AFI’S NOTABLE ALUMNI

Since the AFI’s inception, the Conservatory has boasted a long list of notable, accomplished alumni.

 

DARREN ARONOSKY | Director | Class of 1992

  • Pi (1999)

  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)

  • The Wrestler (2008)

  • Black Swan (2010)

  • Mother! (2017)

 DAVID LYNCH | Director | class of 1970

  • Eraserhead (1977)

  • The Elephant Man (1980)

  • Blue Velvet (1986)

  • Twin Peaks (1989-1991)

  • Mulholland Drive (2001)

  • Twin Peaks (2017)

 

WALLY PFISTER | Cinematographer | Class of 1988

  • Memento (2000)

  • Insomnia (2002)

  • The Italian Job (2003)

  • Batman Begins (2005)

  • The Prestige (2006)

  • The Dark Knight (2008)

  • Inception (2010)

  • Moneyball (2011)

  • The Dark Knight (2012)

ROBERT ELSWIT | Cinematographer | Class of 1977

  • Boogie Nights (1997)

  • Magnolia (1999)

  • Punch Drunk Love (2002)

  • Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)

  • Syriana (2005)

  • Michael Clayton (2007)

  • There Will Be Blood (2007)

  • The Town (2010)

  • The Bourne Legacy (2012)

  • Nightcrawler (2014)

 

ROBERT RICHARDSON | Cinematographer | Class of 1982

  • Platoon (1986)

  • Wall Street (1987)

  • JFK (1991)

  • A Few Good Men (1992)

  • Natural Born Killers (1994)

  • Casino (1995)

  • Nixon (1995)

  • Kill Bill (2003)

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2003)

  • The Aviator (2004)

  • Inglorious Basterds (2009)

  • Shutter Island (2010)

  • Eat Pray Love (2010)

  • Hugo (2011)

  • Django Unchained (2012)

  • World War Z (2013)

  • Hateful Eight (2015)

  • Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (2019)

RACHEL MORRISON | Cinematographer | Class of 2006

  • Fruitvale Station (2013)

  • Cake (2014)

  • Dope (2015)

  • Mudbound (2017)

  • Black Panther (2018)

ANDREA ARNOLD | Director | Class of 1991

  • Wasp (2003)

  • Fish Tank (2009)

  • Wuthering Heights (2011)

  • American Honey (2016)

  • Big Little Lies (2019)

 

JANUSZ KAMINSKI | Cinematographer | Class of 1988

  • Schindler’s List (1993)

  • Jerry Maguire (1996)

  • Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997)

  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)

  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

  • Minority Report (2002)

  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)

  • Munich (2005)

  • War of the Worlds (2005)

  • Funny People (2009)

  • Lincoln (2012)

  • The Post (2017)

  • Ready Player One (2018)

MATTY LIBATIQUE | Cinematographer | Class of 1992

  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)

  • Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

  • Iron Man (2008)

  • Iron Man (2010)

  • Black Swan (2010)

  • Straight Outta Compton (2015)

  • Mother! (2017)

  • A Star Is Born (2018)

  • Venom (2018)

TERRENCE MALICK | Director | Class of 1969

  • Badlands (1973)

  • The Thin Red Line (1998)

  • The Tree of Life (2011)

  • Knight of Cups (2015)

PAUL SCHRADER | Screenwriter | Class of 1969

  • Taxi Driver (1976)

  • Raging Bull (1980)

  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

  • Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

  • First Reformed (2017)

AND MANY MORE..