Fellow Photo & Biography

  • Fellow Photo & Biography

    To introduce you to the AFI community, we require all Fellows to submit a photograph and short biography. The photo will be used for your school ID card. The biographies are used as part of your directory information at AFI and will be used for introductions and teaming purposes for productions. Once submitted, bios and photos can not be changed or updated. Please follow the instructions below for submitting both your photo and bio.

  • Photograph Instructions:

    The photograph you are submitting will be used for course rosters and your school ID card. Please submit a clear photo of your face that does not obsure any portion of your face - NO HATS OR HEADGEAR (unless required for religious observance) and NO SUNGLASSES. It should be something similar to a passport or driver license photo (but feel free to smile for this one, if you want) where you are looking head and eyes towards the camera lens. The photograph can be taken professionally or personally. See sample photographs below.

    PHOTO REQUIREMENTS:

    1. Photographs should be a square image no larger than 500 pixels wide by 500 pixels tall.
    2. Photos should be in black and white.
    3. Maximum file size can be no larger than 3mb*.
    4. File should be in jpg format.
    5. File Name: Please title your photo file with your discipline prefix, last name, first name initial, and Fellow ID Number so we can match it correctly to you once downloaded.

    *Please make sure your face is cleary visable and not blurry. Use sample photos below as an example of what to submit.

    The discipline prefixes are:

    • CIN for Cinematography
    • DIR for Directing
    • EDT for Editing
    • PRO for Producing
    • DES for Production Design
    • SCR for Screenwriting

    Example: DIR_Smith_J_123456.jpg

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  • Biography Instructions:

    Enter a 100-word biography written in the third person summarizing your educational and professional experiences to date (summarize in the narrative form your résumé submitted with your application materials). Please remember the biographies will be used for introductions and teaming purposes for AFI film productions and may also be used in AFI publications, scholarship purposes, etc. Biographies are a part of AFI's directory information.

    Bios may be edited for clarity and to fit AFI style guide.

    Below are the guidelines to create a bio that adheres to AFI Style:

    • Start the bio with your full name. If you use a nickname or prefer a shortened version of your name, put that name in quotes.
    • Example: Robert “Bob” Smith or Cecilia “CC” Jones.
    • When referencing yourself in the third person, either use your preferred pronouns or your last name.

    Example: Smith’s first short film ELEMENTS premiered at Slamdance in 2019, and he is in post-production on his second film.

    Example: Jones graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine art design from New York University. They worked as a production designer on the horror short film titled BEHIND THE MIRROR which has been featured on Vimeo’s Short of the Week.)

    Please put all film and television titles in ALL CAPS.  

    Sample biography:

    Jennifer “Jen” Chan is a recent graduate of UC Santa Cruz, with a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology and Film & Digital Media. She also studied in Prague and Amsterdam and spent two summers at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, studying film and television production. Last summer, she served as an additional assistant to the producer on an upcoming Hollywood film shot in Montreal. Chan’s short film, OUTSIDE VOICES AND THE MAGIC RING, won First Prize at the 2019 UC Santa Cruz Film and Video Festival.

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