Bob Gazzale is an American film historian and television producer. He became the

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's third president and CEO in November 2007. Gazzale is from California. He graduated from the

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, 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. It featured film industry individuals such as

James Stewart James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ...

Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood ...

, and

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. Gazzale joined the American Film 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

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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". He won an

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in 2014.Emmys.com
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