The UCLA Film and Television Archive is nationally renowned for its Screenings & Public Programs and is one of the most prominent non-profit exhibition venues in Los Angeles. The Archive presents an eclectic mix of over 400 films and videos a year, combining the best of the classic and the new, the mainstream and the cutting-edge.

American Cinema

Located in the film capital of Los Angeles, the Archive excels in showcasing a wide range of American cinema. Contemporary independent films, rare silents and beloved Hollywood classics screen year-round at the Archive. Movie stars from Clara Bow to Gary Cooper, screen legends from D.W. Griffith to Alfred Hitchcock, mavericks from Oscar Micheaux to John Cassavetes to the Fleischer Brothers-all have been featured in Archive programs celebrating the many themes, genres, studios and talents in American moviemaking throughout the ages.

International Cinema

For more than 20 years, the Archive has been at the forefront of introducing US audiences to important new filmmakers and movements worldwide. Directors whose works were first premiered in the US by the Archive include some of the most illustrious names in international filmmaking today:

Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion, Peter Chan, Chen Kaige, Patrice Chéreau, Claire Denis, Arnaud Depleschin, Bruno Dumont, Patricio Guzman, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Im Kwon-Taek, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Stanley Kwan, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hayao Miyazaki, Nanni Moretti, Philip Noyce, Park Kwang-Su, Mani Rathnam, Arturo Ripstein, Walter Salles Jr., Aleksandr Sokurov, Fernando E. Solanas, Bela Tarr, Bertrand Tavernier, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Johnnie To, Tsai Ming-Liang, Wong Kar-Wai, John Woo and Zhang Yimou.

Filmmakers @ the Archive

The Archive continues to host screenings where audiences have the opportunity to meet acclaimed filmmakers and discuss their work. Previous guests at the Archive include:

Robert Altman, Allison Anders, Paul Thomas Anderson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Drew Barrymore, Bernardo Bertolucci, James L. Brooks, Charles Burnett, Budd Boetticher, James L. Brooks, Cyd Charisse, Joan Chen, Julie Dash, Brian De Palma, Christopher Doyle, William Friedkin, Sam Fuller, Amos Gitai, John Greyson, Curtis Hanson, John Huston, Janusz Kaminski, Charlie Kaufman, Burt Kennedy, George Lucas, Leon Lai, Claude Lelouch, Albert Maysles, Gregory Nava, David O. Russell, Alexander Payne, Arthur Penn, Sean Penn, Stellan Skarsgård, Jerzy Skolimowski, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Vittorio Storaro, Quentin Tarantino, Bertrand Tavernier and Billy Wilder.