American Film Institute

American Film Institute AFI "is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.

"AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in entertainment and education through the AFI Digital Content Lab and K-12 Screen Education Center.

"As the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, AFI ON SCREEN encompasses the annual AFI FEST presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival-as well as year-round programming at ArcLight Hollywood and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, including SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival."

People (Updated Jan. 2008)

• Chair - Sir Howard Stringer* - Sony Corporation

Directors

• Chairs - Jon Avnet* - Brooklyn Films; John F. Cooke* - Western Territories Group, LLC
• Vice-Chairs - Robert A. Daly* - Rulemaker; Richard Frank* - The Firm; Marshall Herskovitz* - The Bedford Falls Company; Tom Pollock* - The Montecito Picture Company; Ed Zwick* - The Bedford Falls Company
• Founding Director - George Stevens, Jr.*
• President & CEO - Bob Gazzale*
• President Emerita - Jean Picker Firstenberg*
• Honorary Trustee - Al Pacino

Trustees

• Merv Adelson - Lightforce Entertainment
• Chris Albrecht - Home Box Office
• Debbie Allen - Red Bird Productions
• Gilbert Amelio* - Jazz Technologies, Inc.
• Bradbury H. Anderson - Best Buy Co., Inc.
• Michael Apted - Directors Guild of America
• Lisa Arpey - Philanthropist
• Dick Askin - Askin & Company
• Bob Bennett - Bennett Productions
• Allen J. Bernstein* - Endeavor Restaurant Group, Inc.
• Gary Birkenbeuel* - Ernst & Young Global Limited
• Roger Birnbaum - Spyglass Entertainment Group
• Todd Bradley - Hewlett-Packard
• Richard Brandt* - Trans-Lux Corporation
• Mark Canton* - Atmosphere Entertainment
• Martha Coolidge - Ozma Productions
• John Costello - Pay By Touch
• Suzanne de Passe - de Passe Entertainment
• Bill Duke - Duke Media
• Tracey Edmonds - Our Stories Films
• Ari Emanuel - Endeavor
• Roger Enrico* - Dreamworks Animation SKG
• Moctesuma Esparza - Maya Pictures
• Carolyn Farb - Author/Philanthropist
• Nancy Collins Fisher - Collins Fisher Foundation
• Christopher Forman - ArcLight Cinemas
• Charles W. Fries* - Chuck Fries Productions, Inc.
• Sid Ganis - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
• James Gianopulos - 20th Century Fox
• Ina Ginsburg - Writer
• Dan Glickman - Motion Picture Association of America
• David Greenblatt - Greenlit Creative
• Brad Grey - Paramount Pictures
• Philip Guarascio - PG Ventures, LLC
• John S. Hendricks - Discovery Communications, Inc.
• Lawrence Herbert* - Pantone, Inc.
• Alan Horn* - Warner Bros.
• Dawn Hudson - Pepsi-Cola North America
• Robert Iger - Walt Disney Company
• Gene F. Jankowski* - Jankowski Communications System, Inc.
• Fay Kanin* - Writer/Producer
• Kathleen Kennedy - Kennedy-Marshall Company
• James V. Kimsey - Kimsey Foundation
• Patricia Kingsley - PMK/HBH, Inc.
• Barbara Kopple - Cabin Creek Films
• Warren N. Lieberfarb* - Warren Lieberfarb & Associates
• Suzanne Lloyd - Harold Lloyd Foundation Trust
• Barry M. Meyer - Warner Bros.
• Ron Meyer - Universal Studios, Inc.
• Jonathan Miller - America Online, Inc.
• Leslie Moonves - CBS Corporation
• Janet H. Murray - Georgia Institute of Technology
• Mace Neufeld - Mace Neufeld Productions
• Rick Nicita - Creative Artists Agency
• Amy Pascal - Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Daniel Petrie, Jr. - Daniel Petrie, Jr. & Co.
• Frederick S. Pierce* - The Frederick S. Pierce Company
• Frank Pierson - Writer/Director
• Tony Ponturo - Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
• Robert Rehme* - Rehme Productions
• Jay Roach - Every Man Pictures
• Alan Rosenberg - Screen Actors Guild
• Tom Rothman - 20th Century Fox
• Jill Sackler* - AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences & Humanities
• Robert Shaye - New Line Cinema
• Marc Shmuger - Universal Pictures
• Stacey Snider - DreamWorks SKG
• Vivian Sobchack* - UCLA School of Theatre, Film & Television
• Steven Spielberg - DreamWorks SKG
• Harriet Stuart - AFI Associates
• Anne Sweeney - Disney ABC Television Group
• Thomas Tull - Legendary Pictures
• Patric Verrone - Writers Guild of America
• Todd Wagner - 2929 Entertainment
• John E. Warnock - Adobe Systems
• James A. Wiatt - The William Morris Agency
• Michael Wright - Turner Entertainment Networks
• Bud Yorkin - Bud Yorkin Productions
• Jeff Zucker - NBC Universal
• Chairs Emeriti]] - Gregory Peck**, Roger L. Stevens**, Charlton Heston, Richard Brandt*, Bonita Granville Wrather**, Gene F. Jankowski*, Frederick S. Pierce*, Tom Pollock*

(**deceased; *board of directors)

Contact

Web: http://www.afi.com

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