The Art and Science of Cinema

Join Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao in conversation with BAFTA-winning editor Mary Sweeney and neuroscientist Jonas Kaplan.

Limited Series and Spotlights

A still taken from The Matrix (1999). Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Photo originally appeared in Cinefantastique magazine. 

The Matrix (1999)

A portrait of Hildur Guðnadóttir. Photo by Ante Taiga Jandrig


Hildur Guðnadóttir

A portrait of Spike Lee. © Micaiah Carter/AUGUST

Spike Lee

Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna in a scene from the 2001 film Y Tu Mamá También . Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Y tu mamá también (2001)

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, David Geffen Theater. Photo by Joshua White, JWPictures/©Academy Museum Foundations

David Geffen Theater

Laura Dern

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Saban Building. Photo by Josh White, JWPictures/©Academy
Museum Foundation

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Saban Building

My Neighbor Totoro

Screenings

Shirley Temple at Desk

Ongoing Series

Dolores Huerta is a civil rights activist and community organizer. She has worked for labor rights and social justice for over fifty years. 

Dolores Huerta

Public Program

Sacheen Littlefeather

THE ART OF RUTH CARTER Book with image of Ruth Carter

The Art of Ruth Carter

Film Program

An-Evening-with-Arnold-Schwarzenegger

Conversations

For Museum Members

Drawing Directors

Designing Jaws

Sofia Coppola Archive

Education Program

El Norte

Workshops

Image of John Waters in front of stained-glass windows in gallery

John Waters conversation

Jane-Fonda-Headshot

The Music of Indian Cinema

John Waters

Ricki Lake

Rita Moreno in Conversation

American Fiction Cord Jefferson Patricia Hill Collins Banner

Diane Warren and Armageddon

 Making a Movie Poster with Kenny Gravillis Program

Oscars

Mimi Haddon Palace Costume: Inside Hollywood’s Best Kept Fashion Secret 

Book Signings

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The Art and Science of Cinema

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