Franklin J. Schaffner is the man behind a great many iconic American films: Planet of the Apes (1968), Patton (1970), Papillon (1973), The Boys from Brazil (1978), and others. Though he was an often ...

Associate Director Jim Tanker will become the 27th recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award, which will be presented at the DGA Awards ceremony next month. The Schaffner Award is given ...

The American Film Institute has its sights set on Matthew Libatique. The Oscar nominated cinematographer, who graduated from the institution in 1992, has been tapped to receive AFI’s Franklin J.

Associate Director/Stage Manager/Production Associate Council East (AD/SM/PA) member Dennis W. Mazzocco will become the 22nd recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award, which will be ...

Homeland director Lesli Linka Glatter, whose long roster of credits includes such influential series as Mad Men, Twin Peaks, Gilmore Girls and Freaks and Geeks, will receive the 26th Annual Franklin J ...

Much has been made of this film s wishy-washy flip-flopping on the matter of its subject, the loud-mouthed hawk General George S. Patton. B ...

Paris Barclay, president of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), has announced the recipients of two special DGA Awards recognizing extraordinary contribution to the Guild: Phillip Goldfarb and Julie ...

A French petty crook is wrongly convicted of murder and becomes obsessed with escaping from prison. His repeated attempts at breaking out land him in solitary confinement, where he is determined not ...

It was a night to remember. The American Film Institute (AFI) presented the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award to Nicole Kidman, the first Australian to receive the award, and the Franklin J. Schaffner ...

George C Scott’s Oscar-winning performance in Patton (Fox Cinema Reserve, €29.99), which looks at the exploits of controversial General George S Patton Jr, is given stellar treatment here with some ...