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Patty Jenkins quote

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I’m so grateful for my years at AFI… They helped me find my voice and defining principles of story and craft that inform me to this day.”

Patty Jenkins (AFI Class of 2000),
director, MONSTER, WONDER WOMAN

Todd Field quote

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If you’re here, you’re talented, if you’re here, the person next to you is talented, the person behind you is talented.”

Todd Field (AFI Class of 1992),
writer/director, TÁR, IN THE BEDROOM

Affonso Goncalves quote

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When I graduated and started working, that was when I started to really appreciate AFI because everything I had learned, I could immediately start putting into practice and apply to the actual job.”

Affonso Gonçalves (AFI Class of 1993),
editor, CAROL, DON’T WORRY DARLING

David Lynch quote

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AFI opens doors for the filmmakers. AFI puts filmmakers on the map.”

David Lynch (AFI Class of 1970), writer/director, TWIN PEAKS, MULHOLLAND DRIVE

Polly Morgan quote

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AFI was the perfect stepping-stone. Attending helped me push my skill set further, to become the DP that I always wanted to be.”

Polly Morgan (AFI Class of 2010) cinematographer, THE WOMAN KING, A QUIET PLACE PART II

Melina Matsoukas quote

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AFI really is inclusive, that they want to promote diverse voices, they want to promote challenging the status quo and the ideas of what we’ve traditionally seen as acceptable in Hollywood.”

Melina Matsoukas (AFI Class of 2005), cinematographer/director, INSECURE, QUEEN & SLIM

AFI CONSERVATORY CONVERSATION GUESTS

BOB TREVINO LIKES IT Filmmaker Conversation at AFI

A Conversation with Deniese Davis & Monique Dias on ONE OF THEM DAYS

A Conversation with MARIA Cinematographer Ed Lachman

A Conversation with THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG's Mohammad Rasoulof & Setareh Maleki

EMILIA PÉREZ Director/Writer/Producer Jacques Audiard on David Lynch

Jesse Eisenberg Discusses His Film A REAL PAIN

Azazel Jacobs On HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

A Conversation with Azazel Jacobs on HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

A Conversation with JT Mollner & Giovanni Ribisi on STRANGE DARLING

RaMell Ross on the Friendship of the Characters in NICKEL BOYS

Malcolm Washington on his film THE PIANO LESSON

Sean Wang on his film DÌDI

Anna Kendrick Discusses Her Film WOMAN OF THE HOUR

In Conversation with THE SUBSTANCE Filmmaker Coralie Fargeat

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndell on ARMAND

Shuchi Talati Discusses her Film GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS

Shuchi Talati on GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS Star Preeti Panigrahi

In Conversation with ALIEN: ROMULUS Filmmaker Fede Alvarez

In Conversation with 3 BODY PROBLEM's David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo

In Conversation with THE FIRST OMEN's Arkasha Stevenson

In Conversation with DADDIO Filmmaker Christy Hall

Filmmakers Josh Margolin, Zoë Worth and Chris Kaye Discuss Their New Film THELMA

In Conversation with EXPATS Filmmakers Lulu Wang and Yong Ok Lee

Steven Zaillian on his Netflix Series Ripley

Emma Seligman on BOTTOMS

Trần Anh Hùng Discusses His Film THE TASTE OF THINGS

AFRICAN GIANTS Filmmakers at the AFI Conservatory

Juel Taylor and Franco-Giacomo Carbone on THEY CLONED TYRONE

Matteo Garrone Discusses His Film IO CAPITANO

Todd Haynes and Affonso Gonçalves on their film MAY DECEMBER

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