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Quotes About AFI

I went to NYU undergrad, then went to AFI for grad school.
~ Sam Esmail
Growing up, I went to the Warped Tour a lot, and I got to see bands like Rancid and AFI and Dropkick Murphys and these bands that meant so much to me when I was a kid - all in succession on these stages, so to get to play that same stage that I watched those bands play is a huge thing for me.
~ Andy Biersack
I got my MFA from AFI as a director in 2010. I've had time to make the shorts that I made previous to 'Hereditary' and to kind of build these movies in my head.
~ Ari Aster
At AFI, you make three cycle films your first year, and then you make a thesis film your second year, and I watched Darren Aronofsky's cycle films and was blown away - there was a young Lucy Liu, who was just part of that generation. And I just wanted to be part of that tradition.
~ Zal Batmanglij
I went to graduate school for directing at AFI in L.A., and I wanted to be a director.
~ Zal Batmanglij
I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on 'Bonfire Of The Vanities.' I got this grant from the Academy to be Brian De Palma's apprentice director. And it was such a harrowing, disillusioning, awful experience.
~ Douglas Rushkoff
Everyone needs to support AFI. Since they are doing an excellent job, we need to reach greater heights.
~ Hima Das
The American Film Institute ranked him as the Greatest Male Star in cinema history. The honors were only beginning. In 1997 Entertainment Weekly designated Humphrey the Number One Movie Legend of all time. That year the United States Postal Service issued a stamp bearing his liken
~ Stefan Kanfer
I graduated from the American Film Institute in 2010, where I studied as a director, and came out with a few features I really wanted to make.
~ Ari Aster
When I was studying photography, I became interested in conflict photojournalism, and that got me interested in lighting. Then I realized there was this amazing thing called cinematography where you could kind of tell more complete stories photographing for film. So I ended up going to AFI grad school for that.
~ Rachel Morrison
Lynch began classes on September 25th, joining the members of the AFI's first graduating class, which included filmmakers Terrence Malick, Caleb Deschanel, Tim Hunter, and Paul Schrader.
~ David Lynch
When we were growing up, we listened to all sorts of music, but the first band that really grabbed all of us live was AFI.
~ M. Shadows
I came to Los Angeles in the fall of 1969 to study at the AFI.
~ Terrence Malick