who served as an AFI Trustee from 2006-2012 and as the artistic director for the AFI Conservatory, then known as the Center for...

Following a widow on her journey across the American Southwest in search of a better life for herself and her young son, ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974) was directed by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Martin Scorsese, and stars Ellen Burstyn – already an acting titan when she appeared in the film, which was released the...