AFI Conservatory

America's Conservatory for Filmmakers

At the world-renowned AFI Conservatory, a dedicated group of working professionals from the film and television communities serve as mentors in a hands-on, production-based environment nurturing the talents of tomorrow's storytellers.

With an emphasis on narrative visual storytelling and personal expression, each class breaks into teams that mirror a real production environment. Those teams collaborate on and produce more films than any other graduate level film program.

Established in 1969, the two-year Master of Fine Arts program provides training in six filmmaking disciplines: Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting. Mirroring a professional production environment, Fellows collaborate to make more films than any other graduate level program. Admission to AFI Conservatory is highly selective.

AFI alumni have won Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Tony Awards and top prizes at Cannes and Sundance. Their collective work is a promise fulfilled — to educate the next generation of filmmakers.

We invite you to join them.