The filmmakers at the world-renowned AFI Conservatory learn by doing. Here, tomorrow's storytellers are placed in a hands-on, production-based environment and are trained by a group of dedicated working professionals from the film and television communities.
Located in the heart of the entertainment community in Hollywood, the AFI Conservatory places a strong emphasis on narrative visual storytelling and personal expression. This film program instills the tools that help filmmakers practice their craft and become better storytellers. Classes are broken up into teams that mirror a real production environment. Those teams collaborate on and produce more films than any other graduate-level film school. Upon graduation, about 81% of our graduates report that they are working.
AFI Alumni:
DAVID LYNCH (Director - Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks),
DARREN ARONOFSKY (Director - Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan),
TERRENCE MALICK (Director - Tree of Life, The New World)
ANDREA ARNOLD (Director - Fish Tank),
WALLY PFISTER (Cinematographer – The Dark Knight, Inception),
ROBERT RICHARDSON (Cinematographer – Django Unchained),
MATTHEW LIBATIQUE (Cinematographer – Black Swan, Iron Man, Straight Outta Compton)
FRANCO GIACOMO-CARBONE (Production Designer – The Expendables, Hostel),
TODD CHERNIAWSKY, (Production Designer – Avatar, Art Director - Alice In Wonderland),
SHARON SEYMOUR, (Production Designer – The Town, The Ides of March),
HOWARD SMITH (Editor – The Abyss, Glengarry Glen Ross),
CHRISTOPHER GAY (Editor – Mad Men, CSI:NY),
AFFONSO GONÇALVES, (Editor – Winter’s Bone, True Detective),
FRANK REYNOLDS, (Editor – In The Bedroom, In Search Of A Midnight Kiss)