The American Film Institute Awards (also known as the AFI Awards ) are awards presented by the American Film Institute to recognize the top ten films and television programs of the year. Unlike other accolades about the art form, the AFI Awards acknowledge the film and television productions deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year's most significant achievements in the art of the moving image in American cinema.
18-482: (Redirected from AFI Award ) AFI Awards may refer to: American Film Institute Awards Australian Film Institute Awards, the precursor of the AACTA Awards Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title AFI Awards . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
36-426: A student-run film series that eventually became the country's longest-lasting such series. She was a pioneer of taking Hollywood film seriously as a subject of academic study, teaching the work of Clint Eastwood as early as 1971. Because of Basinger, Wesleyan increasingly became seen as a place for Hollywood figures to deposit their archives; among those who have done so are Elia Kazan , Frank Capra , and eventually
54-501: Is an advisor to Martin Scorsese 's film foundation, produced an American Masters special on Clint Eastwood, and was head consultant and producer of PBS 's American Cinema: 100 Years of Filmmaking , as well as author of its companion volume. Basinger has been described as "one of the most important film scholars alive today." Among other accomplishments, she is credited with having built Wesleyan's Film Studies program into one of
72-626: The AFI's conventional eligibility criteria for the main categories, such as non-American productions as well as other types of media, are given recognition through the AFI Special Award. The 2000 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films of the year. The 2001 AFI Awards honored the best in film and television of the year. The nominations were announced on December 17, 2001, and the ceremony was broadcast on January 5, 2002, on CBS . It did not do well in
90-920: The College of Film and the Moving Image. Basinger is also a trustee emeritus of the American Film Institute , a member of the Steering Committee of the National Center for Film and Video Preservation, and one of the Board of Advisors for the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers. On February 11, 2005, she was named to the board of directors of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures . She
108-408: The Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2017 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2018 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2019 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The winners were announced on December 4, 2019, while the ceremony
126-418: The Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2004 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2005 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2006 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2007 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of
144-537: The Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2013 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2014 AFI Awards honored the Top 11 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2015 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The AFI Special Award was given to Mad Men , which for "its contributions to America's cultural legacy". The show has been listed in AFI's awards list seven times. The 2016 AFI Awards honored
162-441: The aforementioned Clint Eastwood. Under her leadership, by 1990 film had become a standalone program and major at Wesleyan separate from the art department, cross-listing courses with the art department and other established departments. It evolved into a formal department in 2000, with its own faculty and with Basinger as chair, a role she relinquished in 2016 before retiring in 2020, by which time that department had evolved into
180-501: The audience, ... where they work and where they don't." She attended and received her BS and MS from South Dakota State University . Basinger first arrived in Middletown, Connecticut , where Wesleyan University is located, in 1960 as marketing director of American Education Publications , then owned by the university and later sold to Xerox . In the late 1960s, art professor John Frazer recruited her into helping him set up
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#1732801540547216-423: The ratings (getting only 5.5 million viewers), so it would not be held in this format again. The AFI would go back to just listing the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year, and not have any technical nor acting categories. Each winner is in bold with the other nominees after: The 2002 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2003 AFI Awards honored
234-694: The ten best film schools in the world. "A shockingly disproportionate number of Hollywood movers and shakers" are graduates of the program. Graduates include Akiva Goldsman , Joss Whedon , Michael Bay , Paul Weitz , Laurence Mark , Paul Schiff , Gary Walkow, Alex Kurtzman , Bruce Eric Kaplan , Toby Emmerich , Nick Meyer , Marc Shmuger , Rick Nicita , Bradley Fuller , Dana Delany , Stephen Schiff , Rodger Grossman , Toni Ross , Bradley Whitford , Sam Wasson , Domenica Cameron-Scorsese , Liz Garcia , Jon Turteltaub , Owen Renfroe , Jeffrey Lane , Ed Decter , Zak Penn , Jeremy Arnold and Miguel Arteta . She has appeared in numerous documentaries and in
252-457: The university's first "serious film course" at a time when it was, according to Sam Wasson , unclear what that meant. This soon evolved into her teaching a class at Wesleyan on her own, beginning in 1969, despite lacking the usual academic credentials. Basinger eventually received the title of Professor of Film Studies, and later an endowed chair as Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies. In 1970, she and then-student Laurence Mark established
270-408: The year. The 2008 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2009 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2010 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2011 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. The 2012 AFI Awards honored
288-465: Was held on January 3, 2020. Game of Thrones earned its eighth mention, setting a new record. It also became the first and only continuing series to be awarded for all of its eligible seasons. The 2020 AFI Awards were announced on January 25, 2021, and the selections were honored in a virtual event on February 26, 2021. The juries were led by Jeanine Basinger and Richard Frank . The 2021 AFI Awards were announced on December 8, 2021. The ceremony
306-412: Was scheduled to be held on January 7, 2022, but was postponed to March 11, 2022, due to COVID-19. The 2022 AFI Awards were announced on December 9, 2022. The juries were led by Jeanine Basinger and Richard Frank . The 2023 AFI Awards were announced on December 7, 2023. Jeanine Basinger Jeanine Basinger (born February 3, 1936, Ravenden, Arkansas ) is an American film historian who
324-533: Was the Corwin-Fuller professor of film studies at Wesleyan University and the founder and curator of the university's cinematic archives. Jeanine Basinger was raised in Brookings, South Dakota . She first became interested in film at the age of 11 when she worked as an usher at The College Theater. She said that seeing the same film over and over gave her an understanding of "the way films... [affect]
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