Appearing on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest movies of all time, RAGING BULL (1980) features the work of two recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award – director Martin Scorsese and star Robert De Niro – as well as a script by AFI Alum Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969) and editing...

Starring Natassja Kinski and Malcom McDowell in a psychosexual tale of intimacy and horror, CAT PEOPLE (1982) is a lush re-imagining of director Jacques Tourneur’s 1942 classic brought to the screen by AFI Alum – and Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal recipient – Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). Schrader was also a recipient of...

Exploring the life and work of Japanese author Yukio Mishima through interweaving narrative strands, MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS is co-written and directed by AFI Conservatory alum and AFI Honorary Degree recipient Paul Schrader and executive produced by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree George Lucas. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream MISHIMA: A LIFE...

AFI will confer Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees honoris causa upon Academy Award®-nominated director/producer Lesli Linka Glatter (alumna, AFI Directing Workshop for Women) and Academy Award®-nominated writer/director Paul Schrader (AFI Conservatory Class of 1969). They will be recognized for their contributions to the art of the moving image during the AFI Conservatory's commencement ceremony on...