Marking the feature film directorial debut of Carroll Ballard and named by the American Film Institute among the most inspiring films of all time, THE BLACK STALLION (1979) was shot by AFI Conservatory alum Caleb Deschanel (AFI Class of 1969) – and executive produced by newly minted AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Francis Ford Coppola. Visit the...

The debut – and only – feature as director, writer and producer from star Barbara Loden, WANDA (1971) was chosen as the only American entry in the 1970 Venice Film Festival, where it won the International Critics' Prize for Best Film. The film received almost universally laudatory reviews – including one from the Los Angeles...