Ominous and iconic, JAWS (1975) was brought to life by two AFI Life Achievement honorees – director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams. The film appears across the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest works of American cinema – earning recognition on AFI's list of the greatest movies of all time, as well as...

Starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman in their second collaboration as co-stars for director George Roy Hill, THE STING (1973) features Academy Award®-winning production design by Henry Bumstead – who also helped to educate the next generation of storytellers as a teacher at the AFI Conservatory.  Learn more about THE STING in the AFI Catalog. HOW...

Ominous and iconic, JAWS (1975) was brought to life by two AFI Life Achievement honorees – director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams. The film appears across the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest works of American cinema – earning recognition on both the original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest movies of...

Ominous and iconic, JAWS was brought to life by two AFI Life Achievement honorees – director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams. The film appears across the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest works of American cinema – earning recognition on both the original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest movies of all...

THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau as police lieutenant Zachary Garber, is a nail-biting thriller that also captures the sights, sounds and character of New York City in the 1970s. Sargent served as the senior filmmaker in residence for the Directing discipline at the AFI Conservatory, educating…

THE STING stars Robert Redford and Paul Newman with production design by Henry Bumstead. Bumstead – who won his second Academy Award® for THE STING’s impossibly charming period aesthetic – helped to educate the next generation of storytellers as a teacher at the AFI Conservatory.  Watch Henry Winkler announce THE STING: Movie Trivia about THE STING DID YOU…