Previous filmmakers to inhabit the role include Pedro Almodóvar, David Lynch, Agnès Varda.Greta Gerwig, riding high on the global success of Barbie, has been named AFI Fest’s guest artistic director at the 37th edition of the Los Angeles event running October 25-29.Gerwig joins an illustrious list of former filmmakers to inhabit the role including Pedro Almodóvar, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ava DuVernay, David Lynch, and Agnès Varda.“Greta Gerwig is devoted to cinema, and AFI is devoted to her,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO.
“In 2010, she served on the Shorts Jury for AFI Fest – and across the years since then,…
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