Only with the mastery of production design can AFI Fellows create believable and imaginative worlds onscreen. The AFI Conservatory MFA curriculum challenges them to visually and physically construct an environment that becomes the essential foundation of the narrative storytelling process. Fellows collaborate on at least three narrative projects in the first year and design an entire thesis production, while completing an original portfolio in the second year.The AFI Conservatory, which counts Todd Cherniawsky (OBI-WAN KENOBI, STAR TREK: PICARD), Theresa Guleserian (HAPPIEST SEASON, THE ONE I LOVE), Aashrita Kamath (PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING, AVATAR 2 & 3), Yong Ok Lee (MINARI, THE FAREWELL), Javiera Varas (WILD, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB) and more as Production Design Alumni, is ranked the #1 film school in America.