Past Events
A Salute to Hal Ashby
In June, Cameron Crowe hosted an evening celebrating Hal Ashby, whose credits include “Harold and Maude,” “Coming Home” and “Being There.” Special guests included Jon Voight, Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen, Diablo Cody, Haskell Wexler and surprise guest Bud Cort, star of “Harold and Maude.” The evening also featured a rare performance by Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens. More
Past Events from 2009
A Centennial Tribute to Johnny Mercer
Featuring performances by host Michael Feinstein More
The Sound behind the Image III
Real Horrorshow! More
Hollywood Home Movies II
Treasures from the Academy Film Archive More
Up Close and Personal
Iranian Filmmakers in Their Own Words More
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Washington, D.C.)
A 70th anniversary screening More
Perspectives on Editing
An Academy Seminar Series More
Hollywood’s Greatest Year (New York)
The Best Picture Nominees of 1939 More
Linwood Dunn: Celebrating a Visual Effects Pioneer
Featuring a screening of “Citizen Kane” More
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Celebration (New York)
Featuring a screening of “No Way Out” More
Behind the Motion Picture Canvas
Examining Film Formats through the 21st Century More
Movies! Moguls! Monkeys! and Murder Too!
Early motion pictures shot in Los Angeles from 1909–1914 More
Imitation of Life
A 50th anniversary screening More
Infinite Animation
The Work of Adam Beckett More
When Worlds Collide
The Science of Movies More
Hollywood’s Greatest Year
The Best Picture Nominees of 1939 More
Marc Davis Celebration of Animation
Featuring Hayao Miyazaki More
A Tribute to Mel Brooks
Featuring Mel Brooks, in person. More
Spirited Away
A screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film. More
Astronaut as Filmmaker
Featuring the STS-125 Shuttle Crew. More
A Salute to Hal Ashby
Featuring a performance by Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens) More
Underworld
Featuring the Alloy Orchestra More
A Tribute to Dick Smith
The Godfather of Special Makeup Effects More
Gunga Din (New York)
A screening of the classic George Stevens’ adventure film. More
2009 Student Academy Awards
Honoring outstanding college and university filmmakers. More
“Gunga Din” – How Did They Do That?
A screening of the classic George Stevens’ adventure film. More
2008–2009 Contemporary Documentaries
A survey of outstanding recent work in the documentary field. More
A Tribute to Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Hosted by Quincy Jones with special guest Barbra Streisand. More
Salute to Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Featuring a screening of “Suddenly, Last Summer” More
Movies! Moguls! Monkeys! and Murder!
Screening of early motion pictures shot in Los Angeles between 1909 and 1914. More
The Big Picture
The Evolution of the Wide-Screen Film More
Costume Design in the Digital Age
Designing for digital technology. More
The Films of 1908
Celebrating the film achievements of 1908. More
“8½”
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Fellini’s Book of Dreams.” More
“My Fair Lady” and “The Great Race”
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Dressed in Color: The Costumes.” More
The Iron Mask
Douglas Fairbanks’s last silent film. More
The Thief of Bagdad
A rollicking adventure tale starring Douglas Fairbanks. More
Meet the Oscars, Chicago
Movie fans in Chicago had the chance to hold an actual Oscar. More
Nominated Documentaries and Shorts
Screenings of all the nominated documentaries and short films. More
“Midnight Cowboy” (New York)
A special 40th anniversary screening. More
Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Symposium
The nominees presented film clips, photographs and models of their work. More
Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Symposium
The foreign language film directors discussed their work. More
Animated Feature Symposium
The nominees discussed their creative process. More
Shorts! (New York)
Screenings of all the 2008 Oscar-nominated live action and animated short films. More
Global Glimpses (Washington, D.C.)
Screenings of all the 2008 Oscar-nominated foreign language films. More
Selected Past Events from 2008
“2001: A Space Odyssey”
Introduced by Tom Hanks More
An Academy Salute to Leslie Caron
Featuring a 50th anniversary screening of “Gigi” More
George Pal: Discovering the Fantastic
Featuring a screening of “The War of the Worlds” More
Getting Perspective: The Art & Science of 3D Motion Pictures
Hosted by Rob Hummel More
Makeup Artists & Hairstylists
A forum on contemporary technique More
Putting Looney in the Toons
A double centennial tribute to Tex Avery and Michael Maltese More
“Sleeping Beauty”
Featuring a newly restored digital version by Walt Disney Studios More
The Sound behind the Image II: Now Hear This!
The evolution of sound in animation More
A Time for Burning
Featuring an onstage discussion with producer-director William C. Jersey More
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