Name Bob Gazzale | Role Television producer | |
Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program Similar People Gary Smith, Martin Short, Louis J Horvitz | ||
AFI Conservatory Class of 2016 Commencement Ceremony
Bob Gazzale, is an American film historian and television producer. He became the American Film Institute's third president and CEO in November 2007.
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Gazzale joined the Institute in 1992 and has held various positions including Director, AFI National Programs in New York and Director, AFI Productions in Los Angeles. He has been writer and producer of the AFI Life Achievement Award telecasts for twelve years and worked on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies series. He also created the format for the AFI Awards, as well as the "AFI Night at the Movies".
Gazzale is from California. He graduated from the University of Virginia, where he helped to launch the Virginia Festival of American Film in 1988. Gazzale was director of the festival until 1992, producing over 200 events with a focus on bringing together people from academia and entertainment and honoring prominent film industry individuals like James Stewart, Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston. He won an Emmy in 2014.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.