Earn your MFA in Cinematography and take your filmmaking career to the next level. AFI Cinematographers spend two years immersed in honing their craft. As part of the cinematography curriculum, AFI Cinematographers have the chance to work on 28 films a year with unprecedented access to lighting workshops and practical seminars taught by acclaimed cinematographers, and create a 35mm visual essay which is screened at the annual AFI Visual Essay industry showcase.
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Paula Huidobro (AFI Class of 2004)
Pawel Pogorzelski (AFI Class of 2010)
Autumn Durald (AFI Class of 2009)
Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979)
John Guleserian (AFI Class of 2005), cinematographer and Adam McDaid (AFI Class of 2006), cinematographer: second unit, Georgia unit
Robert Hunter(AFI Class of 2020)
Carolina Costa (AFI Class of 2013)
John Guleserian (AFI Class of 2005)
Polly Morgan (AFI Class of 2010)
Matthew Libatique (AFI Class of 1992)
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“I really loved going to AFI. It made me very disciplined in how I approach a script, the way I prepare to shoot a film, and how I communicate with a director about the story and the intention behind the scenes.”
–Paula Huidobro (AFI Class of 2004)
Cinematographer, Academy Award® Best Picture winner CODA