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| | Distinguished Members of Film Community Participate in AFI Conservatory Commencement; Celebrate Exceptional Year |
 | | Among the previous recipients of AFI Honorary Degrees are Sherry Lansing, Richard Schickel, Robert Altman, Maya Angelou, Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Bochco, Roger Corman, Robert Daly, Lee Grant, Chuck Jones, Ray Harryhausen, John Lasseter, Karl Malden, Gena Rowlands, Thelma Schoonmaker, Jack Valenti, Haskell Wexler and Alfre Woodard. |
 | | About AFI: AFI is the preeminent organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of film, television and other forms of the moving image. |
 | | AFI's New Media Ventures programs bring together the creative and digital communities, as the department seeks to develop a literacy program for the 21st century, helping young people learn to read and write screens of all sizes-cinema, television, computer and the Internet. |
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