August 16, 2025
RETURN TO OZ (1985) – AFI Movie Club
Returning to the original source material that inspired THE WIZARD OF OZ, co-writer and director Walter Murch reimagined L. Frank Baum’s wonderful world as a place filled with new friends and uncanny dangers in RETURN TO OZ (1985). A legendary editor and pioneering sound designer who made his feature directorial debut with this film, Murch...
August 8, 2025
Viola Davis and Walter Murch Receive Honorary Degrees at AFI Conservatory Commencement
Today, the American Film Institute conferred Doctorates of Fine Arts degrees, honoris causa, for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon trailblazing actress and producer Viola Davis and legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch during the AFI Conservatory's Class of 2025 commencement ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in...
June 17, 2025
Viola Davis and Walter Murch To Receive Honorary Degrees at AFI Conservatory Commencement
The American Film Institute will confer a Doctorate of Fine Arts degree honoris causa for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon trailblazing actress and producer Viola Davis and legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch. Davis and Murch will be recognized during the AFI Conservatory’s commencement ceremony celebrating the...
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