AFI Alumni Recent Nominations and Award Winners

It’s Awards Season in Hollywood, and AFI is proud to congratulate our AFI Conservatory  Alumni with recent nominations and wins. We are thrilled to have so many of our alumni represented with prestigious nominations from the Golden Globes and Academy Awards to Guild and Society Awards, and so many more!

70th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

HOMELAND
Gideon Raff (AFI Class of 2003), Executive Producer/Screenwriter
Best Television Series – Drama (Winner)

85th ACADEMY AWARDS
(Winners announced on February 24, 2013)

THE INVISIBLE WAR
Kirby Dick (AFI Class of 1983), Director/Screenwriter
Documentary Feature (Nominee)

LINCOLN
Janusz Kamiński (AFI Class of 1987), Cinematographer
Cinematography(Nominee)

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Awards Season recognition for AFI FEST filmmakers

As Awards season approaches, AFI FEST 2012 Official Selections have begun collecting awards.  Here is a list of the AFI FEST films that have gotten major recognition already.

AFI Awards

LIFE OF PI

LINCOLN

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Spirit Award nominees

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Female Lead, Best Male Lead)

THE LONELIEST PLANET (Best Director)

STARLET (John Cassavetes Award, Robert Altman Award)

THE COLOR WHEEL (John Cassavetes Award)

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE (Best Documentary)

AMOUR (Best International Film)

RUST AND BONE (Best International Film)

WAR WITCH (Best International Film)

ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA  (Best International Film)

SAG Award nominees

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (Best Leading Actor, Best Leading Actress, Best Supporting Actor)

LINCOLN (Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress)

RUST AND BONE (Best Leading Actress)

HITCHCOCK (Best Leading Actress)

THE IMPOSSIBLE (Best Leading Actress)

 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

AMOUR (Best Picture)

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (Best Actress)

HOLY MOTORS (Best Foreign Language Film)

LEVIATHAN (The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film Video Award)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

LINCOLN (Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress)

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE (Best Non-Fiction Film)

AMOUR (Best Foreign Film)

Congratulations to all our recognized filmmakers, we look forward to following your continued success as awards season progresses.

13 December 1 Permalink

AFI FEST 2012 Films Nominated for Golden Globes

Congratulations to all the AFI FEST 2012 films that have been nominated for Golden Globes!

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Marion Cotillard, RUST AND BONE
Helen Mirren, HITCHCOCK
Naomi Watts, THE IMPOSSIBLE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Daniel Day-Lewis, LINCOLN

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Jennifer Lawrence, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Maggie Smith, QUARTET

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Bradley Cooper, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A ROYAL AFFAIR
AMOUR
KON-TIKI
RUST AND BONE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Sally Field, LINCOLN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Tommy Lee Jones, LINCOLN

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Ang Lee, LIFE OF PI
Steven Spielberg, LINCOLN

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Tony Kushner, LINCOLN
David O. Russell, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

13 December 3 Permalink

AFI Alumni Win WGA and Eddie Awards

Congratulations to AFI Alumni Gideon Raff (AFI Class of 2003) and Steven Rasch, A.C.E. (AFI Class of 1998) for their recent award winning work! Gideon Raff won a WGA Award in the new series category for HOMELAND and Steven Rasch won an A.C.E. Eddie Award for CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: “Palestinian Chicken,” in the category of Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wga-writers-guild-awards-winners-list-292639

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/19/idUS184255749320120219

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